Buy a new outfit. Be a disco diva. Learn to fish. Take a chance. Travel. Laugh. Love. Sometimes all you need to start really living is a little shove in the right direction - and that's just what Holly Kennedy gets. From the handsome, big-hearted love of her life. From a series of mysterious letters. And from gal pals who know that a friend in need is a friend in need of some laughs! Based on Cecelia Ahern's joyful bestseller and boasting a top cast led by two-time Academy Award® winner* Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler (300), P.S. I Love You is your very own message full of fun, love, triumph and romance. Open it now. (P.S. You'll love it!)
For those who believe true love lasts beyond this physical plane, P.S. I Love You is a jewel in the romantic-movie crown. With elements of Ghost, Heaven Can Wait, and My Life, the film is an unabashed valentine to the notion of lasting (everlasting?) love. Hilary Swank is Holly, a deeply happy lass married to the most impossibly adorable Irishman on the planet, Gerry (Gerard Butler). When an illness takes him from her, Holly spirals into depression. Then, as if from beyond the grave, communications, gifts, and remembrances from Gerry begin to appear--gestures he'd planned knowing his death was coming. The "communications" with her dead husband could threatened to keep Holly in past, yet they begin to pave a path into her future.
Swank, not a traditional romantic actress, is quite moving as Holly, whose grief and confusion is palpable. Butler will win new continents of fans, largely female, as the yummiest honey one could wish for. Special kudos to the supporting cast, including Lisa Kudrow as a Holly pal, and James Marsters and Kathy Bates, always breaths of fresh air onscreen. Under the sure hand of director-writer Richard LaGravenese, P.S. I Love You is touching, sad (have tissues on hand), and heartbreakingly lovely. --A.T. Hurley
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
A wonderful chic flick.:
This was a wonderful movie but you may need a few tissues to get you through it. It's really touching and you won't be disappointed with the story line. It's about a couple deeply in love and the husband dies leaving her to find her way without him. It's moving, funny, adventurous, touches on mother/daughter conflicts, and, of course, romance. This is one I will watch again and again.
I Gave It a Chance:
I admit, I avoided this movie for a while because I do not particularly care for Hilary Swank. Finally one night, being alone, and with few options of movies to watch in the ON-DEMAND library, I decided to give it a go. This is what I liked about it:
1. The story was mostly about Holly and Gerry, and was not the context of her next relationship.
2. I worried that his letters would only cause her to hold to his memory all the more, but was pleased to see how they freed her to continue her... more info
Wonderfully written, created and acting superb!:
My husband does not usually like romantic movies... but he was moved and very touched by this one and had been recommending it to his friends!
Wow...:
The first time I watched it... I cried for about 87% of the movie. It was about 5 minutes of crying, 1 minute of not crying through the whole movie. I watched it a second time and it was about 30% crying... Very good performances from everyone.
