Message in a Bottle

starring: Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn, Paul Newman, John Savage, Illeana Douglas
directed by: Luis Mandoki

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Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790748191
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, Special Edition, NTSC
ISBN: 0790748193
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: February 01, 2000
Running Time: 131 minutes
Sales Rank: 8520
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 12, 1999

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
If, as they say, you're in a certain mood, Message in a Bottle can be just the ticket. Based on Nicholas Sparks's bestselling novel, this handsome but overly calculated romance tale stars Robin Wright Penn as Theresa, a Chicago Tribune researcher who finds a note encased in a green bottle that has floated onto a Cape Cod shore. The message within is a heartfelt, yearning declaration of love to a woman named Catherine, but the author is unknown until Theresa (rather improbably) tracks him down in North Carolina. He's Garret Blake (Kevin Costner), a taciturn builder of sailboats and a grieving widower whose late wife, poetically speaking, was the intended recipient of the seafaring note Theresa found. Theresa, a divorcée with a son, decides to meet Garret, only to find him as bottled-up as his message. Nevertheless, a romance blooms on the strength of quality time in a sailboat and lots of cuddling, though the script tosses in bits of conflict to keep their relationship spicy. Directed by Luis Mandoki (When a Man Loves a Woman), this love story is entirely by the numbers, with Costner inhabiting (rather than performing) a stock fantasy of a man perfect in every way save his broken heart. Penn brings more vibrancy to her equally predictable part, but fortunately for all, Paul Newman, John Savage, Robbie Coltrane, and Illeana Douglas are on hand in nicely textured character parts. Sometimes predictability is exactly what one wants when settling in for an evening of home video, and this movie fits the bill nicely. The appealing cinematography is by ace cameraman Caleb Deschanel. --Tom Keogh

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- Message in a Bottle
This is a great movie. It was shipped expeditiously and in great condition. Would do business with vendor in the future.

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I just love Kevin Koster! Great movie if you're a romantic person!!!! But make sure you have plenty of tissues handy!!!! DVD arrived on time and in excellent condition! Thanks!

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this movie was amazing.. I loved it, even when i was crying like a baby!
as always true Nicholas Sparks style. even in his movies.. he gets you totally sucked in emotionally. GREAT MOVIE!

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- "Choose between yesterday and tomorrow. Pick one. Stick with it."
While on vacation, a single mother identified as Theresa discovers a 'message in a bottle' on the shore that has moving honest words of love addressed to a woman named Catherine...

The trail leads her to a sailboat builder named Garrett and also to his father, Dodge in a small North Carolina coastal town... It turns out that Catherine is Garret's deceased wife, and the intriguing letters were written, two years earlier, after her decease...

Some people find the one true love of their lives, if they're fortunate enough... Luis Mandoki's film, in part, turns out to be ... Read More

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- Ocean waves and gorgeous sceneries surround this unique and refreshing love story...
"Message in the Bottle" is, like the tag-line suggests, a tale of love lost and found. The way I was introduced to this film is rather interesting, I suppose. Many years ago I came across it when I was searching online for information regarding the 1977 classic Disney film "The Rescuers." Both films share the theme of the "message in the bottle" so the connection lead me to this 1999 film. Finally, I saw it for sale in a grocery store's bargain DVD bin and just had to bring it home with me, so I did. I could not have been more pleased. The film is touching in many ways, beautifully filmed, ... Read More

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