Message in a Bottle

1999
PG-13
2h 6m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

41K

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Kevin Costner and Robin Wright in Message in a Bottle (1999)

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Drama Romance

A woman discovers a tragic love letter in a bottle on a beach, and is determined to track down its author.A woman discovers a tragic love letter in a bottle on a beach, and is determined to track down its author.A woman discovers a tragic love letter in a bottle on a beach, and is determined to track down its author.

Director
- Luis Mandoki
Writers
- Nicholas Sparks
- Gerald Di Pego
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

41K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Luis Mandoki
Writers
- Nicholas Sparks
- Gerald Di Pego
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 6 nominations

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Message in a Bottle

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Trivia
The sites that were finally chosen for most of the shooting of the scenes of Garret's hometown were Northport and Popham Beach, Maine. Over $250,000. of renovations were done to the seasonal home in Popham that became Garret's house, including the addition of the room which held Catherine's artwork and the adjacent living room with fireplace (faux). At the end of filming the owner of the house demanded that it be returned to its original state costing the production company nearly as much to undo.

Goofs
In his final letter to Catherine, Garret writes that he regrets watching Theresa get into a plane and fly away, but when she left him she drove away in a rental car (the airport scene was deleted).

Quotes
[last lines]
Theresa Osborne: If some lives form a perfect circle, others take shape in ways we cannot predict or always understand. Loss has been a part of my journey. But it has also shown me what is precious. So has a love for which I can only be grateful.

Crazy credits
"Girl with lantern" painting by Helen Turner Greenville County Museum of Art

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Message in a Bottle/My Favorite Martian/Children of Heaven/Blast from the Past/God Said, 'Ha!' (1999)

Soundtracks
I Will Know Your Love
Written by Beth Nielsen Chapman and Ann Roboff (as Annie Roboff)
Produced by Carmen Rizzo, Beth Nielsen Chapman, and Ann Roboff (as Annie Roboff)
Performed by Beth Nielsen Chapman

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6/10

The movie deserved a better climax.

I can imagine liking this film a lot more than I did if the screenplay was given another pass. Sure the overall film is a melodrama built on cliches but Costner, Penn work well together. The overall vibe of the film is pretty much what you would expect. Newman is especially endearing as the crusty father figure. The ocean side scenery is quite nice for escapist fluff. Unfortunately, the final plotting is *terrible.*

The climax as not real connection-in terms of characters or ideas present in the story-to anything that occurs prior to it. It is likea duex ex machina only that it randomly complicates the plot instead of resolves it. It feels so very forced; a mere mechanical device to stick the story with a downer of an ending. This could have been something more.