MonsterPerfect Good idea lost in the noise

Helllins It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.

SnoopyStyle Diana (Glenn Close) teaches acting and a renown theatrical director. Her daughter Isabel (Elizabeth Banks) is a wedding photographer. She's getting married to lawyer Jonathan (James Marsden). She encounters an ex Mark who suggests a compelling oversea job. Peter is assigned to contact art photographer Benjamin's exes for an exhibit. Joanathan is one of those in his pictures. Alec (Jesse Bradford) auditions for Diana.Chris Terrio tries directing. It's not visually exciting. There is a nice interconnection to the stories. Glenn Close is a powerful presence. The stories play out nicely but it does need more intensity.

Michael Brooks Similar to other Merchant-Ivory productions this one deals with inner struggles of its characters and as with films such as Howards End, I was glued to the screen watching how these interwoven characters travelled leading to a rather surprising climax! The location shooting did make for a better sense of reality here and what a cast! Glenn Close is just tops in her role as the Shakespearean diva. A highlight is brilliant scenes of her rehearsing Macbeth. The gay plot line was very cleverly woven in as well dealing with the issue of a confused sexual identity. A mesmerizing score only helps with the inner intensity of the characters dilemmas keeping the scenarios in check without an overly dramatic interpretation being added on by this score. Sorry that this did not come to screens here where we live. Highly recommended for those wanting something more introspective and of depth. 9/10

Lechuguilla Progressive relationships and theatricality figure in this contemporary character study set in Manhattan wherein four main characters that are at or approaching some "height", either professional or personal, interact in ways that threaten their dreams and ambitions.Diana (Glenn Close) is a lover of Shakespeare who teaches theatre to students. Her daughter Isabel (Elizabeth Banks) is a photographer. Isabel is engaged to Jonathan (James Marsden) who has some well-kept secrets. A struggling young actor named Alec (Jesse Bradford) auditions for Diana; she learns that he lives in the same building as Isabel and Jonathan. Diana invites him to a party. Unplanned circumstances and the interrelationships of the various characters conspire to render assumptions not valid, which in turn forces everyone to alter their perceptions about themselves and others.In lesser hands, this material could easily descend into melodramatic soap opera. But here, the technical execution is sufficiently high quality to avoid that pit.The film's lighting and music create a mod, artistic look and feel. The film starts off in a lighthearted mood; the second half is darker, more somber.There are some good photographic shots of Manhattan, both exterior (the Woolworth Building, for example), and interiors (the Cherry Lane Theater and offices of Vanity Fair). Some scenes take place on building rooftops, a visual reference to the story's internal theme.You won't find anything especially new or original, insofar as concept or story. It's the quality of execution in writing, direction, acting, editing, cinematography, costumes, and production design that renders "Heights" a credible film, one that is easy to like and worth the time to watch.

indy-39 I thought they should have called this movie "Whites" instead of "Heights". Godawful...the kind of film that makes people hate New Yorkers. People who are so self obsessed and think their lives are so important...give me a break. Such a lily white cast that Glenn Close was the most ethnic character in it, this film was crying out for someone real to come in and steal it...and so they introduce, get this, a character even whiter than the rest of the cast (I thought he was an albino at first)who's supposed to be Welsh!I'm still trying to decipher that accent! Intellectually dishonest...this movie is the kind of film that's able to fool so many people into thinking it's worthwhile because it has the trappings of something more ambitious. Better to fill the theaters with MI5-10 than with this pretentious crap...must have been a better play because you can't fall off the floor.