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Message in a Bottle

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Message in a Bottle (1999)

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Reviews Counted:34

Fresh:10

Rotten:24

Average Rating:5.2/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 24 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: The story of a long distance love connection that is made when Penn, a Chicago journalist, discovers a love letter that Costner, a widowed sailboat repairer, let drift into the ocean. She quickly... The story of a long distance love connection that is made when Penn, a Chicago journalist, discovers a love letter that Costner, a widowed sailboat repairer, let drift into the ocean. She quickly tracks him down and an honest bond forms between the two. When he discovers that she hasn't been entirely honest with him, the betrayal threatens to ruin what has been, so obviously up to this point, a wonderful, romantic thing. [More]

Starring: Kevin Costner, Robin Wright, Paul Newman, John Savage

Starring: Kevin Costner, Robin Wright, Paul Newman, John Savage, Illeana Douglas, Robbie Coltrane, Jesse James, Bethel Leslie, Tom Aldredge, Viveka Davis, Raphael Sbarge, Richard Hamilton, Rosemary Murphy

Director: Luis Mandoki

Director: Luis Mandoki
Screenwriter: Gerald Di Pego
Producer: Kevin Costner, Denise Di Novi, Jim Wilson
Composer: Gabriel Yared

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Reviews for Message in a Bottle

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Derek Adams

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Victor Olliver

If only Costner could be cast out to sea like a bottle.

comment Comment | Aug., 08 2002 04:45 AM

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Jamie Graham

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 05 2002 08:04 AM

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John J. Puccio

If it had just quit while it was ahead....

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Todd McCarthy

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John Venable

Leaves one feeling empty.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 31 2005 03:27 PM

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Robin Clifford

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Jeanne Aufmuth

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John R. McEwen

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 22 2002 08:04 AM

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Paul Newman as a cantankerous old man steals this movie with his character's endearing forthrightness.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 28 2002 12:05 PM

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Peter Travers

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 11 2001 06:40 PM

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Chuck Rudolph

Tolerate the silly and swoony story and allow yourself to drift away in the gorgeous Caleb Deschanel photography.

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Jim Chastain

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James Kendrick

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