While You Were Sleeping (film)
1995
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"Hope Floats" begins with a talk show where a woman learns that her husband and her best friend are having an affair. Devastated, she flees from Chicago with her young daughter and moves back in with her mother in Smithville, Texas. Everybody in Smithville (and the world) witnessed her public humiliation.
Hope Floats sinks under a deluge of melodramatic turns and syrupy sentimentality, although Sandra Bullock remains a winning star. Read Critics Reviews. TOP CRITIC. A winsome piece that turns...
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User Reviews. "Hope Floats" is too dramatic to be a romantic comedy. It's more of a character drama about Birdee (Sandra Bullock) moving back home and the main story line being a romance with Harry Connick Jr. Birdee, and the film, are very down-to-earth.
Redemptive drama ready made for family viewing. Read Common Sense Media's Hope Floats review, age rating, and parents guide.
At times heartwarming home-town kitsch, at other times predictable puppy-love pablum for the young and recently separated, Hope Floats... but just barely. Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 |...
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 27%, based on 33 reviews, with an average rating of 4.9/10. The site's consensus states: " Hope Floats sinks under a deluge of melodramatic turns and syrupy sentimentality, although Sandra Bullock remains a winning star."
May 29, 1998 · Hope Floats: Directed by Forest Whitaker. With Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., Gena Rowlands, Mae Whitman. Birdee Calvert must choose between her morals and her heart after her husband divorces her and a charming young man, who her daughter disapproves of, comes back into her life.
May 25, 1998 · By Todd McCarthy. “Hope Floats” doesn’t. A dreadfully dull, completely conventional story of a young wife’s recuperation from being unceremoniously dumped, this is a by-the-numbers bit of...
Sep 10, 2012 · A small town Texas beauty queen, Birdee Pruitt (Bullock) returns to the nest after her husband announces that he's in love with another - on a TV talk show.
43 Metascore. 1998. 1 hr 54 mins. Drama, Comedy. PG13. Watchlist. Where to Watch. Sandra Bullock stars in this winning drama as Birdee Calvert, a Chicago wife and mom who leaves her husband...
