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Hope Springs (2012) 6.3
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6.3/10 from 18,983 users
Metascore: 65/100
Reviews: 154 user | 218 critic | 39 from Metacritic.com After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship. Director:David FrankelWriter:Vanessa Taylor |
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Cast
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| Jean Smart | ... |
Eileen, Kay's Friend
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Brad, Their Son
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Molly, Their Daughter
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Mark, Their Son-in-Law
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Vince, Arnold's Friend
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Cora, The Waitress
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Charlie, The Docent
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Mike, The Innkeeper
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Carol, The Neighbor
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Ann, The Happy Wife
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Kay and Arnold are a middle-aged couple whose marriage has declined until they are now sleeping in separate rooms and barely interact in any meaningful loving way. Finally, Kay has had enough and finds a book by Dr. Feld which inspires her to sign them up for the Doctor's intense week long marriage counseling session. Although Arnold sees nothing wrong with their 30 year long marriage, he reluctantly agrees to go on the expensive excursion. What follows is an insightful experience as Dr. Feld manages to help the couple understand how they have emotionally drifted apart and what they can do to reignite their passion. Even with the Doctor's advice, Kay and Arnold find that renewing their marriage's fire is a daunting challenge for them both. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
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Rated PG-13 for mature thematic content involving sexuality | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
8 August 2012 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Great Hope Springs See more »Box Office
Budget:
$30,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$14,650,121 (USA) (10 August 2012)Gross:
$63,536,011 (USA) (19 October 2012)Company Credits
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Written by J.R. Bailey, Rudy Clark and Ken Williams
Performed by The Main Ingredient
Courtesy of RCA Records Label
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
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Steve Carell's character, Dr. Feld, uses a metaphor of fixing a deviated septum by breaking the nose. Meryl Streep has a deviated septum. See more »Goofs
In almost every exterior scene of Kay and Arnold's house we see a Buick sedan and a Subaru station wagon parked in the driveway in front of the garage. However, when the taxi picks up Kay to take her to the airport and drops Arnold and Kay back from the airport the cars are not in the driveway. It was suggested that since they were going out of town they might have moved the cars into the garage, but when Kay leaves it is unknown, even to Arnold himself, if he will accompany her. See more »Crazy Credits
There is a scene during the end credits. See more »Soundtracks
"Everybody Plays the Fool"Written by J.R. Bailey, Rudy Clark and Ken Williams
Performed by The Main Ingredient
Courtesy of RCA Records Label
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Meryl Streep is a wonder, let's start right there. After her towering portrayal of Margaret Thatcher, an ordinary woman in real danger of disappearing all together. Real and enormously moving. Tommy Lee Jones gives us a face we hadn't seen before. Someone so settled in his ways that he doesn't notice what's happening around him. That's why, I though, his realization is so poignant. The film is based on a solid script but the direction is sluggish and uncertain to say the least. It feels as if the director didn't trust his material. The songs and the score, out of a Lifetime TV movie, doesn't allow us to connect with the real truths unfolding in the screen. That, I must confess, was very annoying. I recommend the film on the strength of the two central performances. Intimacy between two grown ups reflected on every look on every move until the score comes to interfere and derail our emotions.