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Return To Me on DVD (2000)

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Average rating: 62%
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3.0
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Starring: Minnie Driver, David Duchovny, Carroll O'Connor, Robert Loggia, David Alan Grier, Bonnie Hunt, Joely Richardson, James Belushi, William Bronder, Eddie Jones, Don Lake, Marianne Muellerleile
Director: Bonnie Hunt
Studio: MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time: 111 mins
Certificate: PG
Collections: 100 Rom-Coms
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Languages: English
Dubbed: French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish
Hearing-impaired: English, German
Subtitles: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
Released: 29/01/2001

Brief synopsis of Return To Me

A charming romantic comedy about finding love in the most ironic--and unlikely--of places. Bob Rueland (David Duchovny) is mourning the tragic loss of his wife, who nobly agreed to donate her heart to a needy recipient. When he meets Grace Briggs (Minnie Driver), little does he realize that she's the recipient. Eventually, the truth comes out, and Bob must decide for himself which heart it is his heart wants to follow.

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Rating of 2 stars out of 5 Radio Times

In this mawkish romantic comedy drama, a recently widowed architect (David Duchovny) falls in love with the beautiful young waitress (Minnie Driver) who received his late wife's heart in a transplant two years before. It's a rather grisly premise for an otherwise lightweight affair, and actress Bonnie Hunt (Jumanji, Beethoven), here making her directorial debut, struggles to carry it off. Furthermore, Duchovny makes for a dour leading man and Driver is strangely subdued as his impossibly perfect love interest, and their performances pall beside the accomplished support playing of veterans Robert Loggia, Carroll O'Connor and Eddie Jones. Joely Richardson appears briefly as Duchovny's doomed spouse, while Hunt, who co-wrote the screenplay with Don Lake, takes a supporting role.

Time Out

Driver needs a new heart; building super- visor Duchovny is happily married to zoologist Richardson; signpost - Joely's... Read more on www.timeout.com

Movieline

"...Hunt has brought off a neat balancing act; the movie is a shrewd mixture of salty and sanctimonius moments..."

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Rated - 5 starsHighly recommended

Miles Orchard from Cardiff , 20/02/2004

This film is a gem! Isn't it always the way when you don't expect a film to be anything special it just knocks you right off your feet? This is such a film.

I couldn't find fault in this film at all, it's great from start to finish. The music is great and the scenes with the old men sitting around the table in the restaurant are priceless!

Duchovny and Driver are good in the role, roles I didn't think either would pull off but they did. A great romantic light hearted drama that will appeal to most people. Get a nice drop of wine and a take away and settle back with your loved one and enjoy - worth renting.

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Rated - 2 starsSend it back as soon as possible!

A customer from Reading, England , 09/03/2006

If you can get past the monumentally tasteless premise - woman dies in car crash, her heart is transplanted into another woman, the second woman falls in love with the first woman's husband, then this is just about watchable. I can't believe David Duchovny signed up for this, and for most of the film he looks like he's regretting it. Minnie Driver just reminds you how much better Cher would have done it had it been made 20 years earlier. And the plot is as shallow as a puddle. The dog and the gorilla were the best actors in it. Truly terrible.

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Rated - 2 starsMinnie Driver - not her best choice of film role

Richard from Hants , 01/05/2005

Nothing actively wrong but doen't grab your attention either - Duchovny not on song and who thought Minnie Driver and Joely Richardson should have fake mid Altantic accents?

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Rated - 3 starsHave a Heart!

Charles Brickley from Andover, Hampshire England [Highly rated reviewer] , 16/10/2008

I found it interesting that the debut feature film of Bonnie Hunt, who wrote, directed & acted in this sweet little Rom Com should have two British Actresses playing the love interest to David Duchovny.

You will know the plot by now but may not be aware of some of the sweet little scenarios that go together to give credibility to what could have been a tragic story.

Cameos by Carroll O'Connor, Robert Loggia, James Belushi and other excellent character actors made this a pleasant little tale of love and committment.

Minnie Driver showed her talents as both a comedienne and a tragic actress, whilst David Duchovny as the broken hearted Architect Bob Rueland demonstrated that he can play the romantic lead.

Frankly, although it did not strike me as the greatest Romance ever filmed, Return To Me was very professional, well shot, nicely written and good to watch.

Well worth the money and only half a pack of tissues required!

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Rated - 3 starsHave a Heart!

Charles Brickley from Andover, Hampshire England [Highly rated reviewer] , 16/10/2008

I found it interesting that the debut feature film of Bonnie Hunt, who wrote, directed & acted in this sweet little Rom Com should have two British Actresses playing the love interest to David Duchovny.

You will know the plot by now but may not be aware of some of the sweet little scenarios that go together to give credibility to what could have been a tragic story.

Cameos by Carroll O'Connor, Robert Loggia, James Belushi and other excellent character actors made this a pleasant little tale of love and committment.

Minnie Driver showed her talents as both a comedienne and a tragic actress, whilst David Duchovny as the broken hearted Architect Bob Rueland demonstrated that he can play the romantic lead.

Frankly, although it did not strike me as the greatest Romance ever filmed, Return To Me was very professional, well shot, nicely written and good to watch.

Well worth the money and only half a pack of tissues required!

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Rated - 2 starsSend it back as soon as possible!

A customer from Reading, England , 09/03/2006

If you can get past the monumentally tasteless premise - woman dies in car crash, her heart is transplanted into another woman, the second woman falls in love with the first woman's husband, then this is just about watchable. I can't believe David Duchovny signed up for this, and for most of the film he looks like he's regretting it. Minnie Driver just reminds you how much better Cher would have done it had it been made 20 years earlier. And the plot is as shallow as a puddle. The dog and the gorilla were the best actors in it. Truly terrible.

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