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Summary: Return to Me
Review: This the Best Picture that I have seen since Roman Holiday by Far Thank You Mario Buksa
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Summary: Returned Again and Again
Review: I didn't know what to expect when a friend recommended RETURN TO ME. I was truly impressed. This is a film I can watch again and again. David Duchovny and Minnie Driver are both stellar actors whose careers I've followed over the years. The chemistry between Duchovny and Driver is very believable. The story has all of the elements of a good 40's love story. Bonnie Hunt not only did a terrific job directing the film, but she and her co-writers did a great job weaving a lovely story of how in the midst of tragedy, "what appears to be a curse, can be a blessing"...I just bought four copies of the DVD to give as gifts. The late Carroll O'Connor is outstanding as Ms. Driver's grandfather...he and his cronies scenes will make you laugh out loud, as will the funny and talented David Alan Grier. The performances are all first rate. RETURN TO ME is a film that should be in the library of any movie buff that enjoys seeing a film with a "lot of heart."
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Summary: Great Movie with a great cast!
Review: This is a great movie. Period. It's a love story without being too wimpy with plenty of laughs. The cast is excellent.
You really feel for and like the characters. The performances
of the supporting cast really puts this movie over the top.
Plus, it shows a beautiful side of Chicago. A must see and a must buy.
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Summary: Nick and Nora Bob and Gracie
Review: I'm not sure what else I can add that other reviewers have not touched upon so I will simply say that if you enjoy the love affair between Niles and Daphne on the show Fraiser, you will love this movie.
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Summary: More than a love story
Review: After I first saw that movie I couldn't stop thinking about it. So I bought the video and watched it over and over again. And I still do. Gracie and Bob have the love story everyone is dreaming about...
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Summary: more than a love story
Review: After I first saw that movie I couldn't stop thinking about it. So I bought the video and watches it over and over again and I still do. Gracie and Bob have a love story everyone's just dreaming about...
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Summary: Beautiful love story
Review: This is one of my favorite movies. I rented it so many times I finally bought it. Every time I watch it -- I end up in tears.
David Duchovny demonstrates his excellence as a dramatic actor as a heartbroken, grieving husband, Bob. Isolated by his grief and devastated by the loss of his beloved wife, Bob meets a sweet woman recovering from a heart transplant who inspires him to love and hope again. This is a clean love story built around the issues of death, grief, and organ donation.
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Summary: Return to Me: If Only Life Could Be Like This
Review: Whenever someone asks me, 'Why doesn't Hollywood make sweet old-fashioned romances the way it did back in the old days?' I reply that with RETURN TO ME it did. Director Bonnie Hunt sets up a premise that could easily have been carried off by Rock and Doris, but David Duchovny and Minnie Driver generate the same palpable magnetism that resonated with audiences of a previous generation. Bob (Duchovny) and Elizabeth (Joely Richardson) are happily married, and the film starts off to be about them. Then jarringly, she dies in an auto accident, leaving him to grieve as best he can. Director Hunt juxtaposes Elizabeth's death with the rebirth of Grace (Driver), who needs a heart transplant, and guess who is the donor? Hunt, who also shines in a supporting role as Grace's best friend, strings together these two strands of disjointed lives, slowly at first with blind date pitfalls with others before allowing them to meet and heal. Bob loves and misses Elizabeth while Grace feels that her devotion to her ill grandfather precludes a normal love life. Yet, they connect and as they do, they find that they match up right in all the little ways that count. Robert Loggia, Carrol O'Connor, and Bonnie Hunt interact as a variation of the Greek chorus that comments on the plot but says things that the main characters are probably thinking but dare not say. James Belushi, who usually plays the lead, is the second banana as Bonnie Hunt's husband, and in their own relation seem to be a future version of what Bob and Grace's could be. There is a plot complication of course. When the source of Grace's heart becomes known to her and Bob, both are overwhelmed with a sense of weirdness. How both cope with it is the only serious note of the film, aside from Elizabeth's early exit. What RETURN TO ME is represents a celebration of the discovery of a fount of joy that tragedy can slow down but never quite derail.
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Summary: A Charming Romance From the Heart
Review: Somebody give Bonnie Hunt a leading role quick! She is such a vibrant actress that she shouldn't be the supporting role in every film she does (The American President, Jerry Maguire, The Green Mile). And now she surprises us even more by directing, writing, and starring in Return to Me, a warm, appealing movie filled with laughter. David Duchovny (The X-Files) plays Bob, an architect whose zoologist wife (Joely Richardson) is killed in a car accident. Minnie Driver (Oscar-nominee for Good Will Hunting) plays Grace, who is desperately in need of a heart transplant. She benefits from Bob's tragedy when she is given his late wife's heart. Eventually Bob winds up in Grace's diner and her grandpa (the late, brilliant Carroll O'Connor, All in the Family) and his friends line the two up. Of course nobody knows that Grace has Bob's dead wife's heart (say that ten times fast!). Hunt plays Grace's best friend and steals virtually every scene she's in. She has five rambunctious children and a beer-drinking husband (James Belushi) who seems less mature than his kids do. While the scenes between Duchovny and Driver feel like an ode to Moonstruck, the scenes between Hunt and Belushi play more like a zany television sitcom. The can't get along, but we know they love each other a lot. My one complaint about the film is that Hunt should have taken the role of Grace. She nearly overshadows everybody in the film and although Minnie Driver is fine as Grace, she just isn't as charming as Bonnie Hunt. Any smart Hollywood director would pass on the Demi Moore's and Sharon Stone's and give Bonnie Hunt a chance to be a leading lady. The end of the film is a huge cliche, but the rest of the movie is so good it's forgivable. Original, witty, and charming, Return to Me sports great supporting performances by James Belushi, and Carroll O'Connor (among others). It's a fantastic movie that should please anyone with a taste for romance straight from the heart. Rated PG for light profanity.
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Summary: A Heart and Driver
Review: Return to me is a kind-hearted romance involving two people who desperately need each other. David Duchovny plays Bob the architect. He is married and deeply in love with a woman who is a heart donar. In another part of town is Grace, Minnie Driver's character. She's a sweet young Italian that need's a heart transplant to live. After Bob's wife dies in a wreck, her heart is rushed to the aid of Grace. After a series of event's, Bob and Grace's paths cross, and soon a romance ensues. Unknown to either of them, inside of Grace, beats his wife's heart. How they find out, and how their love develops is above average. It's really terrific, and a good one for date night.
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