Release Date
March 10, 2006 (LA/NY)
DVD Release Date
June 6, 2006 (Buy on Amazon)
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
Studio
Running Time
98 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for intense depiction of child abuse/neglect, strong sex and drug content, pervasive language, and some violence
What is The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things about?
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... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
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. Full movie review »
