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Hope Floats is a 1998 American drama film directed by Forest Whitaker and starring Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., Mae Whitman, and Gena Rowlands. Written by Steven Rogers, the story follows Birdee (Bullock), an unassuming housewife whose life is disrupted when her husband (Michael Paré) reveals his infidelity to her on a Ricki Lake -style ...
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Hope Floats: Directed by Forest Whitaker. With Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., Gena Rowlands, Mae Whitman. 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.
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- Drama, Romance
- Forest Whitaker
- 1998-05-29
Hope Floats - Full Cast & Crew. Sandra Bullock stars in this winning drama as Birdee Calvert, a Chicago wife and mom who leaves her husband (Michael Pare) and heads home to Texas after he reveals...
- Forest Whitaker
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.
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Jun 6, 1998 · It seems most promising as comedy or satire, but no: “Hope Floats” is a turgid melodrama with the emotional range of a sympathy card. Consider the cast of characters in Smithville. Birdee is played by Bullock as bewildered by her husband’s betrayal (even though he’s such a pig that she must have had hints over the years).
