Hope Floats movie review

April 5, 2010 - #2/100
Hope Floats (1998)

I've mostly been wanting to see this movie because I am an avid fan of Sandra Bullock. Basically, Birdee (Sandra Bullock) gets publicly humiliated on national television. Her best friend tells her that she's going to be on a talk show in order to get a make-over. Instead, her best friend admits that she has been having an affair with her husband for about a year. So, in order to get away from it all, Birdee quickly packs her bags, gets her daughter Bernice, and heads to her mother's house. Birdee's mother still lives in Smithville, Texas, which is where Birdee was raised. The town is one of those small towns where everyone knows everything that there is to know. Throughout the movie, Birdee is faced with many past experiences; one of those being Justin (Harry Connick Jr). To begin with, Birdee doesn't want to have anything to do with Justin, but she eventually changes her mind and gives him a chance. Birdee learns how to move on with her life and accept it for what it is. It is definitely a slow paced movie, but there was just something about it that managed to keep my attention. For a while, I wasn't exactly satisfied with the little girl that played Bernice (Birdee's daughter). But, there was this one scene where Bernice's father basically left for good, and Bernice tried her hardest to go with him. She ended up screaming and crying, and it was an extremely emotional and believable scene. Overall, I wouldn't mind watching this movie again. It wasn't the best movie in the world, but I thought that it was good.

I gave this movie 6/10 stars on imdb.com.