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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... anger. 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 destroy Garret, and he doesn't know how to start anew.Osbourne travels to meet Garret,and the two somehow share a bond. The sad ending is tragic.Garret writes one final goodbye note to Catherine,and he dies in the water,trying to save a family. This is a truly memorable hanky film,and I love it! Full Review
September 29,2008
Honeydove64
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On paper, the movie sounds unbearably schlocky, but Costner plays Garret the reluctant backcountry prince as mythic but also foxy and life size.Full Review
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
It's not a great film, but it succeeds in being both tender and cathartic.Full Review
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
At least this movie has flashes of humor, thought nearly all come courtesy of Newman. [12 February 1999, Life, p.8E]Full Review
Mike Clark
USA Today
The climactic events are shameless, contrived, and wildly out of tune with the rest of the story. To saddle Costner, Penn and Newman with such goofy melodrama is like hiring Fred Astaire and strapping a tractor on his back.Full Review
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
An exceptionally good movie in its first hour and an exceptionally bad one in its second.Full Review
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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