Product description

Hope Floats [DVD] [1998] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

Price: £40.64
Average customer rating: 4.0

Binding : DVD
EAN : 9786305251866
ISBN : 6305168822
Label : 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer : 20th Century Fox
Publisher : 20th Century Fox
Release date : 1998-11-03
Title : Hope Floats [DVD] [1998] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
Actor : Array
Format : Array
Languages : Array
Number of items : 1
Original release date : 1998-11-13
Region code : 1
Running time : 114
Studio : 20th Century Fox
Theatrical releaseDate : 1998-05-29
MPN : 086162090639

Customer reviews

review by: date: 2009-04-12 rating:

Lovely heartwarming film - recommended
This film is absolutely lovely. Really heartwarming. All about a girl going back to live with her Mama in Texas when her marriage falls apart. There's no place like home and she soon discovers it as she sees her home town through adult eyes. You may shed a tear or two, I certainly did, but over all it is a feel good film through and through - I really recommend watching it.

review by: skeadugenga date: 2008-05-30 rating:

One of the worst films I've ever seen
I rarely bother to write reviews about films I don't like, preferring to celebrate those that I do. However I make an exception for this film because I think people should be warned. br / br /Dull, cheesy, nauseous tripe. Unlikeable characters (even Sandra Bullock), no humour and zero chemistry between the leads. I have to stress that this is not a romcom, it is a tragic tale of ghastly people, the heroine is a doormat and the hero a stalker. br / br /You would have to pay me a considerable amount of money even to watch it again, never mind give the dvd house room. br / br /If you are of an extremely (stress extremely) sentimental disposition, you might enjoy some of it. But if you have an iota of cynicism, or like your romance light, or if you've just had a meal and want to keep it, then I beg you to avoid this film for your own good.

review by: hifranc date: 2005-09-14 rating:

A beautiful romantic drama
Birdee is invited on a talk show and then her best friend tells her that she's having an affair with her husband. After the show Birdee moves with her daughter, Bernice, back to her mother's house (which is situated in a small town). Her father is ill (we find out more about that later). Bernice's cousin, Travis, is also staying at there.pFrom very early on Justin tries to woo her (with a lot of unsubtle hints from her mother).pIt's Birdee's story and follows her as she deals with the aftermath of her marriage collapsing. It's also about Birdee's relationships with her family (especially her mother and her daughter) and others.pWhat I loved about the film was the fact that it was character driven and the characters are 3 dimensional (at least the main ones are). The whole thing feels real and, therefore, is more touching. I had tears rolling down my cheeks watching it.

review by: date: 2005-01-18 rating:

country classic
fantastic country album, with some nice mixes, garth brilliant as ever

review by: date: 2003-01-13 rating:

SANDRA BULLOCK CHARMS...HARRY CONNICK, JR. SIZZLES...
Forest Whitaker's directorial efforts pay off, as he presents the viewer with a solid, though predictable, romance. The ever charming and coltish Sandra Bullock gives a strong performance as Birdie Pruitt, who has just found out on national television that her husband Bill is having an affair with her erstwhile best friend, Connie. Shocked, she is left to cope with this very public betrayal.pBirdie takes their daughter, Bernice, and leaves her husband, returning to her small town roots in Smithville, Texas, where her mom, an eccentric but lovely lady, wonderfully played by Gena Rowlands, still lives. As a teenager, Birdie had been a big fish in a small pond, a popular high school cheerleader who had ended up marrying the high school star quarterback, Queen of Corn three years running, and the envy of most of the young women with whom she grew up. She now finds herself returning home with her tail between her legs, her fairy tale life having taken a decided nosedive.pWhile home, some of those who remember her manage to get their digs in. One person, however, a sensitive and sensual good ol' boy, Justin Matisse, played to sexy perfection by Harry Connick, Jr., remembers her with fond affection, as he has loved her since they were in high school. He is there, just waiting to pick up the pieces.

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