Hope Floats (1998)
- Directed by
- Forest Whitaker
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 509 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A housewife's life falls apart when her husband confesses his affair on a national talk show. She moves back to her small Texas hometown with her young daughter to live with her mother, where she must rebuild her life and decide whether to open her heart to a kind old friend.
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What happens
Hope Floats is a 1998 American romantic drama film directed by Forest Whitaker and starring Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., Mae Whitman, and Gena Rowlands. Written by Steven Rogers, the story follows Birdee (Bullock), a sheltered housewife whose life is disrupted when her husband (Michael Paré) reveals his infidelity to her on a Ricki Lake-style talk show. Birdee and her daughter Bernice (Whitman) go to live with her mother (Rowlands) in the small Texas town where Birdee grew up, where everyone knows of her televised marital collapse. She reunites with an old friend named Justin (Connick), who immediately shows romantic interest. While Justin's intentions are clear and good, Birdee struggles with the decision to continue the relationship and unequivocally accept him in her life. The film made its release on May 29, 1998, and was distributed by 20th Century Fox. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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