Hope Floats PG-13
Out of Print:
Future availability is unknown
on most orders of $75+
|
Brand New
|
DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 54 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: September 1, 2009
- Originally Released: 1998
- Label: 20Th Century Fox
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Sandra Bullock & Harry Connick, Jr. | |
Performer: | Gena Rowlands | |
Directed by | Forest Whitaker | |
Edited by | Richard Chew | |
Screenwriting by | Steve Rogers | |
Composition by | Dave Grusin | |
Produced by | Lynda Obst | |
Director of Photography: | Caleb Deschanel |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 1.5/4 --
At times heartwarming home-town kitsch, at other times predictable puppy-love pablum for the young and recently separated, Hope Floats... but just barely.
Full Review
Nitrate Online
...Ms. Bullock makes Birdee very sympathetic and gives her a becoming humility...
New York Times
Rating: 3/5 --
Redemptive drama ready made for family viewing.
Full Review
Common Sense Media
...The formidable actor Forest Whitaker sensitively directs a sterling cast....HOPE FLOATS gives good value, starting with Bullock's and Rowland's knockout performances...
Los Angeles Times
Rating: 2/4 --
This material could obviously lead in a lot of different directions. It seems most promising as comedy or satire, but no: Hope Floats is a turgid melodrama with the emotional range of a sympathy card.
Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
...A clutch of gemlike performances....[Whitaker] directs with sensitive, artful touches...and Caleb Deschanel's camerawork is pure poetry...
USA Today
Rating: 3/5 --
The plot of this tear-jerker is a little heavy-handed, and so is the directing by Forest Whitaker.
Full Review
Film Quips Online
Product Description:
Birdee (Sandra Bullock) is an unassuming housewife whose life is disrupted when her husband (Michael Pare) reveals his infidelity to her on a Jerry Springer-style talk show. She goes home to her mother and the small town in which she grew up--where, of course, everyone knows about her televised marital collapse. Things only get worse as a family tragedy brings her ex-husband back for an official divorce. Meanwhile an old friend, Justin (Harry Connick Jr.), has entered her life, sparking a romance. While Justin's intentions are good, Birdee struggles with the decision to let him fully into her life. This 1998 sleeper was a pet project of leading actress Bullock and became a surprise hit, touching the hearts of its viewers.
Product Description:
Sandra Bullock gives her most critically acclaimed performance in this touching and heartwarming story about following your heart and finding yourself. Birdee Pruitt (Bullock) has a life most people would envy. But when her cheating husband reveals his 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.
Keywords:
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 128,613
- UPC: 024543058199
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
- International Shipping: 1 item