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Message in a Bottle (1999)

PG-13 02/22/1999 Romance, Drama 2h 11m
63%
User
Score
6.2/10
32%
39/100

A story of love lost and found.

Overview

A woman finds a romantic letter in a bottle washed ashore and tracks down the author, a widowed shipbuilder whose wife died tragically early. As a deep and mutual attraction blossoms, the man struggles to make peace with his past so that he can move on and find happiness.

Luis Mandoki

Director

Gerald Di Pego

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner

Garrett Blake

Robin Wright

Robin Wright

Theresa Osborne

Paul Newman

Paul Newman

Dodge Blake

John Savage

John Savage

Johnny Land

Illeana Douglas

Illeana Douglas

Lina Paul

Robbie Coltrane

Robbie Coltrane

Charlie Toschi

Jesse James

Jesse James

Jason Osborne

Bethel Leslie

Bethel Leslie

Marta Land

Tom Aldredge

Tom Aldredge

Hank Land

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Media

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written on June 29, 2020

_**Enjoyable, but contrived, love story with some very puzzling questions**_

While on vacation in the Northeast a researcher for the Chicago Tribune (Robin Wright Penn) finds a romantic message in a bottle that is truly moving. After her editor prints the letter it becomes a hit and she travels to North Carolina to find the man who wrote the message (Keven Costner). Paul Newman is on hand as the latter’s father while John Savage plays his angry brother-in-law.

"Message in a Bottle" (1999) is an entertaining drama/romance with quality actors and East Coast locations. Unfortunately, parts of the contrived plot are too much of a stretch and some seriously perplexing questions are raised that I can’t detail without spoiling the movie for first-time viewers. Write me and I’ll share...

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