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Message in a Bottle

1999 · 131 min

A tender, slow-paced romance that lingers on loss and longing, with a bittersweet emotional pull and a tragic undertow.

Directed by
Luis Mandoki
Genres
Romance, Drama
Tagline
A story of love lost and found.
Overview
A woman finds a romantic letter in a bottle washed ashore and tracks down the author, a widowed shipbuilder whose wife died tragically early. As a deep and mutual attraction blossoms, the man struggles to make peace with his past so that he can move on and find happiness.

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Directed by
Luis Mandoki
Genres
Romance, Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • love
  • healing
  • memory
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • big city
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance8
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Genres
romance, drama
Directed by
Luis Mandoki
Written by
Gerald Di Pego
Starring
Kevin Costner, Robin Wright, Paul Newman, John Savage, Illeana Douglas, Robbie Coltrane, Jesse James, Bethel Leslie
Music
Gabriel Yared
Cinematography
Caleb Deschanel
Runtime
131 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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