Hope Floats

1998

Action / Drama / Romance

29
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 72% · 32 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 72% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.1/10 10 32461 32.5K

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Plot summary

Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill. Birdee tries starting over with her daughter, Bernice, by returning to her small Texas hometown, but she's faced with petty old acquaintances who are thrilled to see Birdee unhappy -- except for her friend Justin. As he helps Birdee get back on her feet, love begins to blossom.

Director

Forest Whitaker Photo
Forest Whitaker

Top cast

Sandra Bullock Photo
Sandra Bullock as Birdee Pruitt
Mona Lee Fultz Photo
Mona Lee Fultz as Teacher
Bill Cobbs Photo
Bill Cobbs as Nurse
Mae Whitman Photo
Mae Whitman as Bernice Pruitt
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969.43 MB
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23.976 fps
1 hr 54 min
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 54 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by owninfools23 6 / 10

Well...

Firstly, I LOVE Sandra Bullock. I'll watch any and every movie starring Sandra Bullock. She's the entire reason I gave this movie a chance. I really like old rom-coms as well. There's a certain charm to them. I rated this movie what I did because, in my opinion, there's no real, fluid chemistry between Birdie and Justin. Everything seems so forced and it's just very off putting to me. I also don't like how Justin practically forces Birdie to be around him and make physical contact with him even though she is clearly uncomfortable and has said no to him many times. Gives me the ick to the highest degree.
Reviewed by blanche-2 7 / 10

a low score - how come?

Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick, Jr., and Gena Rowlands star in "Hope Floats," a 1998 film directed by Forest Whitaker.Bullock, who 13 years ago looks exactly as she does now, plays Birdee Pruitt, a small town beauty queen and cheerleader who married the star of the football team, Bill (Michael Pare) and left for the big city. They have a daughter, Bernice (Mae Whitman). When Birdee is invited on a talk show, she is led to believe it's for a makeover. However, it's a Jerry Springer type show, and when she gets there, her best friend tells her that she's been having an affair with Birdee's husband - and they're in love. Bill verifies it.Angry and hurt, Birdee packs up her daughter and moves back to Texas with her outspoken taxidermist mother (Gena Rowlands). An old flame (Harry Connick Jr.) reappears, but Birdee is unable to move forward. She's in love with her husband and wants him back.This film seems to have low scores on IMDb, giving validation to my theory that a) reviewers on IMDb are mostly men; and b) young men; who c) like action, special effects, futuristic, and science fiction films."Hope Floats" is actually a very sweet movie with lovely performances from everyone involved. Bullock is warm and likable as a depressed woman who comes back to town in disgrace and has to face up to people she wasn't particularly nice to in high school. Connick is handsome and charming. Rowlands does a terrific job as Birdee's confident and sometimes overbearing mother who deeply loves her daughter and granddaughter. Mae Whitman as the child Bernice is fantastic as a hurt little girl waiting for her daddy to take her home.Some of the best scenes occur when Birdee visits her demented father in a nursing home.I thought this was an effective film. No bombs, no violence, just some poignant real life - a single mom, a father with dementia, and what it's like to go home and start over.I love films like "Speed," "Inception," "Salt" and films of the classic era. There's room for all kinds of films, and there is room for an actress with the warmth and charm of Sandra Bullock. If you're not a fan, skip it. If you are, you'll love it.
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