Hope Floats

Hope Floats
Theatrical release poster
Directed byForest Whitaker
Written bySteven Rogers
Produced byLynda Obst
Starring
CinematographyCaleb Deschanel
Edited byRichard Chew
Music byDave Grusin
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • May 29, 1998 (1998-05-29)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million
Box office$81.5 million [1]

Hope Floats is a 1998 American drama film directed by Forest Whitaker and starring Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., Mae Whitman, and Gena Rowlands.

Written by Steven Rogers, the story follows Birdee (Bullock), an unassuming housewife whose life is disrupted when her husband (Michael Paré) reveals his infidelity to her on a Ricki Lake-style talk show. Birdee and her daughter Bernice (Whitman) go to live with her mother (Rowlands) in the small town where Birdee grew up, where everyone knows of her televised marital collapse. Meanwhile, she reunites with an old friend named Justin (Connick) and instantly sparks a romance. While Justin's intentions are clear and good, Birdee struggles with the decision to unequivocally accept him in her life.

The film made its release on May 29, 1998 and was distributed by 20th Century Fox.

  1. ^ "Hope Floats (1998)". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com. 1998-07-24. Archived from the original on 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2010-09-13.