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Message in a Bottle
A woman finds a romantic letter in a bottle washed ashore and tracks down the author, a widowed shipbuilder whose wife died tragically early. As a deep and mutual attraction blossoms, the man struggles to make peace with his past so that he can move on and find happiness.
Release : | 1999 |
Rating : | 6.2 |
Studio : | Bel Air Entertainment, Di Novi Pictures, Tiger Productions, |
Crew : | Production Design, Set Dresser, |
Cast : | Kevin Costner Robin Wright Paul Newman John Savage Illeana Douglas |
Genre : | Drama Romance |
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Good start, but then it gets ruined
everything you have heard about this movie is true.
Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.
This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
Continuing my plan to watch every Kevin Costner movie in order, I come to 1999's Message In A Bottle.Plot In A Paragraph: Theresa (Robin Wright Penn) finds a romantic letter in a bottle washed ashore and tracks down the author, a widowed shipbuilder (KC) whose wife died tragically early. As the two grow closer, the man struggles to make peace with his past so that he can move on and find happiness.Following a public mauling, KC took 1998 off. For the first time since 1986, KC did not have a movie out in cinemas. Returning with Message In A Bottle was a good career move for KC, it's based on a best selling novel, it has a solid (if slightly predictable) story, great dialogue, it is beautifully shot and has good performances. OK it's a chick flick, but it's one of the better ones.But for me, KC is not at his best, I know he is meant to be moody and melancholy, but for me he mostly comes off as subdued. In contrast Robin Wright Penn gives my favourite performance of her career and Paul Newman simply owns every scene he is in, and I believe he should have been nominated for an Oscar. I remember one review I can't recall who, maybe Barry Norman, saying "Newman not only steals every scene he's in, but he puts it in the bank and gets interest on it." It made me laugh. I remember buying the book before seeing the movie, and there were some considerable differences, including the amount of notes sent and the ending.
This movie could have easily been another average romantic-drama had it not been for an above par performance from Kevin Costner and solid direction from Luis Mandoki."Message in a Bottle" is lavishly photographed and blessed with a reasonably plausible script and a believable, realistic ending; one I appreciated very much - not enough movies are brave enough to finish like this. Should touch the hearts of most audiences too.The screenplay from Gerald Di Pego is based upon the Nicholas Sparks novel.Saturday, November 13, 1999 - Video
This movie follows an all-too-predictable romance plot. In fact, the movie is all about its plot and not enough about what could have been fascinating characters and how they work with each other. But, no, it is a tired re-rendering of a tragic love story. Not worth the time it takes to watch.To save you time: She finds a message in a bottle, with some investigation finds the author of the note, meets him and his curmudgeonly father, falls in love, but fails to tell him about the note. He beds her, finds the note, gets annoyed, and leaves. She goes to find him, tries to reconcile, but it's too soon. He goes to get her but dies by accident. She is sad. The end.On the plus side, the performances from the cast was quite good, given the serious limitations of the script.
While strolling on a beach one day Robin Wright Penn finds a letter in a bottle. Back in the old days stranded sailors were known to send distress messages in such items in the hopes the letters would be found and they would be rescued.But this bottle contains a message that's a beautifully composed love letter. Penn's been the odd woman out in a triangle that broke up her marriage and she's a naturally cynical creature. When she shows the letter to her boss editor/columnist Robbie Coltrane who prints it and writes an editorial in praise of it. It gets a really big response from folks touched by it.A little forensic science determines the origin of the letter to be Wilmington, North Carolina and the author to be carpenter/shipbuilder Kevin Costner. A man with that kind of poetry in his soul is guaranteed to move even the once burned Robin Wright Penn.Message In A Bottle is an old fashioned love story guaranteed to melt the most cynical of hearts. Also featured is Paul Newman who is Costner's father who has the wisest old head around. Hard to believe the guy who played Hombre and Cool Hand Luke is now playing wise elderly folks, but Paul Newman grew not just in age, but in expanding his once in a lifetime talent as well.If you think you've seen all the romantic pictures there are and know how this one is coming out then you're in for a shock if you see Message In A Bottle. But it's a worthwhile experience nevertheless.