Hope Floats
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: May 29, 1998 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
11
Negative:
4
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30
VarietyTodd McCarthy
A dreadfully dull, completely conventional story of a young wife's recuperation from being unceremoniously dumped, this is a by-the-numbers bit of emotional calculation without a single fresh, original or offbeat move in its system, apart from a nifty opening sequence. Read full review
30
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
If there's one thing more heartbreaking than a crying child, it's a crying child wearing thick glasses, an image exploited numerous times throughout the course of the dull, uninvolving, tissue-thin Hope Floats. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Floats is corny and false, with a script by Steven Rogers that's almost 100 percent artificial sweetener. Read full review
20
Dallas ObserverAndy Klein
Hope Floats comes lumbering along, scourging all in its path with saccharine sentimentality and bogus emotions. Read full review
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