Hope Floats
1998 · Movie · PG-13 · 114 min · ★ 6.4 · 35% critics
After a public betrayal turns her life upside down, a woman returns with her young daughter to her small Texas hometown to start over. Facing gossip, old grudges, and family tensions, she slowly rebuilds her confidence with unexpected support and the possibility of new love.
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Details
- Years
- 1998
- Release date
- 1998-05-29
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Critic score
- 35/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (503 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tender, small-town romantic drama about rebuilding after betrayal, with a mix of tears and comfort; Not for you if you dislike infidelity plots or slow, predictable stories like Two Weeks Notice.
Pros: heartfelt performances; small-town atmosphere; uplifting message | Cons: slow pace; predictable clichés; uneven romance
Themes
- high school
- funeral
- despair
- texas
- telegram
- leaving one's family
- loss
- judgment
- dog
- pond
- hometown
Cast & crew
Sandra Bullock
as Birdee Pruitt
Harry Connick Jr.
as Justin Matisse
Gena Rowlands
as Ramona Calvert
Mae Whitman
as Bernice Pruitt
Michael Paré
as Bill Pruitt
Cameron Finley
as Travis
Kathy Najimy
as Toni Post
Bill Cobbs
as Nurse
Connie Ray
as Bobbi-Claire
Mona Lee Fultz
as Teacher
Directed by Forest Whitaker