Plot: Angelina Jolie stars as Mariane Pearl, wife of slain journalist Daniel Pearl, in director Michael Winterbottom's adaptation of Mariane's memoir recounting the abduction and murder of her husband (played in the film by Dan Futterman) by Pakistani ... Read More
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The story is based on Mariane Pearl's horrifying encounter with the kidnapping and death of her husband Daniel Pearl, a Wall Street Journal reporter in Karachi, Pakistan.
An exhausted Mariane Pearl (Angelina Jolie) receives an update regarding the Pakistani police man-hunt for her husband's kidnappers.
John Orloff got his break writing two episodes of the Emmy-winning HBO mini-series Band of Brothers. His latest script is another true-life tale -- Michael Winterbottom's A Mighty Heart, just out on DVD. Heart focuses on Mariane Pearl (Angelina Jolie), a...
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Enjoyed the movie. Thought the story was well told and understandable. Their was no overacting by any of the characters.Very realistically done.Whole cast well acted and there was nooveracting. The ... story is more documentary and is not made to be a Hollywood story but a realistic story.Angelie Jolie was perfect with her dialect, mannerisms and was a ideal casting . Told a good story about terrorism and the suffering of peopleand families.LYNDA DIAMOND :) Full Review
As another writer/reviewer says: I also looked at my watch. Horrible accent by Jolie. More of a documentary; save your money.
"A Mighty Heart" Bombed for two reasons.First, the majority of the movie audienceare young people between 18 and 25 andthey would rather see Agelina swinging]from a rope, than a human interest story.S... econd, Hollywood has shot themselves inthe foot because the've shoved so manyaction and adventure movies down theirthroats that that's all they want to see.That is why you don't see too many gooddramas anymore. Young people like action. Full Review
This movie put all three of us who saw it today asleep several times and it was in the afternoon! This movie is so boring and slow. It is a sad true story but should not have been made into a feature... movie. A TV docudrama would have been much better. Full Review

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