SummaryKay and Arnold are a devoted couple, but decades of marriage have left Kay wanting to spice things up and reconnect with her husband. When she hears of a renowned couple's specialist in the small town of Great Hope Springs, she attempts to persuade her skeptical husband, a steadfast man of routine, to get on a plane for a week of marriage therapy... Read More
Directed By:David Frankel
Written By:Vanessa Taylor
Hope Springs
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
69% Positive
27 Reviews
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31% Mixed
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Aug 8, 2012
88
I think everything about the movie is too subtle and real to appeal to the "Batman" demographic, but for mature audiences who have forgotten how to smile, it takes up where "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' left off.
User score
Generally Favorable
51% Positive
56 Ratings
56 Ratings
37% Mixed
40 Ratings
40 Ratings
12% Negative
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
Sep 17, 2012
10
What a brilliant Film i am not sure which one of the three main stars you would say steels the show they are all equally as good as each other and play there parts excellently there are some very funny bits but I would not necessarily call it a typical comedy if you like The Best Marigold Hotel and Beginners you will love this if not keep away its not for you.
Nov 5, 2012
9
Having been exactly where the main characters come from in this movie, let me say that the screenwriter is dead on. The pain of being in love without being able to love your spouse is indescribable, and the appalling inertia that sets in and prevents a couple from coming back to that place in life where being together was a total celebration of life is captured well in this movie. The people who are dissing this film are being dishonest with themselves, to their own detriment. If your marriage is like the Soames's, don't give up! Get help, the pain of getting back what you've lost is excruciating, but exponentially less than giving up.
Aug 8, 2012
75
Hope Springs could have been unbearably schmaltzy or crude. Instead, in the hands of these expert actors and filmmakers, it's a warm and wryly affecting mid-summer treat.
Aug 9, 2012
70
The movie perseveres with affecting, sometimes startling candor, and eventually delivers on its promise by confronting the dark fears and furtive hopes of a couple no longer young.
Aug 8, 2012
63
Rather than plunge into the murky marital waters of ambivalence and power struggle, the film bobs on the surface. No one would ever mistake David Frankel's dramedy of sexual healing for Ingmar Bergman's psychologically astute "Scenes From a Marriage."
Aug 8, 2012
50
The movie is an awkward cross between a domestic comedy and a marital tragedy that's laced with laughs, soggy with tears and burdened by a booming, blunt soundtrack that amplifies every narrative beat.
Aug 7, 2012
40
When the sing-song Jones and beatifically smiling Streep are allowed to carry the dramatic weight, you can see the raw, tough-love film that Hope Springs wants to be - until Frankel starts trying to be lighthearted and cute, at which point you see the movie's real troubled marriage in full bloom.
Aug 10, 2012
9
Despite the overly loud, and somewhat hokey soundtrack, this movie is so much more than I expected. I knew that it would be cute, charming, and with Ms. Streep in it, well-acted. But, it really is a relationship movie for adults that quite honestly addresses the realities of marriage/adult intimacy. This movie is a reminder to anyone who has been married for even a few years that life is too short for complacency. Ms. Streep (as always) is phenomenal, and Mr. Jones is funny and surprisingly natural as her accountant-husband of 31 years. I expected pure formula, but the movie delivers so much more! If you've been married more than 5 years and you are older than 40 this is a must-see! Singles and youngsters may still enjoy the wit and honesty that the story and actors deliver.
Aug 29, 2014
6
Disguised by what may seem like a light romantic comedy is instead an honest look at mature relationships. Meryl Streep, great as always; but Tommy Lee Jones? Surprisingly strong in his role--perhaps, because it was reflective of himself?
Mar 20, 2014
6
It may maintain an unsettling tendency to shift from mundanity to extremely mature subject matter in the same breath, but with two lovable performances from both Jones and Streep, "Hope Springs" narrowly pulls ahead of its own inconsistencies.
Jun 25, 2016
3
The movie is painfully unfunny, boring, predictable and unoriginal. Apart from the acting performances by Tommy Lee Jones, Meryl Streep and Steve Carrell, the movie is a total disaster.
Apr 25, 2013
3
I was incredibly uncomfortable watching this movie. It didn't have any funny moments and it just made me feel very weird. I don't want to watch a mediocre movie about unhappy people. It's not a fun movie to watch and there are many other movies about unhappy couples which are much better. Not worth watching.
Production Company:
- Columbia Pictures
- Mandate Pictures
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- Entertainment 360
- Escape Artists
- Alliance
Release Date:Aug 8, 2012
Duration:1 h 40 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:Sometimes to keep the magic, you need to learn a few tricks.
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Jupiter Award
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
• 2 Nominations
