2 HEARTS
A flawed, uplifting true story best saved for discerning adults.
Should You Watch It?
2 HEARTS offers good jeopardy, an uplifting conclusion, and a strong Christian, moral, pro-life worldview. It honors prayer, selfless kindness, marriage, family, having a baby, and the idea that every day is a miracle.
The film is also flawed. Its back-and-forth structure between two love stories becomes annoying, and the positive worldview is weakened by romantic content, including implied fornication, along with brief foul language. The content rating places this outside the range for children and young teens.
If you are an adult drawn to heartfelt, faith-affirming romance, you may find its message meaningful. For most families, wait to watch it at home, where you can decide whether its romantic and other content is right for your viewers.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESBased on a true story, 2 HEARTS follows two love stories unfolding at the same time.
Jorge meets Leslie, a flight attendant, during a business trip for his family’s rum business. Chris begins his freshman year at Loyola, where he meets Samantha while volunteering for her campus safety program. The four lovers seem to have everything going for them, but health problems eventually change the course of their lives.
Is It Any Good?
Three stars means 2 HEARTS has worthwhile strengths but falls short of becoming a fully successful film. The jeopardy works, and the conclusion is uplifting.
The storytelling is less effective. The narration is muted and one-dimensional, with little change in tone as the story shifts. The back-and-forth between Chris’s and Jorge’s stories is frustrating because the movie repeatedly leaves one story just as the viewer begins to invest in it. As a result, the true story falls somewhat flat in its translation to the screen.
The Worldview
2 HEARTS presents a strong Christian, moral, pro-life worldview. Prayer is extolled, characters make the Sign of the Cross, and a priest appears. The film also stresses selfless acts of kindness, helping others, marriage, family, having a baby, and treating every day and everything as a miracle.
The movie’s positive convictions are mitigated by romantic content, including implied fornication between two unmarried lovers. Its moral vision affirms marriage, but the story includes sexual behavior outside marriage before that affirmation is completed. The film also includes a father who does not approve of the woman his son wants to marry, creating a bad role model.
At its heart, the movie values sacrificial love, family, and gratitude for life. Scripture likewise calls believers to “give thanks in all circumstances” (1 Thessalonians 5:18).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements
Strong Christian, moral, pro-life worldview include prayer is extolled, characters make the Sign of the Cross, there’s a priest character, the movie stresses treating every day and everything as a miracle, selfless acts of kindness and helping other are extolled, marriage is affirmed, a couple has a baby, and family is promoted, mitigated by some Romantic elements that include implied fornication between two unmarried lovers
Foul Language
Three obscenities, four profanities, there’s a “Thank God” comment, and some vomiting
Violence
Conversation about a car crash, three scenes where young men pass out and two of those are bad where one is a joke, some scary scenes where young man is rushed to the hospital, a surgery scene where surgeon removes something from the body where some blood is seen, a character dies, and a man punches wall
Sex
Unmarried couple fornicates but eventually get married, and there’s some implied marital sex
Nudity
Implied nudity as unmarried man and woman are in bed after fornicating, seven instances of upper male nudity that take place when a boy changes, people are at the beach and when boys are playing sports, a woman is seen in a one-piece swimsuit with lots of cleavage, and a girl is seen in a bikini
Alcohol Use
Depicted drunkenness from college students as sober characters pick them up to give them rides home, but it’s not rebuked and social drinking at weddings
Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse
A cigar is smoked but no drugs;
Miscellaneous Immorality
Bad role model as father doesn’t approve of the woman his son wants to marry.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
The film emphasizes treating every day as a miracle. What ordinary gift from God can you practice noticing and thanking Him for this week?
Psalm 118:24 · 1 Thessalonians 5:18Chris volunteers to help students get home safely. What does selfless care for other people look like in your school, church, or community?
Philippians 2:3–4 · Galatians 6:2The movie places romantic love alongside marriage and family. How does Scripture describe the purpose and boundaries of marriage?
Genesis 2:24 · Hebrews 13:4Prayer appears as an important part of the characters’ lives. How can prayer shape the way we respond when health problems or other trials change our plans?
Philippians 4:6–7 · James 5:13The Final Word
2 HEARTS offers an uplifting conclusion and a strong Christian, moral, pro-life worldview, but its uneven storytelling and romantic content make it a poor family-night choice. For discerning adults who want to consider it, WAIT FOR HOME — ADULTS ONLY. For other options, see.
