Hearts in Atlantis

In April 2020, I watched Hearts in Atlantis on TV. It was released in 2001. It is based on the book of the same title written by Stephen King. I have not watched it at theaters but I have done it on TV displays many times. A good mystery drama film.

Ted is middle-aged and has psychic power. He rents a room of a house and starts to live in it. Then, he becomes friends with an 11-year-old boy called Bobby whose mother is the owner of the house. The story follows the friendship between Ted and Bobby. Most of the people around them seem disgusting except for Bobby's friends.

Anthony Hopkins gave a wonderful performance as Ted like always. Anton Yelchin as Bobby and Mika Boorem as Carol, Bobby's girlfriend, were really cute and charming. Moreover, the relationship between the cute couple also made me feel comfortable and smile several times. By the way, both of them have now not been popular so much. It seems that cute child actors will lose their popularity as they grow up. Haley Joel Osment having appeared in The Sixth Sense has now not been popular, either. Although the former super popular kid actor played a man in Ted Bandy, yet I did not even realize him when watching it. Most children are basically impudent, so child actors can play brats naturally and easily. Perhaps, child actors who play sassy kids can transform into adult actors more naturally and easily through their puberty years, like River Phoenix and Nicholas Hoult, than cute child actors.