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Overview

User Rating:
5.3/10   8,262 votes
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Director:
Forest Whitaker
Writer (WGA):
Steven Rogers (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
29 May 1998 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
When life fell apart, love fell into place.
Plot:
A woman who comes back to her home town in Smithville Texas with her daughter after a very sloppy and painful divorce has to deal with the people in her town. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 7 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(19 articles)
Terminating the Darkness: Hope Floats, but Anxiety Abides
 (From Huffington Post. 1 June 2009, 8:41 AM, PDT)

Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: February 22, 2009
 (From Screen Rant. 22 February 2009, 11:51 AM, PST)

User Comments:
A keeper more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Sandra Bullock ... Birdee Pruitt

Harry Connick Jr. ... Justin Matisse

Gena Rowlands ... Ramona Calvert

Mae Whitman ... Bernice Pruitt
Michael Paré ... Bill Pruitt
Cameron Finley ... Travis

Kathy Najimy ... Toni Post

Bill Cobbs ... Nurse
Connie Ray ... Bobbi-Claire

Mona Lee Fultz ... Teacher
Sydney Berry ... Orange Julia
Rachel Snow ... Big Dolores (as Rachel Lena Snow)
Christina Stojanovich ... Kristen
Alissa Alban ... Debbie Reissen (as Allisa Alban)
Dee Hennigan ... Dot
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements.
Runtime:
114 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Austin, Texas, USA more

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Trivia:
Gena Rowlands, Washington-Lee High Class of 1947, plays mother of Sandra Bullock, Washington-Lee High Class of 1982. more
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: When Bernice has her first day at school, and she walks into the classroom, the teacher is going over grammar sentences and correcting them. When Bernice walks back to the back of the classroom, the teacher says she should share the textbook with the girl sitting next to her. But the girl sitting next to her is holding a Science book! more
Quotes:
Birdee Pruitt: I would have stayed with you forever. I would have turned myself inside out for you.
Bill Pruitt: Birdee, I wouldn't have let you! People grow. They change. They have to!
Birdee Pruitt: You think that I don't know that? I know that I'm not what I once was. I know that! But I haven't changed so much, that I would go and lie to someone that I love. God, I would walk through fire before I'd let them feel like they were nothing! And I would never break up anybody's home. Because I am not a quitter. I care about my family! I may not be the same person, but then again, neither are you. You're sad, you're weak, and you're... shorter. If you want to know the truth.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "HBO First Look: Hope Floats (#5.6)" (1998) more
Soundtrack:
Smile more

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21 out of 26 people found the following comment useful:-
A keeper, 15 July 2003
Author: madisongraves from Austin, TX

I'm surprised at the harsh reviews and low rating of this movie!

Unlike other so-called "chick flicks", this movie has an authentic appeal to it and a real heart. Sandra Bullock is a shamed and distraught mother returning to her hometown after being dejected by her husband on national television. She is the beauty queen turned humiliated housewife and her old neighbors don't hesitate to rub it in. Sandra's strong-willed and adorable daughter is played wonderfully by Mae West. Their dysfunctional relationship is a central plot element throughout the film. Sandra finds strength in her own mother and finds new romance with a strong, sensitive cowboy type played surprisingly well by Harry Conick Jr.

Sandra must come to terms with her changing identity and role as mother while her daughter fights for a false allusion of Sandra's husband. An impending divorce between Sandra and her husband and the struggles of Sandra's daughter and nephew, create many heartbreakingly touching moments and at last - an intriguing story with a sense of humor.

Living in Texas and having visited a few small towns, I can state that the movie's portrayal of small town life is a very realistic one which only adds to the films' effectiveness.

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