Film Review – Hope Springs

For a mainstream release, “Hope Springs” has some very profound ideas to share about the wilds of marriage and the labor of personal communication, packaged in a broad comedy-drama that enjoys the pressures of discomfort, especially communicated by the likes of Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones. The odd couple makes for a believable pair of wounded spouses looking for a chance to love again, making the occasionally strained material and pushover direction feel heartfelt and achingly human. It’s far from a coldly precise European dissection of martial life, insisting on a sense of humor to ease viewers into unnerving conversations about sexual desires and long-term commitment. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com