The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)
Based on JT Leroy's novel of the same name, this is the story of Jeremiah, a child who is pulled from his foster home and thrown into a troubled life on the road with his teenage mother Sarah. With Sarah, Jeremiah travels through the country roads of the U.S. and learns first hand about the troubles of the world. (Palm Pictures)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Asia Argento
Written By: Asia Argento, J.T. LeRoy
Starring: Peter Fonda, Jeremy Sisto, Ornella Muti, Asia Argento, Ben Foster, Kip Pardue, Michael Pitt, Jimmy Bennett, Dylan Sprouse, Marilyn Manson, Cole Sprouse
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Japan, UK, USA
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The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things belongs to 7 collections
1. Female Directors (collaborative: moderated by djross - 90 stars)
2. Based on a Book (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 21 stars)
3. Mindfuck, surreal, strange and weird films (List by André "BadSmile" Byman) (public: stalebread - 8 stars)
4. Based On Novel (collaborative: moderated by tathiel - 7 stars)
5. Film Titles That Are Complete Sentences (collaborative: moderated by MacSwell - 7 stars)
6. Films to get (public: Scelsi)
7. 2004: Year in Review (public: polanski28)
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| May 06, 2016 |  |
backwardsuit | 69 44th |
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Damn... What a grim and brutal ride. Weirdly honest and heartfelt though which adds to the creepy sense of tragedy and pain. Asia Argento is a competent director especially with visuals. She's perhaps not the greatest storyteller but there's a sense she's developing on her own terms and not taking any shit from no one or compromising her vision in any way. Her performance is absolutely feral with raw power. Anyway you might need a drink afterwards.
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| Feb 09, 2014 | klea | 42 41st |
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Seems like it needed to be either 15-20 mins shorter or 15-20 mins longer
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| Jun 30, 2012 |  |
katieevans | 76 62nd |
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i think you get more out of it if you've read the book, however they left out some really important details, so i dunno...
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| Nov 25, 2010 |  |
SlantMag | 20 41st |
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"Argento doesn't translate Leroy's novel into the visual language of film, or at least she doesn't conjure up the same feeling the book does." - Jeremiah Kipp
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| Jun 16, 2010 |  |
ladymcdeath | 1 3rd |
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Nonnonononononono
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| May 30, 2010 |  |
jamesdepaolo | 5 7th |
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Asia Argento is so awful in this movie..even my idol Lydia Lunch cannot save this...I was being way too generous..this movie is awful
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| Jul 17, 2009 |  |
TreyAtwood | 64 29th |
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Heart is deceitful above all things: 6 // 7 // 7 // 8 // 6 // 5 // 6
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| Apr 26, 2009 |  |
dvdverdict | 78 36th |
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"Ultimately it's an awkwardly executed and narrow-minded film."
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| Dec 04, 2008 |  |
NathanDarko | 90 79th |
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Against all odds this is a disturbing and good Movie by Asia Argento.Not perfect in many points but I think a good start for her to make it better in common productions. Manson is quiet cool and creepy
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| Jul 09, 2008 |  |
madlucas | 75 71st |
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Asia Argento strangely looks like Courtney Love in this film.
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| Jul 06, 2008 | katje | 55 30th |
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Visually interesting, but full of one-dimensional characters. Story goes nowhere.
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| Mar 07, 2008 |  |
muutanet | 67 60th |
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Terrible story of a poor boy who experiences all sins you can imagine. The story lacks with good ending; actually it's pretty boring. But clearly Asia is learing to make movies.
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| Sep 16, 2007 |  |
curioushair | 30 5th |
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The relentless litany of atrocities defies plausibility and, therefore sympathy. And, yep, turns up it was all made up all along.
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| Feb 25, 2007 |  |
auritech | 40 30th |
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I think what Asia Argento was trying to do with the movie was make it extremely uncomfortable to watch and disturbing, but the thoughts are much too scattered here to succeed and it just keeps dragging on and on. I get what she was trying to do, but it just ended up boring.
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| Average Percentile 36.03% from 194 Ratings |  |