In the late 1940s, a murderous couple known as the 'The Lonely Hearts Killers' kills close to a dozen people. Two detectives try to nab the duo who find their targets via the personals in the paper.
When Hayek and Leto are onscreen, you do not look away.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
13 Apr 2007
rotten:
There is some strong work here, but too many misfires.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
23 Apr 2007
fresh:
The story of Fernandez and Beck may be grotesque comedy, but Todd Robinson tells it straight, without flinching from its piteousness, horror, or banality.
– David Denby,
New Yorker,
16 Apr 2007
rotten:
Where's James Ellroy when you need him?
– David Fear,
Time Out New York,
14 Apr 2007
rotten:
It's with the focus on the police, though, that the script fails to truly connect.