P.S. I Love You (2007)
Average Rating: 4.4/10
Reviews Counted: 99
Fresh: 23 | Rotten: 76
Hilary Swank is miscast as the romantic lead in this clichéd film about loss and love.
Average Rating: 4.2/10
Critic Reviews: 30
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 26
Hilary Swank is miscast as the romantic lead in this clichéd film about loss and love.
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A grieving widow finds her husband's warmth radiating from the afterlife when she discovers that he left her a series of tasks to be revealed in ten monthly messages and designed to help her overcome her sorrow while gradually making the transition into a new life. Holly Kennedy (Hilary Swank) is a New York real estate broker whose good-humored husband, Irishman Gerry (Gerard Butler), always stood by her side. Suddenly, and seemingly out of nowhere, Gerry succumbs to a brain tumor and Holly is
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Cast
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Hilary Swank
Holly -
Gerard Butler
Gerry -
Lisa Kudrow
Denise -
Gina Gershon
Sharon -
James Marsters
John -
Kathy Bates
Patricia -
Harry Connick Jr.
Daniel -
Nellie McKay
Ciara -
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
William -
Dean Winters
Tom -
Anne Kent
Rose Kennedy -
Brian McGrath
Martin Kennedy -
Sherie Rene Scott
Barbara -
Susan Blackwell
Vicky -
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Roger Rathburn
Minister -
Rita Gardner
Elderly Woman -
Gayton Scott
Bridal Shop Tailor -
Brian Munn
Patsy -
Shepherd Frankel
Guy With Clipboard -
Richard Smith
Bouncer -
Mike Doyle
Leprechaun -
Don Sparks
Mailman -
Caris Vujcec
Waitress -
Alexandra McGuiness
Local Gal -
Aonghus Og McAnally
Bartender -
Ryan Canfield
Man #1 -
Christopher Whalen
Man #2 -
Timo Schnellinger
Man #3 -
Danny Calvert
Gay Man #1 -
Fred Inkley
Gay Man #2 -
Richard B. Watson
Gay Man #3 -
Marcus Collins
Gay Man #4 -
James E. Cronin
Gay Man #5 -
Matthew Martin
Bar Patron #1 -
Mark McNutt
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Brocton Pierce
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Kevin Witt
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All Critics (100) | Top Critics (30) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (78) | DVD (4)
There's just enough here to recommend.
Snippets of sharp, witty dialogue are lost in a sea of sappy clichés and too-cute-for-words plot twists.
Some actors are better suited to straight-ahead dramas. Swank appears to be one of them.
It's the sort of movie that no man will ever go to unless dragged by a woman. His sole reward will be the sight of Swank in sexy underwear.
The talented Swank is slumming a bit here, but she could -- and has -- done worse.
This is a movie that will leave you stunned and stupefied from beginning to end, if you don't head for the exits first.
...a consistently watchable romantic comedy that's certainly a far cry from its underwhelming brethren...
Inasmuch as P.S. I Love You works, it works as metaphor--it's about honouring the dead by living well.
Shmoopy or not, the movie worked for me.
Lisa Kudrow, the designated comic relief, has never been so consistently unfunny, and Gina Gershon looks uncomfortable in every (pseudo-)inspirational moment.
Hilary Swank may have two Oscars, but P.S. I Love You proves she has plenty to learn about romantic comedies.
Richard LaGravense's P.S. I Love You has plenty of sappy love-letter moments, but it's also a very touching and real-feeling look at the grieving process.
You get the strong impression that no one involved wanted to risk being labeled "depressing," so they inserted a lot of lame comic moments into a film that doesn't need them.
May be too womanly for a guy like me, but you don't have to be either sex to know all potential is dashed in a hail of clichés...
Swank gets it just right with a fine-tuned subtle expression of confusion, despondency and rage.
Swank gets it just right with a fine-tuned subtle expression of confusion, despondency and rage.
...it's one that probably reads better than it comes off on screen. (Blu-ray Edition)
...the filmmakers mean well, but instead of a celebration of life, the whole thing seems like an extended wake.
It was Irish overkill. There didn't seem to be a chronological plan with the letters, so poor Holly is just forced to sit and wait to hear from her dead husband.
Talk about uneven. 'P.S. I Love You' is more uneven than an emery board, and every bit as grating when it misses its mark, which is more often than not.
Better than the best kiss you've ever had.
For all his plain-speaking, down-homey affect, Harry Connick, Jr. remains something of a mystery.
Audience Reviews for P.S. I Love You
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- Gerry: P.S. I love you.
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- Sharon: Plus, you're American, you got foreign exotic stuff going on for you.
- Holly: There is nothing exotic about being an American.
- Sharon: He doesn't know that!
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- William: I'd love a shower.
- Denise: What a great idea!!
- Sharon: Oh my God! There's one downstairs, it's fantastic! Come on, I'll get you some linen and towels and show ya. Great. Take your wine.
- Holly: [whisper] What are you crazy?!
- Denise: He's staying the whole night. He's gonna be here all night long. All night long. He's gonna be here all night.
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- William: So who's the cook?
- Denise: I am.
- Sharon: Me.
- Denise: We all helped.
- Sharon: [scoffs, picks up dishes] Denise is getting married. Isn't that great?
- Denise: Sharon's pregnant!
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- Denise: I hate cosmetics companies. They get you addicted to the perfect lipstick or nail polish, and then six months later, they discontinue it. You have to buy your favorite color, it's like your storing up for the apocalypse.That was my last bottle.
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- Denise: Mmm, oh he's delicious, isn't he? I can serve coffee on that ass.
- John: Do you have to be so vulgar about men, like they're pieces of meat?
- Denise: Sorry John, I forgot you're sensitive about your flat ass.
- John: You know, Denise, that's why you're not married.
- Sharon: [clears throat]
- John: Women act like men, then they complain men don't want them.
- Denise: Oh, is that why? Oh, ok, 'cause I thought it was something different. I thought it was because I thought I deserve the best. And he's out there, he's just with all the wrong women. And let me be clear, after centuries of men looking at my tits, instead of eyes, and pinching my ass, instead of shaking my hand, I now have the divine right to stare at a man's backside with vulgar, cheap, appreciation if I want to.
- Sharon: Well said.
- Daniel: I thought so.
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