Hope Springs

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An aging couple strive to conquer their sexual hang-ups and save their 30-year marriage from going stale by visiting a renowned couple's therapist in this comedy from director David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada, Marley & Me). After three decades of marriage, Kay (Meryl Streep) and Arnold (Tommy Lee Jones) still love each other deeply. But somewhere along the way, their passion for one another seems to have perished. Upon learning about a relationship therapist (Steve Carell) in Great Hope Springs whose ...
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Overview

An aging couple strive to conquer their sexual hang-ups and save their 30-year marriage from going stale by visiting a renowned couple's therapist in this comedy from director David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada, Marley & Me). After three decades of marriage, Kay (Meryl Streep) and Arnold (Tommy Lee Jones) still love each other deeply. But somewhere along the way, their passion for one another seems to have perished. Upon learning about a relationship therapist (Steve Carell) in Great Hope Springs whose methods have yielded incredible results, Kay pleads with Arnold to sign up for a weeklong session. Little does the committed couple realize that overcoming years of sexual repression will prove to be quite an exhausting challenge.
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Special Features

Gag reel; Alternate takes gallery; Inside the perfect movie marriage: Meryl Streep & Tommy Lee Jones featurette; Commentary with director David Frankel
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Editorial Reviews

All Movie Guide - Perry Seibert
Director David Frankel has carved out a niche delivering safe, middlebrow, vaguely poignant films that cater to an undernourished segment of the moviegoing population: people over 50. His second collaboration with Meryl Streep, Hope Springs, is exactly what you expect in both good and bad ways. Streep stars as Kay, a housewife whose marriage to taciturn, grumpy tax specialist Arnold Tommy Lee Jones has grown stale and passionless after several decades -- they don't even sleep in the same bed anymore. In an attempt to salvage their relationship, Kay books a weeklong intensive-therapy session with Dr. Feld Steve Carell, an expert counselor who practices in the small New England burg that gives the film its title. Feld gets the twosome to open up, practice intimacy exercises, and share their feelings with each other, but Arnold finds it hard to overcome decades of resentment, disappointment, and inertia. It shouldn't come as a surprise that this debut feature script from Vanessa Taylor plays very much like an episode of the short-lived HBO couples-in-therapy series Tell Me You Love Me: Taylor wrote two of the ten installments in the series' brief history. The only difference is that this story aims directly at AARP members. There's rich territory here for a rueful comedy or a heartbreaking drama, and it's hard to conceive of a better cast for this story. Streep and Jones are spectacular in the therapy sessions -- you can see the truth fight up through their multiple layers of fear and pain. Watch what Streep does with her hands when Kay is fearful of hearing something painful, and savor how Jones slowly sheds Arnold's gruff exterior without abandoning the character's essential nature. Carell offers flawless support as the patient, caring counselor. There aren't many comedic actors who are so comfortable letting other performers have all the big moments -- most would mug for the camera in order to get a little attention. Carell, on the other hand, has no problem letting others take center stage, and that's why he fits so well in this acting ménage à trois: Feld is such an expert at his work that he understands the sessions are not about him at all. Carell makes sure the attention stays on the stars. The actors are so good they overcome the merely functional direction. Frankel repeatedly makes sure we see exactly how close Kay and Arnold are sitting next to each other, and while that establishes the tone at the beginning of each encounter, he uses the shot so often that it becomes a heavy-handed symbol. There's too much nuance in their relationship to reduce it so often to something so simple, yet simple is the perfect adjective to describe Frankel and Taylor's approach to the material. That can have its charms -- this is certainly as straightforward a movie as you're likely to find -- but what marriage is straightforward or simple? Real relationships, even the great ones, are messy. By refusing to delve deeper, the characters come off as two-dimensional symbols whom we can relate to only because we might have experienced the same dissatisfactions, rather than three-dimensional people whose neuroses and struggles make them singular and recognizable. Thanks to the actors, the whole movie goes down smoothly. Streep and Jones are compulsively watchable -- we hang on every little movement and line reading because there's little to admire but their craft. They were up for something much more challenging and memorable than what's onscreen, but Frankel and Taylor, like so many stale marriages, get sucked into a tired routine.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 12/4/2012
  • UPC: 043396408043
  • Original Release: 2012

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  • Source: Sony Pictures
  • Region Code: 1
  • Presentation: Color / Wide Screen
  • Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
  • Language: English, Français
  • Time: 1:40:00
  • Format: DVD
  • Sales rank: 309

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Meryl Streep Kay
Tommy Lee Jones Arnold
Steve Carell , Doctor Feld
Ben Rappaport , Brad, their son
Jean Smart Eileen, Kay's friend
Marin Ireland Molly, their daughter
Patch Darragh Mark, their son-in-law
Brett Rice Vince, Arnold's friend
Becky Ann Baker Cora, the waitress
Elisabeth Shue Karen, the bartender
Charles Techman Charlie, the docent
Daniel Flaherty Danny, the bookstore clerk
Damian Young Mike, the innkeeper
Mimi Rogers Carol, the neighbor
Ann Harada Ann, the happy wife
Jack Haley Jack, the happy husband
Susan Misner Dana, Doctor Feld's Wife
Rony Clanton Ronnie, the taxi driver
John Srednicki John, the waiter
Madeline Ruskin Maddie, Brad's girlfriend
Lee Cunningham Lee, the unhappy wife
Lee Cunningham Lee, the unhappy wife
Paul Letersky Paul, the unhappy husband
Rogina Bedell-O'Brien Rogina, the exiting patient
Stephen Lee Davis Steve, the grocery shopper
Mark Graham Conductor
Technical Credits
David Frankel Director
Florian Ballhaus Cinematographer
Brian Bell Co-producer
Todd Black Producer
Jason Blumenthal Executive Producer
J.C. Brotherhood Special Effects Supervisor
Guymon Casady Producer
Robyn Norris Casady Associate Producer
Rick Chefalas Sound Editor
Christine Coggins Associate Producer
Stephen Lee Davis Asst. Director
Lawrence Grey Co-producer
Jeff Harlacker Associate Producer
J. Roy Helland Makeup
Lance Johnson Associate Producer
Nathan Kahane Executive Producer
Kelli Konop Co-producer
Danny Michael Sound Mixer
Julia Michels Musical Direction/Supervision
Jessie Nelson Executive Producer
Ann Roth Costumes/Costume Designer
Theodore Shapiro Score Composer
Margery Simkin Casting
Vanessa Taylor Screenwriter
Steve Tisch Executive Producer
Steven Weisberg Editor
Patricia Woodbridge Art Director
Stuart Wurtzel Production Designer
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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Hope Springs
1. Scene 1 [7:08]
2. Scene 2 [6:19]
3. Scene 3 [4:18]
4. Scene 4 [6:15]
5. Scene 5 [7:16]
6. Scene 6 [5:36]
7. Scene 7 [7:29]
8. Scene 8 [8:23]
9. Scene 9 [8:02]
10. Scene 10 [6:33]
11. Scene 11 [4:36]
12. Scene 12 [3:19]
13. Scene 13 [5:50]
14. Scene 14 [5:57]
15. Scene 15 [6:06]
16. Scene 16 [6:32]
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Menu

Disc #1 -- Hope Springs
   Play Movie
   Languages
      Audio
         English
         English Audio Descriptive Service
         French
      Subtitles
         English
         English SDH
         English Subtitled Commentary
         French
         Spanish
         Subtitles Off
   Scene Selections
   Special Features
      Commentary with Director David Frankel
         Commentary: On
         Commentary: Off
      Gag-Reel
      Inside the Perfect Movie Marriage: Meryl Streep & Tommy Lee Jones
      Exploring the Scene - Alternate Takes Gallery
         Play All with Introduction by Director David Frankel
            Introduction: On
            Introduction: Off
         Motel Speech
         Marital Gripes
         First Time You Said It
         Feld's Second Wife
   Previews
      Robot and Frank
      The Words
      Playing for Keeps
      The Intouchables
      To Rome with Love
      Sparkle
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  • Posted December 9, 2012

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    Like a shrink session for us Old Folks At Home, admittedly. Aga

    Like a shrink session for us Old Folks At Home, admittedly. Again, it hits home. The acting is perfect and Yes, It's a Message Picture. So what if you young fools think you will never be old and fear watching old people making out. Got watch your own stupid Teen Movies, with 26 year old teenagers playing high school romantics. That's real depression and almost always fit in the category of worst movies ever.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted December 4, 2012

    this was a funny movie that I really thought could actuall be he

    this was a funny movie that I really thought could actuall be helpful to some marriages

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted January 30, 2013

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    Review title: Keeping Your Hope. A wonderful storyline about how

    Review title: Keeping Your Hope.
    A wonderful storyline about how one spouse wants to improve the communication and intimacy of the marriage is the main focus of this DVD. And the protagonists are rather comical at times. This storyline and the main characters offer one "reality" of how some marriages turn out after many years, yet it also offers hope that a positive change can occur with a little willingness of the spouses to make their marriage better and more satisfying for both. "Hopes Springs" is a real eye-opener about how a marriage can become as well as how to make changes if you are flexible and not rigid and frigid. *Good DVD to promote marriage counseling. **WARNING: this is probably a DVD you would not want to share with young people under 18 years of age.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 17, 2013

    Great Story - Great Actors - Great Movie!!! I agree with Alchem

    Great Story - Great Actors - Great Movie!!! I agree with AlchemystAZ - if you don't want to see old people kissing, go watch "Another DumbAss Teen Movie." ALL marriages, short or long, go through tough times. Cheers to those that work on it and don't give up in a day and age when divorce is too easy!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 4, 2012

    One of the worst movies EVER! Laugh? I almost cried! Depressing!

    One of the worst movies EVER! Laugh? I almost cried! Depressing! And who wants to watch old people making out? Gag!!!

    0 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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