Rating: PG13
Genre:
Romance
Theatrical Release: 05/09/2003(UK),
Release Date: 04/06/2004
SubTitles: Espanol
Dubbed: French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 92 Minutes
Flags: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video
Not a sequel to 1998's
Hope Floats,
Hope Springs is a
romantic comedy based on the 2001 novel
New Cardiff, the first new book in over 20 years by
Charles Webb, author of
The Graduate. Directed and written for the screen by
Mark Herman (
Brassed Off), the film stars
Colin Firth as lovelorn British artist
Colin Ware. After being left by his fiancée
Vera (
Minnie Driver),
Colin takes to sulking about in a small Vermont hotel run by
Joanie Fisher (
Mary Steenburgen). When
Joanie becomes aware of
Colin's broken heart, she decides to match him up with a local woman named
Mandy (
Heather Graham). But just as romance begins to ensue between
Colin and
Mandy,
Vera suddenly pops back into the picture with intentions of rekindling her relationship with
Colin.
Oliver Platt heads up the supporting cast that also includes
Frank Collison and
Chad Faust.
~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide