Untamed Heart

More than a decade after 1982's Six Weeks, director Tony Bill once again explored romance, sentimentality, and dying young with Untamed Heart. The film stars Christian Slater as Adam, an shy and awkward busboy who saves waitress Caroline (Marisa Tomei) from being raped in a park late one night. ...more

Tony Bill's unashamedly romantic weeper doesn't really introduce anything new into this played-out genre, but is teeming with affection and good intentions, and manages to capture a spirit that many more ambitious films lack. Marisa Tomei gives a performance that is genuinely irresistible (and arguably more memorable than her Oscar-winning portrayal in My Cousin Vinny), carefully shading in the fanciful aspirations of a working-class woman without resorting to drippiness. Her work is ...more