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Hope Floats

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Hope Floats
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PG13,1hr 54min
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May 29, 1998
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20th Century Fox
Synopsis: Actor/director Forest Whitaker (Waiting to Exhale) helmed this romantic drama about a one-time high-school beauty queen who returns to her hometown of Smithville, TX. The Steven Rogers screenplay begins in Chicago, where blonde Connie (Rosanna Arquette, uncredited) appears on a trashy daytime talk show and tells a nationwide TV audience about her affair with the husband of her best friend, Birdie Pruitt (Sandra Bullock). Walking into the ambush, Birdie is paraded forth for a public humiliation as ... Full Synopsis
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A sharper edge could have taken a pretty good, if uneven, picture to greater heights, considering its potent ingredients and actors. Full Review
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Featured Cast
Birdee Pruitt
Justin Matisse
Ramona Calvert
Bernice Pruitt
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