Hope Floats

Hope Floats
by Forest Whitaker

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Actor: Gena Rowlands, Harry Connick Jr., Mae Whitman, Michael Par?, Sandra Bullock
Director: Forest Whitaker
Brand: BULLOCK,SANDRA
Producer: Sandra Bullock
Cinematographer: Caleb Deschanel
Editor: Richard Chew
Producer: Elizabeth Joan Hooper
Producer: Lynda Obst
Producer: Mary McLaglen
Writer: Steven Rogers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 114 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-01-14
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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Movie Review: Pleasant but nothing special
Summary: 3 Stars

There's nothing to hate in this film, except maybe the little girl, so I give it three stars. It boasts a fine cast but the script is so sappy and predictable that it doesn't make good use of them. I have liked Sandra Bullock in everything else I've seen her in but here she seems awfully lackluster. Harry Connick Jr is wonderful to look at. Again his part is so goofy; he had a crush on the high school star and he's still worshipping her. There's nothing to believe that he has grown since high school or that he sees her as an adult--not just the girl he idolized back then. So we're supposed to believe that this will be the romance that will work for them, unlike the marriage she's just left. It's not very realistic but it is rather pleasant and there's nothing to really hate here...except the daughter. Someone make a count of how many 10 year old girls written into movie scripts who either have freckles, frizzy hair or glasses and terrible names, who we are supposed to adore because they are so uncute. Enough, already!

Gena Rowlands is always fine and it's a pleasure to see her. Again, too bad this good cast didn't have better material to work with.

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Summary of Hope Floats

Birdee Pruitt (Bullock) has a life most people would envy. But when her cheating husband reveals infidelity to her on a national TV talk show, her perfect life comes crashing down. Devastated, Birdee and her young daughter head home to the small town she left behind. As mother and daughter struggle to adjust to their new lives, Birdee slowly gains the strength to open her heart and find hope again.

Cute-as-a-button Sandra Bullock is a homemaker who learns that her husband and best friend are having an affair. The so-called best friend reveals this information on a national chat show, leaving Bullock devastated and disgraced. Heading back to her small hometown in Texas, she seeks refuge with her eccentric mother. Laconic Harry Connick Jr., a former high-school classmate, attempts to bring Bullock out of her depression and win her heart. He has, you see, been carrying a torch for her since they were kids.

You will not need a crystal ball to see where this is going. It works as a middling romance, but is an annoying waste of potential. The script has much to say about finding your true identity, but does so with all the sentimentality and depth of a Hallmark card. --Rochelle O'Gorman

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