Hope Springs

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First time viewed: Yes
Current Release: Yes
Watched With: Myself

A little apprehensive going in but it was refreshing to see a film from a big hollywood studio that deals so frankly with sex, even if it is within such a safe package perfectly marketed for the older crowd and sweet enough for the romantic comedy aficionados.

While it has moments of light humour it's really a rather sad little drama of a relationship that's stale and the work it would take to get it back to something meaningful. Of course the usual happy ending abounds and everything is neatly wrapped up and any lasting impact the film could have had is whitewashed in favour of the audience leaving with a smile.

Still, while it's been done before, it's still nice to see a bit of a change up from the usual rom com scenarios.