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Heart of a Stranger

2002 · 120 min

A gentle, slightly quirky drama about identity and change, with a warm heart and a touch of humour.

Directed by
Dick Lowry
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Overview
What happens when you receive someone else's heart and wind up with the transplant donor's personality traits and memories too? Jill Maddox, a middle-aged concert violinist, is about to find out! After her surgery, Maddox starts chugging beers, blasting modern music and donning barely-there miniskirts. She is acting like the 22-year-old guy whose ticker she inherited. Even weirder — this is a true story!

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Directed by
Dick Lowry
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • healing
  • grief
  • family
  • memory
Places
  • hospital
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour4
Realism6
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
Dick Lowry
Written by
Joan Taylor
Starring
Jane Seymour, Maggie Lawson, Donna Goodhand, Marvin Ishmael, Kendra MacGillivray, Stacy Smith, Nigel Bennett, Toni Grossett
Music
Patrick Williams
Cinematography
Eric Van Haren Noman
Runtime
120 min
Country
Canada, United States of America
Languages
English

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