The Broken Hearts Gallery

Director: Natalie Krinsky Natalie Krinsky

Overview

When Lucy (Geraldine Viswanathan) experiences a difficult breakup, her friends urge her to branch out and reconnect with herself to get over her ex. After a chance encounter with Nick (Dacre Montgomery), an aspiring hotel manager, the pair teams up to open an unusual art gallery that allows people across the city to leave behind the mementos of former relationships and achieve closure. Written and directed by Natalie Krinsky; co-starring Molly Gordon and Selena Gomez.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/17/2020
UPC:	0043396571242
Original Release:	2020
Source:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMT
Language:	English
Sales rank:	52,352

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Geraldine Viswanathan	Lucy Gulliver
Dacre Montgomery	Nick
Utkarsh Ambudkar	Max Vora
Molly Gordon	Amanda
Phillipa Soo	Nadine
Suki Waterhouse	Chloe
Sheila McCarthy	Cheryl Gulliver
Bernadette Peters	Eva Woolf
Nathan Dales	Jeff
Ego Nwodim	Harvard
Megan Ferguson	Randy
Nikki Duval	Willhemina
Emma Hunter	New York Woman
Roy Choi	Randy Choi
Tattiawna Jones	Dr. Amelia Black
Tricia Black	Goodwill Worker
Ray Kahnert	Butler
Elon Gold	Schmuli
Raymond Ablack	Clayton
Nicholas Carella	Karaoke Emcee
Trent Pardy	Yan
Bernard Kay	Joe
Stephanie Ng Wan	Real Estate Agent
Melanie Leishman	Bookstore Owner
Celeste Bruno	Cigarette Girl
Izaak Smith	Cigarette Guy
Chris Sandiford	Barista
Jacki Glick	PP Volunteer
Bradley Hamilton	Bartender
Okiki Kendall	Stroller Woman
Taylor Hill	Taylor
Jake Larton	Restaurant Patron
Randy Choi	Randy Choi
Arturo Castro	Marcos
Jack Newman	Richard (Old Guy #2)
Mel White	Lev - Gallery Owner
Genevieve Vincent	Composer

Technical Credits

Natalie Krinsky

Natalie Krinsky	Director,Screenwriter,Executive Producer
Jeff Arkuss	Executive Producer
Kristin Catuogno	Sound Effects
Selena Gomez	Executive Producer
Mathew Hart	Executive Producer
Michelle Knudsen	Executive Producer
Laurie May	Executive Producer
David Gross	Producer
Mason Novick	Executive Producer
Andrew M. Robinson	Executive Producer
Noah Segal	Executive Producer
Jesse Shapira	Executive Producer
Matthew Hart	Executive Producer
Chantelle Tabrizi	Executive Producer
Mandy Teefey	Executive Producer
Julian Townsend	Sound Mixer
Lisa Zagoria	Casting
Paula Fairfield	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

The Broken Hearts Gallery is a romantic comedy with a wonderful cast, and plenty of chemistry between the lead characters. A twenty-something young woman trying to make it in the art scene gets her heart broken repeatedly; this is a pattern she must figure out how to not only change, but embrace, when she meets a handsome young man who's willing to take a shot on being her partner, in both senses. Lucy (Geraldine Viswanathan) is a quirky art gallery assistant that has a hard time letting go of her love relationships when they end, and it's taking a huge toll on her personal life. Mixing love and work was a bad idea, but it gets even worse when an incident at a gallery where she's entwined with her superior goes viral. She is so blinded by the cloud she's living in, and when she thinks she's located her Lyft driver, she mistakenly gets into the back seat of the wrong car, where she randomly meets entrepreneur Nick (Dacre Montgomery). He is then swept up in her relentless pursuit for her artistic vision and a fuller life. A dreamer himself, he's working on taking a broken-down building and turning it into a hotel - which also happens to be the perfect little hole-in-the-wall space to put a gallery. He wants to give her a shot to create something amazing along with him, which should help them both. Now, Lucy's pastime of collecting sentimental memorabilia from relationships past becomes her greatest strength - an idea that takes the form of its own pop-up art gallery in Nick's hotel, and it goes viral. Everybody seems to relate to this idea, and her huge success in the industry she's passionate about may bring her what she wants. But the greatest reward of all might just have been there in front of her face the entire time. Newcomer feature writer/director Natalie Krinsky (Gossip Girl, Grey's Anatomy) noticeably brings her small-screen wit and character banter that's original, unique, but sometimes unfitting to the feature format. Characters repeat a funny joke in case the audience doesn't get it the first time, and obvious foreshadowing would almost swallow every moment of the film if the cast weren't so likeable. There's a happy-go-lucky aspect to The Broken Hearts Gallery that rings distinctly false. No matter what hardships any of the characters are facing in the film, one has the idea that everything will still work out in the end. Yet, this is exactly the kind of relief that can be draw from finer elements of the romantic-comedy genre, where whether matters of the heart are destined to work out or fail epically while on that path, the journey itself makes a great story. Ultimately, The Broken Hearts Gallery is well acted, has a catchy concept behind it, and plenty of heartfelt, sweet moments to round out the rough edges. It is both romantic and funny, so it fits the bill for anything that would, or should be expected of it. While it doesn't live up to its own aspirations, it's still pretty good at the end of a long day.