Three of Hearts (1993 film)


Three of Hearts is a 1993 comedy-romance film directed by Yurek Bogayevicz and starring William Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Sherilyn Fenn and Joe Pantoliano.

Plot

It involves a love triangle: a straight gigolo Joe, his lesbian best friend Connie, and her former lover, an attractive bisexual woman Ellen.
Connie is desperate to win Ellen back and Joe volunteers to break Ellen's heart to convince her that heterosexual relationships are inferior to lesbian ones. The hope is that the disaster will cause her to return to Connie. Neither counts on Joe having feelings for Ellen nor expects her to discover the trick.

Cast

Critical response

The movie received mixed reviews. It currently has a 53% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 17 reviews. Critic Joe Brown said: "A two-hour anticlimax, Three of Hearts manages to offend just about everyone - women, men, lesbians, heterosexuals, prostitutes and, most of all, moviegoers". While critic Michael Dequina said: "An engaging romantic comedy".

Box office

The movie debuted at No. 7 with $1,928,076 in its first weekend. Behind such films Indecent Proposal and Benny & Joon.