Message in a Bottle DVD (Region 1)

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Manufacturer : Warner Home Video
Release date : 3 August 1999
Number of discs : 1
EAN : 9780790740812
UPC : 085391698920

Romance (3), Drama (2), Best Romance Movie Ever! (1), Dramas (1), Star-Crossed Lovers (1), Tearjerkers (1), Affairs/Love Triangles (1)

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Product DescriptionA tale of a romance sparked by a womans attempt to discover the writer of a heartfelt message she found in a bottle washed up on a cpae cod beach. Special features: interactive menus scene access filmographies and theatrical trailer. Three other bonuses: audio commentary by the director & producer and more. Studio: Wa Product Description
A tale of a romance sparked by a womans attempt to discover the writer of a heartfelt message she found in a bottle washed up on a cpae cod beach. Special features: interactive menus scene access filmographies and theatrical trailer. Three other bonuses: audio commentary by the director & producer and more. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 11/11/2008 Starring: Kevin Costner Paul Newman Run time: 131 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Luis Mandoki

If, as they say, you're in a certain mood, Message in a Bottle can be just the ticket. Based on Nicholas Sparks's bestselling novel, this handsome but overly calculated romance tale stars Robin Wright Penn as Theresa, a Chicago Tribune researcher who finds a note encased in a green bottle that has floated onto a Cape Cod shore. The message within is a heartfelt, yearning declaration of love to a woman named Catherine, but the author is unknown until Theresa (rather improbably) tracks him down in North Carolina. He's Garret Blake (Kevin Costner), a taciturn builder of sailboats and a grieving widower whose late wife, poetically speaking, was the intended recipient of the seafaring note Theresa found. Theresa, a divorcée with a son, decides to meet Garret, only to find him as bottled-up as his message. Nevertheless, a romance blooms on the strength of quality time in a sailboat and lots of cuddling, though the script tosses in bits of conflict to keep their relationship spicy. Directed by Luis Mandoki (When a Man Loves a Woman), this love story is entirely by the numbers, with Costner inhabiting (rather than performing) a stock fantasy of a man perfect in every way save his broken heart. Penn brings more vibrancy to her equally predictable part, but fortunately for all, Paul Newman, John Savage, Robbie Coltrane, and Illeana Douglas are on hand in nicely textured character parts. Sometimes predictability is exactly what one wants when settling in for an evening of home video, and this movie fits the bill nicely. The appealing cinematography is by ace cameraman Caleb Deschanel. --Tom Keogh

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