P.S. I Love You is a 2007 American drama film directed by Richard LaGravenese. The scenario by LaGravenese and Steven Rogers is based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Cecelia Ahern. It stars Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Lisa Kudrow, Gina Gerson, James Marsters, Harry Connick Jr. and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. It's distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and Momentum Pictures.
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Plot
Holly and Gerry are married couples living in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. They are very love, but they fight occasionally. In the winter of that year, Gerry suddenly died of a brain tumor, and Holly realizes how meaningful she is and how trivial their arguments are.
Desperately desperate, Holly withdrew from family and friends from sadness until they came down on her 30th birthday. They are determined to encourage the young widow to face the future and find out what her life choices are. As they gather around Holly and help organize her apartment, the cake is delivered, and with it is a message from Gerry. This proved to be the first of several meaningful messages - all ending with "I Love You" - which he had planned to send to him after his death.
As the season passes, each new message fills itself with encouragement and sends it to a new adventure. Holly's mother believed that Gerry's letters made Holly tied to the past. But actually they push it into the future. With Gerry's words as his guide, Holly slowly begins her journey of discovery.
Gerry arranged for Holly and her friends Denise and Sharon to travel to her homeland in Ireland. They arrive at their destination, a beautiful Irish country house where they find letters from Gerry to Sharon & amp; Denise, who asked Denise to take Holly to her favorite pub. While there, they meet William, a singer who deeply reminds Holly about her late husband. She asks him to keep seeing her after her last song ("Galway Girl"), which she dedicates to her. Upon hearing it, he was overwhelmed with emotion and walked out, because it was a song that Gerry sang for him shortly after they first met.
During the holidays, while fishing, they lost a boat rowing, leaving three women stranded in the middle of the lake. While waiting for their help, Sharon announces that she is pregnant and Denise reveals that she is getting married. This news caused Holly to relapse emotionally and again withdraw. They were eventually rescued by William, whom Sharon and Denise invite to stay the night due to the heavy rain.
Can not deny their feelings to each other, they kiss, and William and Holly have sex. They start a conversation about her late husband and Holly asks William to escort him to visit his mother-in-law. After Holly reveals their names, William realizes she is the widow of her childhood friend. Revealing this to Holly caused him to panic, but William calmed him down and started telling stories about his childhood and Gerry. The next day, Holly visits Gerry's parents and while there, she also receives a letter from Gerry reminding her of their first encounter.
Arriving at home, Holly again withdrew from family and friends. As he continues to become more and more lost, he is inspired by Gerry after finding one of the suspender clips next to one of his shoes and realizes he has a knack for designing women's shoes; she enrolled in a classroom that taught her how to really make the shoes she designed. The newly discovered confidence allows him to break out of his loneliness and embrace the happiness of his friends.
While walking with his mother, he learns that his mother is the one Gerry requested to send his letter after his death and received the last letter. When the film ends with Holly taking her mother on a trip to Ireland, we see that Holly has opened up to begin the journey with the next chapter of her life, and wherever she takes her, she has the hope of falling in love again.
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The difference between a novel adaptation and a movie
The main difference between the novel and the film adaptation is that, in the novel, the main characters of Holly and Gerry Kennedy are Irish. In the film, only Gerry is Irish, Holly and her family are Irish Americans, and both live in New York. Also in the novel, Holly has many brothers, but in the movie she has one. The film adds a character called William, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Another change is that in the book, the letters arrive in a package together and Holly is expected to open them once a month. In the film, letters are delivered by mail. The film remains faithful to the novel, and all of Gerry's letters are almost unchanged.
Cast
- Hilary Swank - Holly Reilly-Kennedy
- Gerard Butler - Gerry Kennedy
- Lisa Kudrow - Denise Hennessey
- Gina Gershon - Sharon McCarthy
- James Marsters - John McCarthy
- Harry Connick, Jr. - Daniel Connelly
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan - William Gallagher
- Nellie McKay - Ciara Reilly, Holly's sister
- Kathy Bates - Patricia Reilly, Holly and Ciara's mother
- Anne Kent - Rose Kennedy, Gerry's mother
- Brian McGrath - Martin Kennedy, Gerry's father
Production
In Conversation with Cecilia Ahern , a bonus feature on the DVD release of the movie, the original novelist discusses the Americanized story - made in Ireland - for the screen and Satisfaction with the flow changes that must be made by screenwriter/director Richard LaGravenese according to the book on the screen.
The film was taken at locations in New York City and County Wicklow, Ireland.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack for the film was released on December 3, 2007.
- "Love You To The End" - The Pogues
- "Same Error" - James Blunt
- "More Time" - Needtobreathe
- "Carousel" - Laura Izibor
- "Fortress" - Hope
- "Last Train Home" - Ryan Star
- "Rewind" - Paolo Nutini
- "My Sweet Song" - Toby Lightman
- "No Other Love" - ​​Chuck Prophet
- "Everything We Have" - ​​The Academy...
- "In the Beginning" - The Stills
- "If I Ever Left The World Alive" - ​​Whipping Molly
- "P.S. I love you" - Nellie McKay
- "Kisses and Cake" - John Powell
- "Trouble" - performed by Greg Dulli and Kerry Brown
The film also includes "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues, "Got Me Like Oh" by Gia Farrell, "No Other Love" by Chuck Prophet, "Mustang Sally" by Gerard Butler and "Galway Girl" written and originally released by Steve Earle, performed by Gerard Butler, Nancy Davis, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Camera Obscura's "Lloyd, I'm Ready Be Be Heartbroken" also plays on opening credits. No songs are included on the official soundtrack.
Reception
Critical response
The film received negative reviews from critics, with most critics focused on Hilary Swank's performance. Review the aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes scores 24% based on 99 reviews. At Metacritic, the film received a weighted average score of 39%, based on 24 reviews.
Manohla Dargis of The New York Times said the movie "looks clean and is really straight and very far from the shadow world where Ms. Swank has done her best work, but as directed by Richard LaGravenese... has a curious morbid quality... [It] will not win any awards, it's not the kind of work that flatteres criticism taste.It does not make sense in terms of big and small... and there are some set pieces that are horrified, some involve Mr. Butler and the guitar, this movie is not a beautiful object or an impressive culture, but it's a charm, yet awkward.The sincerity and naked emotionalism of Mrs. Swank suits Mr. LaGravenese's melodramatic merit. "
David Wiegand of the San Francisco Chronicle writes, "This is a movie that will startle you and get anesthetized from start to finish, if you do not go to the exit first.the only good thing in it is Lisa Kudrow and Swank's wardrobe.The plot is amazing, even though a competent script can fix it.The direction is soft and uninspired, the casting is wrong, and the show runs from unattractive to unbearable... the movie desperately wants it to be Ghost without a pottery wheel, but it just worked out to be terrible. "
John Anderson of Variety also has a negative review: "The question of love after death has been asked quite often in movies, but rarely with the high ick factor found in PS I Love You ... this post-life comedy will have an openly mourned sentimental, holding tightly to the boys' pants and husband trying to escape from the passage.Just LaGravenese's journey into the Lifetime region can determine the guilty pleasures of the genre... As an exercise in chick-flickery, PS I Love You wants to have the soulfulness of the bitter reality and lilt romantic fantasies at the same time.In this case, at least, it can not be done. "
Stephen Whitty of The Oregonian wrote, "In the week when many people just wanted a good reason to put their pack and smile for a few hours, PS I Love You arrived - signed, sealed, and delivered on time. "
The Irish reviewer is highly critical of Irish Butler's accent. Butler then jokingly apologized for his poor attempt with an Irish accent.
box office
The film opens on 2,454 screens in North America and earned $ 6,481,221 and ranked # 6 on its opening weekend. It eventually grossed $ 53,695,808 at the North American box office and $ 91,370,273 worldwide for a worldwide box office total of $ 156,835,339.
Accolades
Hilary Swank won the Irish Irish Film and Television Award for Best International Actress. Hilary Swank won the Irish Irish Film and Television Award for Best International Actress.
Cultural effects
The dialogue between the characters Connick and Swank inspired the single Reba McEntire 2011 "Somebody's Chelsea".
See also
- Letter (1997 film) (South Korea)
- Letter (2004 film) (Thai Remake)
- 2007 in the movie
- Theaters of the United States
- List of American films in 2007
References
External links
- P.S. I Love You at AllMovie
- P.S. I Love You on Box Office Mojo
- P.S. I Love You on IMDb
- P.S. I Love You in Metacritic
- P.S. I Love You at Rotten Tomatoes
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