Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

LOVED LOVED this movie. one of my all time favorites love Marissa's part and the same with slater. i wish they would have more movies together. 10 out of 10 for me and thats a strait guy saying that!!! i am a big fan of romantic movies if there is any other suggestions for other movie please send me a message thanks. love sappy movies and eating popcorn. romantic movies are a breed of movie that is a dying art and should be brought back into mainstream movie making. all those who agree with me give me a hell YEAH!!! thank you. i only wish there were more god romantic movies out there s i'll see any movie at least once so please give me some suggestions

I regret of not watching it in the early period of 90's when it was released. Just after 15 years I got to watch this seemingly heart-touching movie. 'Untamed Heart' is not like a normal love story, its just a story between innocent Adam (Slater) and an unlucky waitress Caroline (Marisa). Adam wishes to live a normal life and use his heart as usual people. But he knows that he has a cardiac problem (considering his heart is of 'baboon'), which made him to stay far away from the people around him. The people hardly care him for his unusual behaviors and characteristics, and all these make Adam to live a lonely life. He works in the same restaurant where Caroline does a routine job as a waitress. But his duty is washing dishes and throwing the garbages from the kitchen. He secretly admires Caroline but doesn't dare to express it. Once late at a night when Caroline was attempted to be raped by two strangers, he got a chance to save her life. This made increase their chemistry of love for one another. Surprisingly, he loves Caroline only with his mind and soul, and not with his heart.Excellent job from Slater, which I never expected from him before watching this over-the-top and sorrowful love story. Earlier to this I just considered him to be an actor born for the generation of action and fighting. He really surprised me after watching this.And I had nothing to say about Marisa as I knew well she is perfectly suited for a better role. Whatever I will mention here will be incomplete about her. She is always awesome. So better to leave it aside.I can imagine how awful it would have been if I had the same conditions as Adam has in this movie. After all, I will keep this movie in evergreen top 10 romantic stories of my life, as it convinced and taught me another definition of 'heart' and 'what it is made for'.

I saw this movie for the first time a few years after it was made. I watched this movie and totally fell in love with Christian Slater. Yep, it was a tear jerker alright. To describe the movie to someone, it probably sounds corny and you wouldn't think it would be such a great movie. I was surprised how much I DID like it. (but of course, seeing Christian Slater play that part won me over so I'm probably biased there). But no, seriously, I thought it really was a great movie. If I had to list my five all time favourite romance movies, that would be in there, no doubt. I think I've probably seen just about every movie he's been in by now and there's quite a lot of them too.

One more time: this comment does contain spoilers!I just saw this for the first time; I enjoyed the romance but felt a little bewildered by how implausible the whole thing was. Perhaps I should have watched it in 1993 to really understand it. Or more to the point, it's best approached as a fantasy, and not as a "realistic" romantic story.First off: Both characters are just plain naive. And yes, I know that's what the whole movie is about, but it could be a turnoff for some, so you've been warned. These are adults in their 20s, but they seem more like 14 years old enjoying their very first crush. So be prepared to just accept the assumption that these people are essentially kids in puppy love.One thing that really bothered me - SPOILER! - was the revelation that the boy had been stalking the girl even up to the point of breaking into her house to watch her sleep. That's seriously creepy. Fortunately Christian Slater plays the innocent well enough that we can believe his motivations were totally pure and romantic, but that doesn't change how weird his behavior really is. If a boyfriend of 2 weeks told me he'd broken into my house to watch me sleep, my reaction would certainly not be a big bewildered hug. No wonder she had been such fodder for other, more abusive men in the past. As usual I begin with my list of complaints, so now for the reason I did in fact love this movie: this movie is just plain sweet. Only sweet, no more and no less, but if you're looking for something to make you cry and believe in love, you'll be very satisfied. It does "pure tender romance" perfectly, and is surprisingly well crafted. The chemistry is believable and the acting is great all around; I willingly suspended my disbelief when it turned out - of course - that the silent and presumably retarded boy is in fact very intelligent and perceptive.That type of beauty-and-the-beast storyline is pretty much what these romances are all about, complete with very traditional gender roles, helplessness, and codependency. If you can tolerate such a naive and simplistic view of love, you'll enjoy the quality of this film. It just feels good, unrealistic as it may be.Warning: don't let any teenage girls see it, lest they develop an unhealthy "knight in shining armor" or "I can change him" obsession. The characters don't have time to grow together - by the end of the movie, they are still in their 20s, holding even deeper faith in the innocence and purity of true love.As a real-world romance this would get a 5 or less, but as a fantasy romance, it's a solid 9 out of 10.