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Hope Floats (1998)
A lesson in counting blessings
And perfectly uplifting after a hard week. Excellent performances by all the crew, with special kudos for Miss Whitman. Despite the average score here at IMDB, I would recommend this movie highly to anyone who has lived long enough to understand lose and life. And hope.
Returning to her roots with her daughter Bernice (Mae Whitman) in tow after a nasty marital split, Birdee Pruitt (Sandra Bullock) is able, in spite of a few reality checks from her past, to put her life and needs into perspective and to find for herself and her daughter acceptance and contentment. Gena Rowlands is wonderful as Birdee's mother. Her advice is homespun and her eccentricities are hilarious. Harry Connick, Jr reminds us once again that he is an excellent actor and very sexy. This is altogether a wonderful film, one to own and watch when you need to be reminded of the importance of family and the need to touch base with them.
The Experts (1989)
Fun, light, disposable comedy you'll remember
Everyone always says, "It's a fun movie, but don't expect Oscar material" about these silly little movies. If you are expecting a silly movie about two dim-witted New Yorkers who think they are going to Nebraska to start a nightclub, but have really been abducted by the KGB to inject a little late '80's cachet to a Soviet Operative training town trapped in the '50's, who then fall in love with the wholesome, caring "townspeople" (two of them in particular), and learn the formula late '80's message of understanding and communication, you'll have a great afternoon. If you are expecting Oscar material, I'm afraid you may have been living in a Soviet training camp. This movie is fun, funny and as good as the genre gets. Nice performances turned in all around, and the dance scene everyone is drooling over really is kind of hot.