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The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things (2006)

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Release Date: March 10, 2006 (LA/NY)
On DVD: June 6, 2006
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 98 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for intense depiction of child abuse/neglect, strong sex and drug content, pervasive language, and some violence.
Director: Asia Argento
Writer: Asia Argento
Cast: Asia Argento, Jimmy Bennett, Peter Fonda, Ben Foster, Ornella Muti, Kip Pardue, Michael Pitt, Jeremy Renner, Cole and Dylan Sprouse, John Robinson, Marilyn Manson, Jeremy Sisto, Matt Schultz, Lydia Lynch

From cult author J.T. LeRoy's best-selling novel "The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things," comes Asia Argento's bold cinematic adaptation of the controversial story of a mother and her son living hard and fast in the dark fringes of America.

Seven-year-old Jeremiah lived a calm, comfortable life in the care of a loving foster home until the day his young mother Sarah (Argento) came to take him back. Jeremiah is thrust against his will into his Read more

Movie Review

Grade: C A blur of a film that never really engaged me in any way or form, "The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things" might have appealed to me more had I been in the right mood, but unfortunately I was not in the mood to watch countless scenes of child abuse, molestation and other disturbing things. At least the performances are top notch. Read the full movie review

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