Hope Floats

PG-13

Released May 29, 1998

1 hr. 54 min.

Romance

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27%

33 Reviews

Tomatometer

72%

50,000+ Ratings

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Birdee Pruitt (Sandra Bullock) has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie (Rosanna Arquette), who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill (Michael Paré). Birdee tries starting over with her daughter, Bernice (Mae Whitman), 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 (Harry Connick Jr.). As he helps Birdee get back on her feet, love begins to blossom.

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Critics Consensus

Hope Floats sinks under a deluge of melodramatic turns and syrupy sentimentality, although Sandra Bullock remains a winning star.

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EllaJo r

Great job and this cute sad and then happy movie, kinda wish you could have played out more of her first marriage to get everyone more shocked.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/24/24

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Melanie V

This movie is one of my all time favorites of Sandra Bullock. Speed, 28 days, hope floats, miss congeniality, lost city, and more. Every movie she is in, is a smash hit.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/17/24

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Jenna R

So cheesy, absolutely no plot. There were so many loose ends and unexplained turns of events, I couldn't form a connection with any of the characters.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/25/23

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Anthony D

Bullock and Gena Rowlands pull it off

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/20/23

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A T

A 90's classic. Has all the feels and reminds us that beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts the most.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/08/23

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Emilie P

Cute, sweet, deeper than most rom coms. Includes the sweetness sadness and humor of dysfunctional family life

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/03/23

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Forest Whitaker

Director

Sandra Bullock

Birdie Pruitt

Harry Connick Jr.

Justin Matisse

Gena Rowlands

Ramona Calvert

Mae Whitman

Bernice Pruitt

Michael Paré

Bill Pruitt

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Xan Brooks

Independent (UK)

A winsome piece that turns a loving eye on Sandra Bullock as a down-in-the-dumps ex-beauty queen.

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: C-

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Globe and Mail

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 12, 2002

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Carly Kocurek

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Redemptive drama ready made for family viewing.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 1, 2011

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

... just horrible, horrible, horrible.

Rated: D-

Jan 27, 2005

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Dragan Antulov

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Rated: 2/10

Jul 26, 2004

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Synopsis

Birdee Pruitt (Sandra Bullock) has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie (Rosanna Arquette), who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill (Michael Paré). Birdee tries starting over with her daughter, Bernice (Mae Whitman), 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 (Harry Connick Jr.). As he helps Birdee get back on her feet, love begins to blossom.

Director: Forest Whitaker
Executive Producer: Mary McLaglen, Sandra Bullock
Screenwriter: Steven Rogers
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox, Fortis Films
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 29, 1998, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $60.0M
Sound Mix: Surround

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