Hope Floats (1998)
Director:
Forest Whitaker
Tagline:
« When life fell apart, love fell into place. »
Actors:
Birdee Pruitt
Justin Matisse
Ramona Calvert
Bernice Pruitt
Bill Pruitt
Rating:
(33’062 votes)
(33’062 votes)
Quotes:
« Bernice Pruitt: My dad says that childhood is the happiest time of my life. But, I think he's wrong. I think my mom's right. She says that…
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[Bernice's voice fades as Birdee takes over]
« Birdee Pruitt: [laughing] Childhood is what you spend the rest of your life trying to overcome. That's what momma always says. She says that beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts the most. Try to remember that when you find yourself at a new beginning. Just give hope a chance to float up. And it will, too…
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« Justin Matisse: Dancing's just a conversation between two people. Talk to me.
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« Ramona Calvert: Mothers always love their daughters, even if they show it poorly.
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Trailer:
Hope Floats
Runtime:114 minutes
Plots:
Birdee Calvert must choose between her morals and her heart after her husband divorces her and a charming young man, who her daughter disapproves of, comes back into her life.
Birdee Calvert-Pruitt is back in her hometown of Smithville, Texas, after discovering that her husband is having an affair with her best friend, Connie. The entire town knows what happened to flawless beauty Birdee since Connie let her know about the affair on a national talk show. Back in town, she’s dealing with catty old friends and acquaintances from high school who can’t help rubbing it in her face that she isn’t as perfect as she thought while still trying to get back on her feet with her daughter, Bernice. Deeply depressed, she runs into an old friend, Justin Matisse, who tries to help her through, but is still in love with her. Birdee must make a new life for her and her daughter, but will Justin be able to be part of it?
Humiliated on national television when her best friend and her husband admit they are in love and having an affair, Birdee Pruitt moves back to her mother’s home in Texas. Returning home, however, is not easy. Her young daughter misses her father and she finds that having been the most popular girl in high school – cheerleader, married the high school quarterback – left a bitter feeling among many of her contemporaries. There is one man, however, who still has feelings for her after all of these years, but can Birdee put her recent past behind her and start a new life?
