Heart of the Beholder

2005

Action / Drama

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 50% · 6 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 50% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.7/10 10 435 435

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Plot summary

Based on the true story of a family who opened the first videocassette rental stores in St. Louis in 1980. The family was ruined by a corrupt prosecutor who had been blackmailed by a religious group because the family refused to remove Martin Scorsese's controversial film, "The Last Temptation of Christ", from their stores.

Director

Ken Tipton Photo
Ken Tipton

Top cast

Arden Myrin Photo
Arden Myrin as Patty Simpkins
Chloë Grace Moretz Photo
Chloë Grace Moretz as Molly
John Prosky Photo
John Prosky as Rev. Matthew Brewer
Tony Todd Photo
Tony Todd as Chuck Berry
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980.33 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
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1.78 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by john_cberry

Heart of the Beholder is the story, based on real events, of a man destroyed by persecution who managed to come back and achieve a measure of revenge.

The Heart of the Beholder is the story of a dreamer who finally achieved one of his dreams: his own business, a chain of video stores in St. Louis, Mo, only to be driven out of business by a group of fanatics who are outraged when he won't remove The Last Temptation of Christ from the shelves of his stores. It is, as they say, based on real events. In fact, the movie was written and directed by the man himself on the advice, he says, of Robert Wise. Undertaking the project helped in his recovery process. At the time I write this, he is having trouble getting distribution for the movie.This is a story that needed to be told. The trouble is that the movie isn't very good, more like a worse than average TV movie. The actors in the main roles don't quite pull it off. Michael Dorn in wasted in a small role. Greg Germann's performance is the best in the movie.This is definitely a movie to see on DVD because all the background information is what makes it interesting. We learn that the most unlikely things depicted in the movie actually did happen. Freedom of speech is everywhere under threat so everybody should either see this movie or read about the story on-line.
Reviewed by Bored_Dragon 6 / 10

Freedom of speech and watching movies

In the 1980s, a chain of video clubs opened in St. Louis. But when the legendary Scorsese's "The Last Temptation of Christ" appears on the shelves, all hell breaks loose on the owner and his family. A group of religious fanatics is trying in every way to force him to withdraw the film from distribution or to kick him out of business, but he decides to fight for freedom of speech and choice at all costs. Years later, he decides to tell his story through this film, which he wrote and directed himself. As this is his first and only film, it is not particularly good in any aspect, but because of the story it tells and the message it sends, it is worth watching.6/10
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