Search - Hope Floats [Widescreen] on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Profanity Movie Release: 1998 DVD Release: 11/03/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 54 mins Studio: 20th Century Fox Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Comedy Drama, Romantic Drama, Domestic Comedy See Also: Hope Floats [Widescreen/Fullscreen], Hope Floats

Actor/director Forest Whitaker (Waiting to Exhale) helmed this romantic drama about a one-time high-school beauty queen who returns to her hometown of Smithville, TX. The Steven Rogers screenplay begins in Chicago, where blonde Connie (Rosanna Arquette, uncredited) appears on a trashy daytime talk show and tells a nationwide TV audience about her affair with the husband of her best friend, Birdie Pruitt (Sandra Bullock). Walking into the ambush, Birdie is paraded forth for a public humiliation as Connie's claim is confirmed by husband Bill (Michael Paré). Birdie and her young daughter, Bernice (Mae Whitman), then move back to Texas to live with Birdie's eccentric mother, Ramona (Gena Rowlands), a taxidermist who has filled the house with stuffed animals. Since most of Smithville saw the TV show, embarrassment keeps Birdie sitting around the house in her pajamas; however, her moment of glory as the homecoming "Queen of Corn" has not been forgotten by handyman Justin Matisse (Harry Connick Jr.), the first guy who kissed her back in high school, so a romance soon begins. "Just give hope a chance to float up and it will," says Birdie. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Sandra Bullock - Birdee Pruitt
Harry Connick, Jr. - Justin Matisse
Gena Rowlands - Ramona Calvert
Mae Whitman - Bernice Pruitt
Michael Paré - Bill Pruitt

Forest Whitaker's family drama/comedy comes to DVD with a widescreen 1.85:1 transfer that faithfully reproduces the original theatrical aspect ratio. There is an English soundtrack available in Dolby Digital 5.1, as well as English and French soundtracks rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. Subtitles are accessible in either English or Spanish. The only real extra feature is the original theatrical trailer. Fans of Sandra Bullock may be disappointed in the lack of extras, but should appreciate having a copy of one of her more interesting performances. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide