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Hope Springs

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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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Alexander Walker London Evening Standard 01/10/2018
The whole film, written and directed by Mark Herman, feels like watching concrete set. Go to Full Review Neil Smith BBC.com 05/07/2003
3/5
A date movie that's well worth making a date with. Go to Full Review Mark Adams The Hollywood Reporter 04/04/2003
Somehow it can't make the leap from an enjoyable light film to a movie to remember. Go to Full Review Film Threat 12/06/2005
2/5
Dan Jardine Cinemania 07/02/2004
45/100
Firth, who is one of the best of the rom com actors out there, eventually crashes into the film's multitude of shortcomings Go to Full Review Oz eFilmCritic.com 05/26/2004
2/5
Hope Springs went straight to video after being savaged by critics and audiences in the UK, and that's about where it belongs. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Penelope Y @RT31899006 Sep 7 With a promising lineup of big names, my expectations were high. Unfortunately, the storyline didn’t quite captivate me and felt a bit too cheesy and silly for my taste. See more Robin D @RT30645639 10/28/2024 I find it amazing that a cast this good, could make a movie this bad. It's a criminal waste of Firth and Driver. How can one make Heather Graham unlikable? I hope the actors were well compensated for adding this dog to their resume. Skip it . Any Hallmark movie will fill the niche better. See more Clive E @Darto6 02/12/2024 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. See more steve d @RT35616104 01/31/2023 The pieces are here but the scrip is terrible. See more 02/18/2015 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...:) See more 01/26/2014 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. See more Read all reviews
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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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Hope Springs

British artist Colin Ware (Colin Firth, left) - distraught over an ended relationship - moves to the U.S., where he meets a beautiful nurse named Mandy (Heather Graham, right). After moving to America to forget her, British artist Colin Ware's (Colin Firth, left) life is thrown into chaos when his ex-fiancée, Vera (Minnie Driver, right) suddenly appears. A scene from the film HOPE SPRINGS. A scene from the film HOPE SPRINGS. A scene from the film HOPE SPRINGS. A scene from the film HOPE SPRINGS. A scene from the film HOPE SPRINGS. A scene from the film HOPE SPRINGS. A scene from the film HOPE SPRINGS. View more photos

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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
Producer
Barnaby Thompson, Uri Fruchtmann
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
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
Surround
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