Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill. Birdee tries starting over with her daughter, Bernice, by returning to her small Texas hometown, but she's faced with petty old acquaintances who are thrilled to see Birdee unhappy -- except for her friend Justin. As he helps Birdee get back on her feet, love begins to blossom.
Hope Floats has generally received positive reviews.
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Hope Floats was released in 1998 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 498 reviews, giving Hope Floats (1998) an average rating of 61%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 50%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Hope Floats than critics were.
With a score of 61%, Hope Floats is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1998, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1998 with similar scores include films like Small Soldiers, Patch Adams and Belle's Magical World.
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