Hope Floats (1998)

Name: Hope Floats
Released: 1998
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., Gena Rowlands, Mae Whitman, Michael Paré

• Movies, Comedy, Drama, Romance

• 114 min

6.4

When life fell apart, love fell into place.

Directed by: Forest Whitaker
Casting: Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., Gena Rowlands, Mae Whitman, Michael Paré, Kathy Najimy, Cameron Finley, Bill Cobbs, Connie Ray, Mona Lee Fultz, Sydney Berry, Rachel Snow, Christina Stojanovich, Alissa Alban, Dee Hennigan, Angela Rambourg, Rosanna Arquette
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 1998-05-29
Status: Released

Tags: high school, funeral, despair, texas, telegram, leaving one's family, loss, judgment, dog, pond, hometown

Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill. Birdee tries starting over with her daughter, Bernice, by returning to her small Texas hometown, but she's faced with petty old acquaintances who are thrilled to see Birdee unhappy -- except for her friend Justin. As he helps Birdee get back on her feet, love begins to blossom.