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P.S. I Love You (2007)

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Reviews Counted:26

Fresh:3

Rotten:23

Average Rating:4.1/10

Consensus: Hilary Swank is miscast as the romantic lead in this clichéd film about loss and love.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sexual references and brief nudity.

Runtime: 2 hrs 7 mins

Genre: Irish, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Based On A Novel, Theatrical Release

Theatrical Release:2008

Box Office: $53,535,019

Synopsis: Two-time Oscar winner Hillary Swank tries her hand at romantic comedy in this touching film based on the bestselling Irish novel. Holly Kennedy (Swank) and her charming Irish husband Gerry (Gerard... Two-time Oscar winner Hillary Swank tries her hand at romantic comedy in this touching film based on the bestselling Irish novel. Holly Kennedy (Swank) and her charming Irish husband Gerry (Gerard Butler) are a young couple struggling to get by in New York City. Their marriage is 10 years strong, and they are madly in love, but the fates soon step in, when Gerry develops cancer and dies. Holly is completely devastated, and her friends Denise (Lisa Kudrow) and Sharon (Gina Gershon) do their best to console her. Her mother (Kathy Bates) and sister, Rose (Nellie Mckay), also offer their support, but it seems nothing can pull Holly out of her grief. Then one day, she begins to receive love letters Gerry penned before his death. The letters are filled with various stories and instructions, and one of them even contains a plan that sends her and her friends on a trip to Ireland. As Gerry's posthumous letters buoy her up, Holly slowly begins to piece her life back together. His letters help her to celebrate their special love story, and remind her that she must continue to live her life, and seek out happiness. The film's stellar cast delivers many tearjerker moments, and P.S. I LOVE YOU does a fine job of yanking on the heartstrings. However, the tone often shifts so abruptly, it at times feels as though they couldn't quite decide if Holly was a steel magnolia, a Bridget with a diary, or a devil in search of some Prada. But the strong performances manage to hold the tale together, and the story is ultimately moving, and yes, romantic. [More]

Starring: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Gina Gershon, Lisa Kudrow

Starring: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Gina Gershon, Lisa Kudrow, Harry Connick, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kathy Bates, James Marsters

Director: Richard LaGravenese

Director: Richard LaGravenese
Screenwriter: Richard LaGravenese, Steven Rogers
Producer: Wendy Finerman, Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove, Molly Smith
Composer: John Powell
Studio: Warner Bros.

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There’s just enough here to recommend.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment 1 Comment
12/26/07
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
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Snippets of sharp, witty dialogue are lost in a sea of sappy clichés and too-cute-for-words plot twists.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
12/21/07
Jessica Reaves
Jessica Reaves
Chicago Tribune
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Some actors are better suited to straight-ahead dramas. Swank appears to be one of them.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
12/21/07
Claudia Puig
Claudia Puig
USA Today
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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.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment 4 Comments
12/21/07
Susan Walker
Susan Walker
Toronto Star
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This is a movie that will leave you stunned and stupefied from beginning to end, if you don't head for the exits first.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
12/21/07
David Wiegand
David Wiegand
San Francisco Chronicle
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In the grief-drenched romantic comedy P.S. I Love You, things are excruciatingly amiss, start to finish.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
12/21/07
Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer
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P.S. I Love You looks squeaky clean and utterly straight. Yet as directed by Richard LaGravenese, it has a curious morbid quality.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
12/21/07
Manohla Dargis
Manohla Dargis
New York Times
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A protracted piece of schmaltz.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment 1 Comment
12/21/07
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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P.S. Why should we care?

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
12/21/07
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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Who should be more insulted by P.S. I Love You: Women, who are portrayed as shrill, materialistic harpies who fall down regularly? Or men, who are shown to be at their most romantically attractive when they're dead?

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
12/21/07
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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What's on your holiday wishlist? Is there room for a maudlin romantic comedy that brandishes its earnestness like tacky light displays synchronized to Trans-Siberian Orchestra?

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
12/21/07
Bobby Hankinson
Bobby Hankinson
Houston Chronicle
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Pulling our strings is one thing; taking us for a fool is quite another.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
12/21/07
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
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Tone is everything in a movie like this, but writer-director Richard LaGravanese, working from a novel by Cecelia Ahern, can't decide between quirky indie dark comedy and laugh-a-minute TV sitcom.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
12/21/07
John Monaghan
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press
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P.S. I Love You is blithely inept.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
12/21/07
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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You could go see P.S. I Love You, or you could hit yourself on the head with a meat mallet.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment 1 Comment
12/21/07
Carina Chocano
Carina Chocano
Los Angeles Times
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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.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
12/20/07
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Chicago Sun-Times
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B.S. I Love You would be a more accurate title.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
12/20/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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If P.S. I Love You proves anything, it's that Hilary Swank may be a great actress, but she can't do cute.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
12/20/07
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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A mostly overheated farrago of sentiment, self-help and romantic cliche.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
12/20/07
Gene Seymour
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Newsday
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P.S. I Love You is as treacly as the title would suggest.

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12/20/07
Christy Lemire
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