Hearts in Atlantis

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Hearts in Atlanta stinks.

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Welcome to Movie Microscope.

Today's episode is Hearts in Atlantis.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to meek and boring month.

Sorry, couldn't even get through it.

First thing he does, Justin, grabs a set of cans, starts a podcast, and is instantly more successful than the movie Microscope.

Today's movie, however, you know, we do see what makes or breaks, but today's movie won't need any help because it's Mika Borum month, ladies and gentlemen.

We got the most nothing burger Stephen King movie ever made, Hearts in Atlantis.

I mean, I have never seen this before, Nick.

So that's something that he had always done, but he does it more overtly with The Dark Tower where characters do show up from other books to play pretty significant roles.

So he has this, he's going to tell this story and um in order to do so he has to create a shared universe now he doesn't have all of the rights to the characters that do show up from other books so spoiler alert for the dark tower spoiler alert for hearts in atlantis if you have ever seen that or or read the book um low men in yellow coats in the collection of Hearts in Atlantis.

There is a character by the name of Ted Brodigan who was played by Anthony Hopkins in the movie adaptation.

Mike Flanagan doesn't have the rights to use that character.

Tom, your fourth.

I'm gonna go for Artichoke Hearts in Atlantis.

Okay.

Yeah, yeah.

Hearts in Atlantis, Artichoke Hearts.

Bagnall, please.

Uh, The Girl Who Loved To- Tomato Go- Gordon.

I know where we're going.

Let's talk about the two thousand and one adaptation of Hearts in Atlantis.

Right.

Directed by Scott Hicks, starring Anthony Hopkins and the late Anton Yelchin.

Not at all.

Okay.

Unlike Stand by Me, Hearts in Atlantis holds a highly divisive reputation.

The article highlights that it sits at a pretty lukewarm reception, a six point nine rating and a forty-nine percent score.