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VHS : Return to MeIn association with Amazon.com List Price: $9.94 Price: $0.69 You Save: $9.25 (93%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786306012381 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC ISBN: 6306012389 Label: MGM (Video & DVD) Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD) Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Release Date: April 10, 2001 Running Time: 116 minutes Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) Theatrical Release Date: April 07, 2000 Sales Rank: 10171 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: Who knew that when he ordered the special, he d get the dish of his life? David Duchovny ('the X-Files ) and Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting) ignite sparks in this warm-hearted winner (JeffCraig, 'sixty Second Preview ) about a widower and a waitress who meet and fall in love. Featuring an incredible all-star cast, this hilarious romantic comedy delivers a lot of laughs, tears and joysthat will make your spirits soar. It took a lot of cajoling to get Bob (Duchovny), a recently widowed architect, to go on a blind date at a quirky Irish-Italian eatery. Once there, he's smitten instantly not with his date but with the sharp-witted waitress, Grace (Driver). With unsolicitedhelp from Grace's matchmaking grandfather (Carroll O Connor), Bob asks her out. And as their relationship blossoms, everything seems to be going great, until an unbelievable truth is revealed one that could easily break both of their hearts for good. Amazon.com: Bob Rueland (David Duchovny) and Grace Briggs (Minnie Driver) have very little in common. Granted, they both live in Chicago and they're both a bit lovelorn, but that's about it. Still, fate has something in mind for these two somewhat-depressed souls (a construction worker and budding artist, respectively), who've both recently had brushes with death--he's a recent widower, she's just recovered from a heart transplant--and are a little more serious than their friends and relatives. After a series of misbegotten blind dates and almost-meetings, though, these two finally get together, and find that they fit seamlessly with each other. Despite their differences, they have a lot in common--in fact, quite a lot. It seems that the heart that now beats inside Grace's chest once belonged to Bob's wife (Joely Richardson), who died in a car crash. Coincidence? We think not. A gentle, pleasing romantic comedy, Return to Me marks the directorial debut of Bonnie Hunt, an acclaimed actress known most famously for her role as Renee Zellweger's sister in Jerry Maguire. A shining, happy bright spot in whatever role she's in, Hunt has also invested the film with her trademark brand of humor: dry but sincere, sarcastic but not caustic, and with a deep current of humanity and romance. In the midst of all the permutations that fate surrounds them with, Driver and Duchovny make a pleasantly low-key couple; the triumph of the film is that despite all the contrived angst, the romance is never overly saccharine. They provide a quiet center in a film that has a fair amount of chaos in it, particularly due to Driver's extended family of Irish and Italian relatives (which occasionally tips the film into cutesy territory) and most hilariously to Driver's best friend, played by director Hunt . As a harried mother with innumerable kids and a likable oaf of a husband (James Belushi), Hunt again steals scenes effortlessly; Belushi is a comic revelation, better than he's been in years. You'll have the pleasant memories of both of these couples--one falling in love, one together for years--with you a long while after seeing this film. --Mark Englehart Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Return to MeThis movie is wonderful. All the actors are very good in this movie. It is heartwarming. Rating: - HEARTFELTThis movie was recommended to me and it was the best romance drama that I have ever seen. It had me crying, & laughing. I watched it 4 times in 2 days. I loved it!!! Rating: - Quirky love storyI admit, this is not the usual type of romantic comedy. And that is just what appealed to me. For how could something as taboo as discussing a heart transplant translate to romantic comedy? It does, through an incredibly sweet story. David Duchovney plays an architect who has lost the only woman he has ever loved. Minnie Driver is a sheltered waitress who receives the dead wife's heart. A year later, they meet, and sparks fly in spite of the heartbreaking secret. But this ... Read More Rating: - Not just a chick flickMy son brought his DVD collection home from his stint in the military and took this movie out to cheer me one day. I'm not enthusiastic about movies with a medical theme especially not dying patients (I was a nurse and my husband is a surgeon) but he assured me that it was uplifting and not too dark and dire. Three cheers for Bonny Hunt. What a smash hit! I've always loved her acting style but here she does everything but run the catering truck. Music production, directing, and a zillion ... Read More Rating: - This One's a KEEPERI LOVE this movie. I watch it over and over. A good story and great music. When talking about unforgettable movies with my friends, I always recommend this one. This is definitely a KEEPER! Browse for similar items by category:
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