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Kirk, among its other admirers was Joel E. Siegel of Washington's City Paper:
"It’s easy to pinpoint the movie’s flaws but frustrating to find language to convey One From the Heart’s rapturous sensuousness. Where are the words to describe its vibrant colors and swirling camera movements, or the spine-chill of its score -- "Old Boyfriends", "Broken Bicycles" and the heartfelt title song -- with Waits’ gravel voice and Gayle’s crystalline tones cushioned by a velvety string orchestra featuring Pete Jolly’s sparkling jazz piano, and Teddy Edwards’ sonorous tenor saxophone? And how to communicate the emotional power of Garr’s and Forrest’s fervent expressions in the movie’s final scene, one of the most emphatic uses of mute closeups since Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc?"
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