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Hope Springs

PG-13

Released Sep 5, 2003

1 hr. 30 min.

Romance

Comedy

List

25%

12 Reviews

Tomatometer

27%

5,000+ Ratings

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British artist Colin Ware (Colin Firth) discovers that his fiancée, Vera (Minnie Driver), is going to marry another man. Distraught and despondent, he gets on a plane for America and ends up in the tiny town of Hope in New England. At first, Colin is depressed, but he soon finds more than a shoulder to cry on when his innkeepers introduce him to Mandy (Heather Graham), a beautiful nurse. All's going well and Colin has almost forgotten his old flame until Vera shows up with a surprise of her own.

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Clive E

This film isn't terrible, but neither is it very good. What stops it from being awful are some engaging performances from the American cast, particularly Heather Graham and Mary Steenburgen. What stops it from being any good is a flimsy non existent plot and a horrendous performance from Colin Firth. Almost to the letter a re enactment of his cameo in Love Actually but with zero charm and zero believability.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/12/24

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steve d

The pieces are here but the scrip is terrible.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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stephanie s

SHOCKINGLY BAD - How can great actors say yes to a really bad script - it was like two friends made it up over coffee after seeing a bunch of crap movies and thinking " I can do this".

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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william s

Hope can not help float this movie.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

I just loved this movie! :) It was sweet, fresh and funny...:) And it was great to see that Colin Firth can actually be so amusing...:)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

I put this on early morning as it was the only thing on the dial I hadn't yet seen. Having been born and raised in NH and having spent a lot of time in Vermont I know what a New Englander sounds like and Mary Steenburgen didn't sound like one us. Steenburgen sounded more like New York than New Englander which was a poor choice of accent for a Vermonter. Real Vermonters know that history tells of Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys drover the "yorkers" from Vermont. Heather Graham sounded like a woman from the midwest, oh, waith, she is. At least Colin Firth had the right accent. Ok, so there's more to a film than accents, but if you set a film in a place and you don't take care to get the sound right, you're probably not going to care to get other things right.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Mark Herman

Director

Colin Firth

Colin Ware

Heather Graham

Mandy

Minnie Driver

Vera

Mary Steenburgen

Joanie Fisher

Oliver Platt

Doug Reed

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Alexander Walker

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The whole film, written and directed by Mark Herman, feels like watching concrete set.

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Empire Magazine

Rated: 2/5

Dec 30, 2006

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Neil Smith

BBC.com

A date movie that's well worth making a date with.

Rated: 3/5

May 7, 2003

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Rated: 2/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Dan Jardine

Cinemania

Firth, who is one of the best of the rom com actors out there, eventually crashes into the film's multitude of shortcomings

Rated: 45/100

Jul 2, 2004

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Oz

eFilmCritic.com

Hope Springs went straight to video after being savaged by critics and audiences in the UK, and that's about where it belongs.

Rated: 2/5

May 26, 2004

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Synopsis

British artist Colin Ware (Colin Firth) discovers that his fiancée, Vera (Minnie Driver), is going to marry another man. Distraught and despondent, he gets on a plane for America and ends up in the tiny town of Hope in New England. At first, Colin is depressed, but he soon finds more than a shoulder to cry on when his innkeepers introduce him to Mandy (Heather Graham), a beautiful nurse. All's going well and Colin has almost forgotten his old flame until Vera shows up with a surprise of her own.

Director: Mark Herman
Screenwriter: Mark Herman, Charles Webb
Distributor: Touchstone Pictures
Production Co: Cosmopolitan (Hearst), Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 5, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Sound Mix: Surround

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