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Summary: filled with romance
Review: Any person who admires romance in real life and/or in movies would love this movie. This movie is packed with romance from top to bottom. It is a wonderful movie to watch with a significant other.
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Summary: Message in a Bottle
Review: I have watched this movie twice and have seen different things in it each time I have watched it. I am always deeply moved and think about this movie for weeks in between. A book made into a movie is always difficult to do and do well. I read the book first and thought the movie actually did the book justice.
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Summary: GREAT MOVIE !!!!
Review: I enjoyed this story very much. The book has more meat to it but it is good. in fact, I went out to get the book, and I did not enjoy the book as much as the movie. Check my review on the book. This movie is good for a lazy sunday afternoon of togetherness. You and your love one should take the advantage to view it at home.
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Summary: Heartbreaking -- and read the book first!
Review: Even though we as romantics don't like the ending, this is a good movie. You MUST read the book first, there is no way to capture the thoughts and emotions of the characters without having done so. Having read the book first, and feeling the background emotion behind the characters, I love the move, just hated the ending. Cried with the book, cried with the movie. Get it for a rainy day...and share it with that someone special in your life so as not to waste something like Garretta and Theresa had and insufficient time to figure out together. Having read another book by Mr. Sparks, I would like to ask him for a happy ending...for us hopeless romatics out there!
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Summary: Movie is a big disappointment
Review: I read the book first and would recommend it over the movie. Don't waste your time watching this movie. It was a great cast who could not portray the emotion and depth required of the characters.
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Summary: Huge disappointment
Review: Not only was every step of this love story predictable, the unnecessarily tragic ending ruined what would otherwise have been an entertaining movie. Indeed, life is sometimes tragic; all the more reason to give us a happy ending. If you're looking for a "feel good" movie, please don't press play on this one.
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Summary: A Beautiful, Haunting Film
Review: Right from the very first scene, the viewer senses something extraordinary is about to take place...and it does. Unlike most films today, this one centers upon genuine love - not lust - between two lonely people. Kevin Costner portrays Garrett Blake, a seagoing boat renovator and a widower of two years who cannot let go of the past. Robin Wright-Penn plays Theresa, a research specialists for the Chicago Tribune and a divorcee with a young son. While taking a few days holiday she discovers Garrett's message of love to his deceased wife in a bottle that washed up to shore. Haunted by the letter, she uses her research skills, along with the help of the Chicago newspaper staff, to track Garrett down. The shy awkwardness the two characters exhibit when they're together is refreshingly charming and very realistic. In spite of their lack of finesse, a sensitive, beautiful love story begins to take hold that is destined to pierce the viewer's heart. With the memory of his late wife, Catherine, constantly overshadowing their relationship, Garrett and Theresa continue to draw closer to one another and fall deeper in love. Their story concludes, however, with a surprising twist. Paul Newman, who portrays Garrett's father (Dodge), remains a master of his trade. Coarse, and brutally honest, Dodge's love for his son, and approval of the new woman on the scene, is heartwarming. Newman's character proves to be a necessary anchor for the two lovers. With an exceptional supporting cast who enhance the tale, and beautifully filmed on the coast of Maine, "Message In A Bottle" is a sad love story, but it sends a powerful message to us all. May we never forget it.
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Summary: Alas, what might have been
Review: Over forty years of devoted movie watching did not prepare me for the disappointment of this waste of a talented caste. This movie is a puzzle. It is admittedly full of visual beauty. A beautiful cast, in beautiful settings, but it is alas, devoid of life. Robin Penn Wright and Kevin Costner are actors I've always enjoyed, but this movie strips beauty to mere vacuity. Not even the redoubtable Paul Newman or Robbie Coltrane can inject life or interest into this film. One can understand fascination or intrigue with the letter in the bottle that kicks off this piece, but there is no plausible explanation of what the achingly beautiful Robin Penn Wright sees in Kevin Costner's character after she gets to know him. The puzzle is whether it is the script or the direction, or even perhaps the beauty-obsessed cinematography that have stripped the production of drama, of the conflict that draws us into interest in the portrayed characters. It is a sad story, but as devoid of emotional impact as the naked recital of the numbers of unfortunates killed in a catastrophe around the world. This movie should be held up as an example of how poor direction and writing and cinematography can take talented actors and a story line full of potential and make us just not care. My advice -- watch it with the sound turned off, enjoy the beautiful people and scenery while listening to good music of your choice.
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Summary: YOU MUST TELL YOUR LOVE
Review: TO EVERY PERSON WHO DON'T SAY I LOVE YOU ENOUGH ; WATCH THIS MOVIE & YOU'LL SEE HOW IMPORTANT THESE WORDS ARE ...ALSO EVERY PERSON WHOM LOST A LOVED ONE SHOULD WATCH IT... I AM NOW READING THE BOOK ; A LOT OF PEOPLE TOLD ME TO READ THE BOOK BEFORE BUT HEY.... IT WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL MOVIE & I RECOMMEND IT
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Summary: A MUST see if you have a spouse
Review: This movie is the perfect movie to take your spouse to. The movie deals with a husband (Costner) who took life with his wife completely for granted. Dealing with grief is a hard enough issue to convey in a movie. Costner and Newman are purely magical when you witness how a man deals with grief and moving on with life, with Newman's character pushing the healing along. Wright - Penn, a single mother meets Costner and falls head over heels for a man who is still holding a torch for his deceased wife. The chemistry between Wright-Penn and Costner is powerful enough to keep any man or woman who may be skeptical about a second chance at love glued to their seats, leaving them teary-eyed and a little more appreciative of their spouse by the end of the movie. An intersting observation when I saw this movie in the theater. There was not a single couple who had a dry eye in the movie house. I witnessed more hand holding and door holding open for women than I have ever witnessed in a theater. The movie moves the heart, soul and spirit of movie-goers that much. Enjoy the movie. It is well worth the investment in these "too-busy" days when people forget their priorities in life.
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