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Message in a Bottle (1999)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:10
Rotten:24
Average Rating:5.2/10
Synopsis: The story of a long distance love connection that is made when Penn, a Chicago journalist, discovers a love letter that Costner, a widowed sailboat repairer, let drift into the ocean. She quickly... [More]
Starring: Kevin Costner, Robin Wright, Paul Newman, John Savage
Director: Luis Mandoki
Reviews for Message in a Bottle
Top CriticJust a Degree or Two Shy of True North
01/01/00
Paul Newman as a cantankerous old man steals this movie with his character's endearing forthrightness.
02/28/02
Perhaps the most disappointing thing about Message in a Bottle is that it really could have turned out to be something.
01/01/00
Have romantic dramas sunk so low that somebody would actually buy this bilge of goods?
01/01/00
If it had just quit while it was ahead....
04/18/09
It should have read, 'Memo to screenwriters: Use you brain!'
01/01/00
Tolerate the silly and swoony story and allow yourself to drift away in the gorgeous Caleb Deschanel photography.
04/28/01
Next to this, the films of 'The Horse Whisperer' and 'The English Patient' could almost be mistaken for entries in the 'Die Hard' series.
01/01/00
Leaves one feeling empty.
12/31/05
Laying it on a bit thick, am I? Don't worry, so does this film.
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