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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Salesrank: 1391
Released: October 31, 2000 |
| Our Price: $5.05 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
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" (Jeff Craig 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 joys that will make your spirits soar.It took a lot of coaxing 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 unsolicited help from Grace s match-making Grandfather (Carroll O Connnor) 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.System Requirements:Starring: David Duchovny Minnie Driver Carroll O Connor Robert Loggia David Alan Grier Bonnie Hunt Joey Richardson and James Belushi. Directed By: Bonnie Hunt. Running Time: 1 Hour 56 Min. Color. This film is presented in "Widescreen" format. Copyright 2001 MGM Studios.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG UPC: 027616853417 Manufacturer No: M110591
Description of Return to Me:
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
Return to Me Reviews:
This One's a KEEPER 
2008-06-11 - I 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!
Wonderful feel good chick flick
2008-05-17 - Here chick , chick, chick, yes, its a great chick flick. But guys it also is a great love story. A movie that leaves you with a good feeling.A funny warm wonderful movie, Remember when that was important.Its nice to watch a movie that doesn't make you feel like you have to change your clothes and wash your mind out. Great movies are still great.Bonnie Hunt tells a great story with comic embellishment. Good work Girl!
Heartfelt 
2008-05-12 - Have you ever wondered what happened to heart transplant patients after the surgery? Does it change their lives? What are their feelings knowing that their new life comes at the expense of someone else's?
Bob (Duchovny) and Elizabeth (Richardson) had a great life. She loved caring for the apes at the zoo and he was building an enclosure to make the animals lives even better. They'd like to take a trip to Italy--maybe after the new building is done.
Then, a tragic accident claimed her life. Bob signs away his wife's heart and tries to go on with his life.
Grace (Driver) who's had a heart condition most of her life, is about to die. She gets word she's getting a heart. The surgery's successful, but she mourns that someone had to die to get her life. It takes her a year to send a thank-you note to the donor family.
Life does get better for Grace. She's out of the hospital, she's painting and dreaming of going to Italy, but has never been on a plane...
While Bob is out on a disastrous blind date, he meets Grace. She's waitressing his table. He ditches his date and accidentally leaves his phone at the restaurant O'Reilly's Italian, run by Grace's grandfather (O'Connor) and his lovable poker playing cronies.
The rest is predictable and history, but is still worth seeing. "Return to Me" is a heartfelt comedy and a pleasant evening.
Rebecca Kyle, May 2008
great movie
2008-03-29 - This is a very touching and funny movie. Good clean fun that will run you through a gambit of emotions.
Good
2008-02-05 - I enjoy the movie and the DVD was just as described new, unopened, and working correctly.
