Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

zafrom If you like the main players in this picture -- Gaynor, Farrell, Dunn, and Rogers -- then you will enjoy this modest picture. Otherwise it could be around 2-1/2 stars out of 4 stars. It looks economically made and, per IMDb's Release Dates, Fox released it only 3 weeks after Stand Up and Cheer! But could it have been filmed first? Shirley Temple is very recognizable in the film, for all of the 3/4 of a second that she is on camera, without even a chance to speak. If Stand Up and Cheer! gave to her her breakthrough role, then why was she all but cut from Change of Heart? Another missed opportunity was Mischa Auer's who has maybe 5 seconds and 1 line. Symptoms of what encouraged Fox to merge the next year with Twentieth Century Pictures?As other reviewers have mentioned, this is still a heartwarming film. Besides the lovey-doveyness of Gaynor and Farrell, Rogers is also fun. She seemingly tries to vamp any guy who comes her way. Dunn's performance reminded me of Johnny Nolan 11 years later in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and here he is even more optimistic, even though they all start out in low rent accommodations.One of my favorite scenes is the 2+ minutes with Gaynor and Farrell on the boat to Coney Island. Not so much for what they talk about as for the background music. The scene starts out showing couples dancing, and the music that the band plays for the 2+ minutes is "Broadway's Gone Hill-Billy" (AKA ...Hillbilly; 1934 recordings used both spellings). Yes, the same song featured in Stand Up and Cheer! Fox, like the other studios, evidently liked to promote its music library. Hillbillyness has nothing to do with either Gaynor or Farrell (neither one particularly sprightly in this scene), and the dancers also appear oblivious to the unsung lyrics, but the tune is still guaranteed to get you out onto the dance floor. Yet another of the enjoyable scenes in Change of Heart.

kidboots By 1934 Janet Gaynor's popularity at the box office was beginning to wane so Fox reasoned - why not team her with Charles Farrell again for "Change of Heart"? Once again she played the dewy eyed orphan, this time a college graduate who, along with her three friends, wants to take New York by storm. This time though she and Farrell, who was always a wishy washy actor I thought, were put distinctly in the shade by two peppy up and comers. James Dunn as Mac who longs to be a crooner and, giving the film what edge it has, Ginger Rogers as the selfish and stage struck Madge who has no feeling of camaraderie once they hit the big city. The part was originally to be played by Sally Eilers and she would have been terrific but she was pregnant so Ginger was a ring in. Eilers and Dunn had been called the finds of 1931 when they co-starred in "Bad Girl" and they also became a team so maybe "Change of Heart" was a ploy by Fox to showcase their two most romantic pairings - but it backfired!!A nice romance about four college kids trying to make it in New York. Gaynor is Catherine or "Fiery" - oddly the soothing one whose calmness holds the quartet together. In true "soap opera" tradition she loves Chris (Farrell), a struggling lawyer, who doesn't know she's alive and only has eyes for Madge who can't decide between him or the flirty Mac who is carrying a torch for "Fiery" who etc....On the day "Fiery" finds a job Madge announces she is moving uptown as she can't handle their "slum conditions" any longer plus the fact that the others are cramping her style. The villain is Jackson (Kenneth Thomson who was such a good "lounge lizard" to Anita Page in "The Broadway Melody") first tries to romance Catherine then, when she shows her lack of interest, whisks Madge away for a quickie wedding!! That leaves the stage clear for Gaynor and Farrell to try to weave the magic they once had but in 1934 the public weren't buying it. When Chris (who is the most shadowy figure in the whole film) falls ill only Catherine's nursing pulls him through and then he realises that he has loved her all along. The viewer then realises how boring the film has become since Madge and Mac have left the scene.... but then.... Madge returns, her marriage hasn't worked out and Chris is now Plan B!!!Of course you know it's not going to happen and the film could have finished on a quite dramatic note although Chris is so lacking in backbone who knows?? Then Mac rocks up and Madge puts all her charms to work on him and he is soon putty in her hands at the film's "cop out" ending.One of the highlights of the movie was seeing all the bit parts by actors of some note - James Gleason, who wrote the screenplay, as a hot dog vendor, Mischa Auer as a party guest, Nick Foran singing "So What" - maybe then Fox saw him as a specialty singer (he had had a spot in "Stand Up and Cheer") and Shirley Temple who had an almost extra role as a child on a plane. I know she was billed midway up the cast lists as "Shirley" but as "Shirley" she had just created a sensation in "Stand Up and Cheer" so she was probably Fox's box office bait to lure even more people into the cinema.

Michael_Elliott Change of Heart (1934)** (out of 4) Four friends (Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, James Dunn, Ginger Rogers) graduate college and decide to move from California to New York City so that they can make their dreams come true. At first the four stay together but soon personal relationships start to tear them apart. CHANGE OF HEART has pretty much been forgotten by everyone except for fans of Gaynor and Farrell as this here would be their final film together. They did a total of twelve together and I think it's easy to say that this one here isn't among their best. There are many problems with this film but I think it's rather obvious that the screenplay is simply tired and it doesn't give us anything fresh or original. If you've ever seen a romantic-drama-comedy then you're going to see every twist and turn coming. Even by 1934 standards this thing is pretty cliché ridden and even worse is that it's all too predictable. As you'd expect, along the way there are crossed romances going on. Person A loves person B but person B is in love with person C who in returns is in love with person A. The only thing that keeps this film remotely entertaining is the terrific cast led by Gaynor who is always bright enough to light up any film no matter how routine it is. She's certainly the stand-out here but Rogers is also very good in her role of the not-so-nice girl trying to become a rich actress. Both Farrell and Dunn are good as well and we've even got Dick Foran in his first role. Fans of Shirley Temple will find her here playing a girl named Shirley. CHANGE OF HEART has been forgotten over the years and it's easy to see why. The only ones needing to check this out are fans of the actors.

drednm Change of Heart is the last of 12 films Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell starred in together. From the late silent period til this 1934 film, they were among the most popular of screen teams. Here they play college graduates aspiring to make it in New York City along with pals Ginger Rogers and James Dunn.Pleasant story of ambition and love among the young set. The film also boasts some solid supporting players, including Jane Darwell, Beryl Mercer (excellent as the salvage lady), Mischa Auer, Dick Foran (billed as Nick?), Irene Franklin, Lillian Harmer, Bess Flowers, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Nella Walker, Mary Carr, Mary Gordon, Shirley Temple (on the plane) and James Gleason.This was one of Rogers' last supporting parts (same year she became a star in Flying Down to Rio). She plays (she's excellent) the selfish Madge who marries a rich man rather than stick with the group and find work. This is probably Rogers' most unsympathetic role. Dunn is a bit much as the Irish crooner. Farrell plays the lovesick goon, and Gaynor (one of the most sympathetic stars of the 30s) plays the fiery redhead who keeps everything going.Nice film with a good view of New York City in 1934.