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  • 1999
  • PG-13
  • Warner Bros.
  • 2 h 6 m
  • 1999
  • PG-13
  • Warner Bros.
  • 2 h 6 m

Summary Walking along a deserted stretch of coastline, Theresa Osborne discovers a moving, passionate message in a bottle. The letter's poetry and heartache reach Theresa, and her search for the author leads her to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, to a sailboat builder named Garret Blake. (Warner Bros.)

Directed By: Luis Mandoki

Written By: Nicholas Sparks, Gerald Di Pego

  • 1999
  • PG-13
  • Warner Bros.
  • 2 h 6 m
  • 1999
  • PG-13
  • Warner Bros.
  • 2 h 6 m

Message in a Bottle

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews
40
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 30 User Ratings
6.7
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Summary Walking along a deserted stretch of coastline, Theresa Osborne discovers a moving, passionate message in a bottle. The letter's poetry and heartache reach Theresa, and her search for the author leads her to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, to a sailboat builder named Garret Blake. (Warner Bros.)

Directed By: Luis Mandoki

Written By: Nicholas Sparks, Gerald Di Pego

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews
40
17% Positive
4 Reviews
57% Mixed
13 Reviews
26% Negative
6 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews
40
17% Positive
4 Reviews
57% Mixed
13 Reviews
26% Negative
6 Reviews

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90
It may not be “The Bridges of Madison County,” but the latest Kevin Costner romance is nearly as good as they get.
By Lisa Alspector FULL REVIEW
50
Strikes me as a pure, unadulterated crock. [12 February 1999, Friday, p.A]
By Michael Wilmington FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 30 User Ratings
6.7
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33% Mixed
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6.7
57% Positive
17 Ratings
33% Mixed
10 Ratings
10% Negative
3 Ratings

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10
LULU
May 28, 2011
This film describes one of the most sensibles love stories ever to be told. It combines the struggle between the past and the present of a man that wants to punish himself for the misfortune he had with his lost wife. With no hope, helped by his father, agrees to take a chance with a possible new love, Teresa, a very smart and sensible journalist. The dialog between the characters is breathtaking, the pauses are so intense, it feels so real, as if this is not a film, but indeed the scene of life, where emotions are mixed and the result is always unpredictable. Message in a bottle is about acceptance, about opening your heart after a terrible loss, about forgiveness and appreciation of love and destiny. I have seen Message in a bottle every year and it seems every time even better then the last.
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Veranda44
May 9, 2021
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50
The extremes of this production's assets and liabilities are embodied by Caleb Deschanel's cinematography and Gabriel Yared's score: One is as glorious and transcendental as the other is execrably sappy.
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50
The climactic events are shameless, contrived, and wildly out of tune with the rest of the story. To saddle Costner, Penn and Newman with such goofy melodrama is like hiring Fred Astaire and strapping a tractor on his back.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
40
The depressing results will likely make viewers feel jerked around when it's all over.
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30
There's only one thing to do with this "Bottle": Put a cork in it.
By Rita Kempley FULL REVIEW
10
Dreary, lachrymose and incredibly poky tear-jerker that makes its audience wait and wait and wait until nearly the last second for its jerking.
By Todd McCarthy FULL REVIEW
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SEROJ
Sep 29, 2014
A strange but nice love movie with dramatic shapes and decent storyline... now i'll gve it a 5/10 because i think it could've been it better. 5/10 also means that there's a 50% chance that you'll like it (depends on what movie are you looking for) No spoilers included
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papermanda
Dec 15, 2015
At the end you will say, "give me a break". There is no need to end a story this way, if the rest of it didn't blow you away emotionally - and it didn't.
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Production Company Warner Bros., Bel Air Entertainment, Tig Productions, DiNovi Pictures
Release Date Feb 12, 1999
Duration 2 h 6 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline A story of love lost and found.
Website http://www.message-bottle.com/
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Awards

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
• 4 Nominations
Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination
The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
• 1 Nomination

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