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A warm and tender tearjerker; Theresa Osbourne is a news journalist. It happens that she notices bottles by her house, that wash ashore from some stranger. Garret Blake(Costner) hides his sorrow,when Catherine his wife dies.Unknown to him,Osbourne publicizes his notes and Garret gets upset. Newman plays Dodge,Garret's father who sees how involved with Catherine his son has become. These feelings
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David Edelstein
Slate
Plays like an inflated Harlequin romance. Full Review
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
Newman's cuteness aside, this movie feels long-winded. Full Review
Elvis Mitchell
The New York Times
Garret is played by Kevin Costner, who should avoid all future roles that call for overalls and goggles and who this time crosses the line from teasingly laconic to stodgy. Full Review
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
It's not a great film, but it succeeds in being both tender and cathartic. Full Review
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
The result is exposition overkill and a dragged-out finale that turns what should have been a Tear Duct Special into a deflating experience, making what worked in the book unacceptable on the screen. Full Review
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