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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThis is a frustrating film that takes its cutesy title way too literally.
- 60The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinHope Floats, which often resembles a rosy commercial, does indulge in too much awkward slow motion, and in occasional embarrassing romps that are meant to signify family fun.
- 50L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorCloying, unoriginal stuff, rescued -- barely -- by the easy affection that courses between Bullock and Connick Jr., and by the lovely cinematography of Caleb Deschanel.
- 50The New YorkerThe New YorkerForest Whitaker directed with a slow, sugary touch -- and, one suspects, an eye toward the home-video market.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA turgid melodrama with the emotional range of a sympathy card.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe pond is so shallow in this wan romance that there's no room for anything to float.
- 40EmpireAngie ErrigoEmpireAngie ErrigoHope may float, but this bore flounders beyond salvaging.
- 40Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenHope doesn't float in this film so much as it rises to the surface and then stagnates.
- 30VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyA dreadfully dull, completely conventional story of a young wife's recuperation from being unceremoniously dumped, this is a by-the-numbers bit of emotional calculation without a single fresh, original or offbeat move in its system, apart from a nifty opening sequence.
- 20Dallas ObserverAndy KleinDallas ObserverAndy KleinHope Floats comes lumbering along, scourging all in its path with saccharine sentimentality and bogus emotions.