ChanBot
i must have seen a different film!!
Luecarou
What begins as a feel-good-human-interest story turns into a mystery, then a tragedy, and ultimately an outrage.
Portia Hilton
Blistering performances.
FilmBuff1994
Hope Springs is a decent movie with a reasonably well developed plot and a terrific comedic cast that are even able to be dramatic when necessary. I think the thing that keeps it all together was the chemistry between Colon Firth and Heather Graham, it was very natural, which made for a pleasant viewing. It was certainly a clichéd romantic comedy, there really is no plot point that is unexpected, it is extremely predictable. As well as that, no character other than Colin is developed properly, they are all very one note and never stretch beyond that, which I do not blame the actresses for, I blame the writers. While it is without a doubt a flawed film, Hope Springs has a lot of heart and charming performances which make it very watchable, if you are looking for a romantic comedy it is worth the look, just do not pay money to view it. A depressed artist tries to forget about his love life in the quiet town of Hope, Vermont, but soon begins a relationship with another woman. Best Performance: Colin Firth / Worst Performance: Frank Collison
moonspinner55
British artist, broken-hearted over the dissolution of his engagement to a brash Welsh sexpot, comes to America to relieve his sorrows; he picks the city of Hope ("18,459 people live in Hope") to begin a series of charcoal sketches on the locals, and naturally meets a new girl anxious to help him get over his lost love. Writer-director Mark Herman, adapting his script from the novel "New Cardiff" by Charles Webb (author of "The Graduate"), begins his film with a few "Graduate"-styled visual touches which are quite clever (see if you can find them). His use of soundtrack music is a bit jarring, and the editing seems flagrantly sloppy in the movie's early stages, but these faults are quickly corrected as the characters take shape. In the lead, Colin Firth works his scruffy adorableness to wonderful advantage; with his slightly crooked mouth and low-keyed impatience, he's amusingly antsy and befuddled. The ladies in his life (Heather Graham and Minnie Driver) compliment Firth nicely, while the screwballs who dot the supporting cast are enjoyable without being overtly colorful. We've been down this road before (boy-loses-girl, boy-meets-new-girl, first-girl-comes-back), and a story thread involving a faked family tree doesn't quite come to fruition, but the rest of "Hope Springs" is daffy, frisky, and often funny. *** from ****
patg-637-261848
My wife and I started watching this movie and quickly become insulted by the poor quality and the lack of detail. This was supposed to take place in Vermont, USA, but they were so bad at location that they forgot to at least put on Vermont car plates - they were British Columbia plates!!! Also, the accents were terrible. One lady sounded like Fran Dressler from the Nanny, some sounded like they were from the south. Vermonters for the most part don't have an accent. Why not just film the movie in Vermont? A little homework by the producers would have done them some good. It's too bad... we both like the actor Colin Firth. Not his fault.
mario_c
This film is an average romance comedy, though it has a different, and a bit strange, plot beginning: A guy is moving to America to forget about his fiancée and in the place where he arrives everybody is so sympathetic with him that even a girl, which knows him from nowhere, volunteers herself to help him, without any explanation or valued reason? Even to a town named Hope that's strange… Well, the rest is just the typical romance comedy we are all used to watch! No great novelties or even jokes… There're a few fine jokes, but nothing too unexpected… However I appreciated the Anglo-American "tension" that exists in the plot, since the beginning, and the constant joke "you can't smoke in here"… (not even in a golf court!?). OK, that was funny!I also liked Heather Graham's performance and her character too. I think she's so spontaneous, so fresh, so beautiful… Average entertainment; I will score 5/10.
