Starring: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, James Marsters, Jeffrey Dean Morgan,
Lisa Kudrow, Gina Gershon, Kathy Bates, Harry Connick Jr., Dean Winters.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Amazon Review: For those who
believe true love lasts beyond this physical plane, P.S. I Love You is a
jewel in the romantic-movie crown. With elements of Ghost, Heaven Can
Wait, and My Life, the film is an unabashed valentine to the notion
of lasting (everlasting?) love. Hilary Swank is Holly, a deeply happy lass
married to the most impossibly adorable Irishman on the planet, Gerry (Gerard
Butler). When an illness takes him from her, Holly spirals into depression.
Then, as if from beyond the grave, communications, gifts, and remembrances from
Gerry begin to appear...more
Extras: Conversation with book author Cecelia Ahern,
additional scenes, James Blunt music video, "The Name of the Game Is
Snaps."
Also available on Blu-ray Disc.
Movie Spotlight
P.S. I Love You Release
Date: December 21, 2007 Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Director: Richard LaGravenese Screenwriter: Richard LaGravenese, Steven Rogers Starring: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Gina Gershon, Lisa Kudrow, Harry
Connick, Jr., Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kathy Bates, James Marsters Genre: Drama, Romance MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sexual references and brief nudity) Official Website: PSILoveYoumovie.com
Plot Summary: Holly Kennedy (Hilary Swank) is beautiful, smart, and
married to the love of her life—a passionate, funny and impetuous Irishman named
Gerry (Gerard Butler). So when Gerry's life is taken by an illness, it takes the
life out of Holly. The only one who can help her is the person who is no longer
there. Nobody knows Holly better than Gerry. So it's a good thing he planned
ahead. Before he died, Gerry wrote Holly a series of letters that will guide
her, not only through her grief but in rediscovering herself. The first message
arrives on Holly's 30th birthday in the form of a cake and, to her utter shock,
a tape recording from Gerry, who proceeds to order her to get out and "celebrate
herself." In the weeks and months that follow, more letters from Gerry are
delivered in surprising ways, each sending her on a new adventure and each
signing off in the same way: P.S. I Love You. Holly's mother (Kathy Bates) and
best friends, Sharon (Gina Gershon) and Denise (Lisa Kudrow), begin to worry
that Gerry's letters are keeping Holly tied to the past, but, in fact, each
letter is pushing her further into a new future. With Gerry's words as her
guide, Holly embarks on a touching, exciting and often hilarious journey of
rediscovery in a story about marriage, friendship and how a love so strong can
turn the finality of death into new beginning for life
EN 5 Second Review:
Two Words: Lifetime Television
A
mostly overheated farrago of sentiment, self-help and
romantic cliche Gene Seymour: Newsday
"P.S. I Love You," seems to beg to have its title changed to
"OK, We Get It Already." This seven-hankie weepie - adapted
from the Cecelia Ahern novel by director Richard LaGravenese
and his co-writer Steven Rogers - wastes little time
establishing the personalities of its lead couple, even if
one of them is technically dead for most of the movie...more
Romantic
comedies...need twinkle. Her character wears twinkly dresses
and does twinkly things, but Swank delivers her lines as
though she is still slamming into that heavy bag Nell Minow: Chicago Sun-Times
Hillary Swank does not have the chin for romance or the
rhythm for comedy. Her two Oscars were for earnest,
androgynous roles (“Boys Don’t Cry” and “Million Dollar
Baby”) that made the most of her strong jaw and lanky figure...more
