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Actors: Kathy Bates, Michael Countryman, Gina Gershon, Anne Kent, Lisa Kudrow
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

165 reviews
Sales Rank: 124

Format: Color, Full Screen, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 127
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6

MPN: WARD023864D
UPC: 085391138624
EAN: 0085391138624
ASIN: B000YAA68C

Theatrical Release Date: December 21, 2007
Release Date: May 6, 2008
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CUTE July 28, 2008
CUTE MOVIE BUT A LITTLE DRAWN OUT WITH THE SAD THEME. WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE MORE OF GERARD BUTLER AND LESS OF HILARY SWANK. SHE IS A GREAT ACTRESS FOR A MORE MEATY ROLE NOT SOMETHING LIKE THIS. HE IS JUST WONDERFUL TO LOOK AT...LOVE THE ACCENT....

4 out of 5 stars

Certainly gets you involved. July 28, 2008
"No Country for Old Men" was cheerful by comparison. Never watch "P.S. I Love You" unless you plan on feeling like you've just bottomed out. If you're okay with that sort of feeling, if you like a good tear jerker, then you'll probably love it.

I gave it four stars because it really was a good movie, but I wouldn't watch it again unless I was looking to come down from an insane happy-high.

4 out of 5 stars

A Charming, Exciting, Facinating, Interesting Romantic Comedy July 27, 2008
Without any kind of interesting beginning, there follows an abounding increase of hilarious comedy! Their give-and-take marriage of nine years, could have been much more successful for Holly and Geery. After their numerous battles and continual make-ups, I became caught-up in a greatly improved story-plot.

My favorite personality was Holly played by Hilary Swank! Quite a uniquely romantic role after The Million Dollar Baby. As this story developed, I became more enamored by Kathy Bates as Mother and the bar-tender William played by Harry Connick,Jr. After Geery's hysterical Memorial Service, the movie evolved into one great, compelling, fascinating Romantic Comedy!

The next uniquely interesting character was the Irishman, William! When Geery's carefully planned letters came to Holly, one was a suggested trip for her to travel to Ireland. There she came upon the deceased's former friend from childhood, William. Those letters continued for the first year's absence of her Beloved. Her three close girl friends insisted she was overdue for another sexually stimulating experience! For me it was a close tie between the romantic escapade and the beauty of the Irish country side.

All-in-all this was the most compelling, entertaining, and fascinating romantic comedy yet for me. I recommend this fascinating comedy. Retired Chaplain Fred W. Hood

5 out of 5 stars

PS I Love You July 25, 2008
This movie will make you cry, laugh and leave you feeling hopeful. It is a powerful story about dealing with the death of a spouse and the grieving process. Quite different from the book but still worth watching over and over!

4 out of 5 stars

DISCOVERING WHAT WOMEN WANT July 24, 2008
P.S.: I Love You is a good love story. I know, it's a chick flick. Well, it's a chick flick that has something to offer guys. Gerard Butler (300) is not exactly your soap-opera-idol type, nor is Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby). It's an interesting match, and makes for enjoyable interaction, both playful and feisty. Oh, did I mention that one of the couple dies in the first act?

Hold on. I didn't just ruin the movie for you. That's the main point: Gerry (Gerard Butler) is dying, so he clandestinely writes a stack of letters to his wife, Holly, each ending with, "P.S.: I love you." Then he has someone send them to her one-at-a-time over the course of a year. The letters guide Holly into a new life. And they provide writer-director Richard LaGravenese (Freedom Writers, Horse Whisperer) with a vehicle for doing a ton of flashbacks between Gerry and Holly. It's quite effective.

This is a comedy, and it is very funny. For the most part, Gerry's the funny man and Holly's the straight person. Gerry's a sly Irishman that knows how to wheedle; and Holly's a determined career woman that doesn't have a clue what she wants. As a matter of fact, Gerry asks her point-blank: "What do you want?" It is a poignant question that permeates the film. As Gerry holds his discontented wife in his arms, he says, " I know what I want, 'cause I'm holding it in my hands. Do you?" She doesn't. And it takes Gerry's death for her to figure that out.

Using post mortem love letters to reveal Gerry and Holly's relationship is quite clever. It is fun getting to know this off-the-wall couple: Gerry, an Irish musician, who is the life of the party and brings humor even to his own death; and Holly, the cautious and pensive artist, questioning everything and offering pithy observations. We see that they love each other very much; but, like many of us, Holly doesn't appreciate what she has until he's gone. Fortunately, she gets a second chance with Gerry's letters; and, predictably, over the course of the film, Holly realizes what she is missing and what she now wants.

The journey that Holly takes is painful for her, but fun for us. Most women will find it difficult to hold back the tears. But woven throughout are funny, even hilarious, moments, especially because of Holly's two wacky friends, played by Lisa Kudrow (Friends) and Gina Gershon (Rescue Me). Also, Harry Connick, Jr. plays an utter dork - but a philosophical one; Kathy Bates is Holly's practical mother - but a kind-hearted one; and Jeffrey Dean Morgan becomes Holly's new love interest - all entertaining performances.

Obviously, this isn't the first time the subject of what women want has been breached. Back in 2000, a film by that title, starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt, made a half-hearted though entertaining effort at answering that question. Advertising creative Mel Gibson miraculously acquires the ability to read women's minds, which leads him to believe he now knows what they want, and can turn that knowledge to his advantage. However, he is mistaken because - as Holly points out to Harry Connick's character in P.S.: I Love You - even women themselves don't know what they want. So, even if men could read their minds - as many women seem to think we should - that still wouldn't help. No, like women's handbags of generations past, women's minds will always and forever remain mysteries, and rightly so; until God chooses to reveal them, which, I predict, will leave a lot of guys with perplexing looks on their faces and uttering, "You've got to be kidding." I'm sure I will be one of them.

Gerard Butler and Hilary Swank are wonderful in P.S.: I Love You. Butler, who typically switches between action hero (300, Beowulf And Grendel, Tomb Raider: Cradle Of Life) and romantic lead (Phantom Of The Opera, Dear Frankie), has his best romantic role to date in this film. This is also the first time since Phantom that he has been able to show off his musical abilities. And, even though he's from Scotland, he is really Irish, so he has that going for him as well. But, don't expect him to have those abs from 300 - they are long gone.

Swank is a two-time Academy Award-Winning Best Actress: Boys Don't Cry (1999) and Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby (2004). She loves the outdoors (sky diving, river rafting and skiing), which makes her perfect for the scenes in Ireland - a very outdoorsy country and my favorite part of the movie, especially her scenes with Gerry. Swank is honey and vinegar personified - exactly what the good-natured Gerry needs and, between the two of them, the right chemistry for this romantic comedy.

If someone were to ask me, "What do women want," I would say, "I know what they need: a good pair of practical shoes. What they probably want is the most impractical, outrageous pair of designer shoes out there." I would have said that before watching P.S.: I Love You. Now that I've seen it, it is extremely interesting to me that shoes do play an important role in this film, and in Holly's figuring out what she wants. If women ever did discover the joys and comforts of practical footwear, there would be a revolution. Suddenly, they would know exactly what they wanted, and there would no longer be a need for Hollywood, New York or Paris. I don't think that's going to happen in my lifetime.

Waitsel Smith

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