a film for mature and educate audience . i saw random heart in an advance screen shortly before it north american release . this romantic drama be quite a treat . i be sure this story will not be everyone cup of tea and especially consider the film darkly downbeat premise . but the pic have some very uplifting strong point in it favor . all time box office draw harrison ford ( star war and raider of the lose ark and the fugitive and air force one and patriot game ) be at the top of his game a the harried and desperate internal affair officer and dutch . ford very subdued and nuanced performance show quite the range he can achieve with class and determination in bring the audience into his world of loss and betrayal . this be the perfect complex role and very different type of film for harrison ford to grace the screen with between his action blockbuster . next year harrison ford return to action and first for director robert zemeckis ( forrest gump and back to the future ) in his summer 2000 thriller and what lie beneath and and reportedly later in the year in the film adaptation of tom clancy the sum of all fear . fear will be harrison ford third out a cia operative jack ryan . director sydney pollack ( out of africa and the firm and tootsie ) have a support role in this feature a a political advisor to scott thomas congresswoman . it a very sharp and energetic portrayal for pollack . not only be sydney pollack a gift director and he be also one of the most believable and natural and charming actor around ( see eye wide shut a well ) . kristin scott thomas ( the english patient and the horse whisperer ) show that you do not necessarily have to be eccentric or worldly to be consider sexy . this be one of her good film and and she give a tremendously craft and mellow performance that work well opposite ford quiet man toughness . the subplots work wonderfully and especially the subplot involve ford character investigation into police corruption . look for a chilling and effective turn by heat actor and dennis haysbert and who play detective george beaufort and the obstacle to overcome in dutch investigation into police corruption . the rest of the support cast be a wonderful delight . charles s. dutton ( whose long overdue for a film lead role ) go to show that he be one of the best character actor around and and bonnie hunt and who i find extremely solid in this production and steal most of her scene with that wonderful and charm smile a wendy judd . the technical side of pollack thriller be top notch . from dave grusin ( pollack the firm ) perfectly surreal feel jazzy score and to philippe rousselot ( a river run through it ) crisp photography and to the sharp editing that keep the film feeling fresh and despite the film unfortunate downer premise . i highly recommend this film to anyone who enjoy a good yarn of mystery and well pace plot and character drive story and and romance all roll into one . this be a terrific story about betrayal and forgiveness . it also feature one of the most surprising and yet poignant and and certain to be controversial ending for a harrison ford film in recent time . random heart be definitely one of the good film of the year . ( half out of ) or ( 8 . 5 out of 10 . 0 ) .