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Watch: Lonely Hearts 2006 123movies, Full Movie Online – Ray Fernandez is a slick charmer who cons lonely women out of their savings. Then he meets Martha Beck, a woman of similar morals and modus operandi, and they’re perfect for each other. He continues seducing women out of their savings, however, leading to jealousy on Martha’s part. The result is a series of murders across several states. On their trail is a pair of jaded yet experienced and resourceful police detectives..
Plot: 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.
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Ratings:

	6.4/10 Votes: 21,679
	47% | RottenTomatoes
	60/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 299 Popularity: 12.444 | TMDB

Reviews:

Dramatized True Crime at it finest!
This is an excellent film. Filmed in a classic “Film Noir” style, it is both dark and engaging. The script is well written and expertly crafted. The pace is fluid and the characters are well developed.

The score is appropriate and effective. It helps create tension and mood without becoming oppressive as many scores do.

The cinematography is absolutely terrific and creates a dark and intimate view.

All these elements combine to create an excellent environment for what is a truly inspiring cast. It would be difficult to overstate the quality performances of the entire cast. John Travolta was completely convincing as he always is but I think he may have surprised even his most supportive fans. He nailed the part hands down. In one scene he suspects a dead body is possibly hidden in a box and the mood he creates as he approaches and investigates the box is riveting.

But the true star of this movie was without doubt Salma Hayek. She was mesmerizing as Martha Beck, a true masterpiece. She played evil so well it was spooky. Most people who watch this movie are going to really enjoy how carefully she seduces the viewer into her despotic plans. This is certainly one of her finest portrayals and shows she has considerable acting depth. A nasty “femme fatale” may not be a huge stretch for her but she really did a terrific job.

“Lonely Hearts” is not a family movie. There is plenty of blood, boobs and bad language. The movie deals with very heavy themes like suicide and child murder. And to make matters worse for young ones the story is true. Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez were real monsters and the movie shows more than enough to make that clear to anyone including kids.

I am a big fan of true crime and this film is really great. For me at least, it was one of the best I’ve seen in a long time. If you are an adult I recommend this film. Dramatized True Crime at it finest!

Tired Serial Killer Retread
Lonely Hearts chronicles the true story of the rise and fall of Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, serial killers, who were responsible for a series of gruesome murders beginning in 1949 on Long Island. Fernandez initially started as a solo act, conning widows and love-starved lonely hearts out of their life savings. After he met up with Beck (in real life unattractive and overweight but here played by the attractive Salma Hayek), the pair then turned to murder while plying their nefarious trade.

The film was written and directed by Todd Robinson, who happens to be the grandson of Detective Elmer Robinson, the lead detective who basically was responsible for tracking the two psychopaths down and bringing them to justice. Robinson is played by a grim-faced John Travolta who attempts to convey the detective’s working class persona. James Gandolfini plays Charles Hildebrandt, Robinson’s detective sidekick who is the film’s narrator (a more skilled screenwriter could possibly have dispensed with the narration and conveyed important information on a visual level).

The main problem with the film’s narrative is that we’re a captive audience as the two intrepid detectives proceed very slowly in trying to establish that it’s Fernandez and Beck who are responsible for the murders they are investigating. While the investigation may have proceeded at a snail’s pace in real life, it doesn’t make for good drama. A good deal of judicious editing could have improved this film quite a bit. What’s more, Robinson and Hildebrandt are pitted against another team of detectives who are unethical and the ‘good cop-bad cop’ clashes between the two pairs are full of clichés (a scene involving a discussion about Jackie Robinson inside the squad room, tinged with racial overtones, appears clearly anachronistic).

Detective Robinson’s troubled personal life constitutes the film’s “B” Story. We learn that his wife had committed suicide prior to working on the Fernandez-Beck case but we never find out why she did it. Travolta doesn’t have much to do except almost coming to blows with his superiors and colleagues whenever the subject of his late wife is brought to the fore. Laura Dern plays Robinson’s girlfriend but that relationship doesn’t seem to go anywhere during the film. Gandolfini is unable to jettison his Tony Soprano persona despite playing a character on the other side of the law.

The rest of the film deals with the relationship between Fernandez (played by Jared Leto) and Hayek’s Beck. There aren’t a great deal of twists and turns as the killers dispose of one victim after another. Hayek plays Beck as over the top and the director seems obsessed with emphasizing her penchant for oral sex. Leto’s Fernandez is pretty much one note as we get it early on that he’s a passive-aggressive personality, obeying the orders of his Svengali-like lover.

There’s a great deal of attention paid to period detail in this film and it seems more attention was paid to the set design than on the script itself. Lonely Hearts was a failure at the box office and it’s pretty clear that early word of mouth had to be pretty negative. It might have been a mistake on the part of the film’s producers to have hired the grandson of the film’s protagonist to write and direct as he was probably too close to the material to be objective about it. His grandfather’s personal life did not turn out to be very engaging the way he told it.

The subject of Lonely Hearts was already done years ago in a much more successful film entitled “The Honeymoon Killers”. One wonders if there was anything really more to say about this subject matter. With the glut of screenplays out there for producers to pick from, I’m wondering how and why Lonely Hearts actually got made. One thing is for sure: film buffs will not be talking about this one in the years to come.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 48 min (108 min)
Budget 18000000
Revenue 2520000
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Biography, Crime, Drama
Director Todd Robinson
Writer Todd Robinson
Actors John Travolta, Salma Hayek, Jared Leto
Country Germany, United States
Awards 1 nomination
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.39 : 1
Camera Panavision Panaflex Platinum, Panavision Primo Lenses, Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL2, Panavision Primo Lenses
Laboratory FotoKem Laboratory, Burbank (CA), USA
Film Length 3,006 m (Portugal, 35 mm)
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision2 250D 5205)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Super 35 (3-perf) (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic)