Hope Springs (2012)
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Duration: 100 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: David Frankel
Stars: Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones and Steve Carell
IMDb score:
6,3 (45.802)
Releasedate: 7 August 2012
Hope Springs plot
"Sometimes to keep the magic, you need to learn a few tricks."
Thirty years of marriage has made high school Maeve decide to take things a little more vigorously, especially in the relationship area. When she hears from a famous relationship guru in the town of Great Hope Springs, she must get her skeptical husband on a plane for an intensive week of marriage and sex therapy.
Actors and actresses
Kay
Dr. Bernie Feld
Arnold Soames
Eileen, Kay's Friend
Molly, Their Daughter
Brad, Their Son
Vince, Arnold's Friend
Cora, The Waitress
Karen, The Bartender
Charlie, The Docent
Reviews & comments
des1
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- 1737 messages
- 993 votes
Kaik... I think sex for the elderly should be banned... All kidding aside: what a fun but also courageous film. For the older generation, talking about intimacy and sex is a problem, let alone bringing it up to a counselor (great role by Steve Carell!). Can hardly be called a comedy, of course, more an outright drama with light-hearted and sometimes painful moments that would have made the laughter (of a farmer suffering a toothache?). You can hardly believe that the beautiful cashier from The Deerhunter, the Karen Blixen from Out Of Africa, the tough senator from Rendition and the insecure lady in this film are played by one and the same actress. Tommy Lee Jones only had to play his grumpy self, nevertheless because of the often awkward setting he did so with gusto. A little too happy ending, with a humorous epilogue during the credits.
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Black Math
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- 5430 messages
- 1753 votes
Nice as a snack, but nothing more. The film does not sparkle audiovisually, but mainly has to rely on the plot and acting. The latter is definitely okay, including Steve Carell, who I didn't expect in a more serious role.
It's somehow refreshing to see a movie about older people; Most movies are about younger people anyway. The marital troubles occasionally raise a smile, but the film is never really humorous. It is all well worked out, also feels quite realistic, but eventually ends up with a feel-good ending as expected. Not very startling, and I expect to have forgotten most of it within a month. 2*.
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Leno
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- 5921 messages
- 4415 votes
Painfully bad film in which an attempt is made to more or less break a taboo, but the spicy but oh so brave dialogues make a big mistake. Jones as a grumbler remains fun, but the developments around his character make no sense suddenly he starts talking about his 'spicy' sexual fantasies. This is completely inconsistent with how his character is portrayed.
The scenes with Carell are terrible in their narrow-mindedness. The predictable course doesn't do the film any good either.
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