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Hope Floats
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })Hope Floats is a 1998 romantic drama film, directed by Forest Whitaker. The main stars are Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick, Jr, Gena Rowlands and child actress Mae Whitman.The film stars with Chicago housewife Birdee Pruitt (Bullock) accepting an invitation to a talk show, supposedly to receive a makeover. Actually she is there to have her husband Bill (Michael Paré) publicly announce the end of their relationship. He is leaving her for her best friend Connie (an uncredited Rosanna Arquette). Humiliated on national television and with nothing keeping her in Chicago, Birdee takes her young daughter Bernice (Whitman) and moves to her hometown of Smithville, Texas. She has to reconcile herself with her estranged mother Ramona Calvert (Rowlands) and start working for a living.She has further problems with getting accepted by the locals. Birdee used to be the Alpha Bitch in high school, a three times beauty pageant winner and one of the few of her contemporaries who managed to make it outside the small time. Several people have held long-time grudges for her, have seen her broadcasted public humiliation and don't miss a chance to rub it in her face. The exception is Justin Matisse (Connick), a former classmate who remembers her fondly. There is a growing mutual attraction between them. Unfortunately, Bernice is a Daddy's Girl and blames her mother for taking her away from her father. She sabotages any attempts Birdee makes to start dating again. Until realizing that her father no longer cares about her.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); }) | |
| Hope Floats | fetched |
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| Hope Floats | parsed |
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| Hope Floats / int_19fe3478 | type |
Daddy's Girl | |
| Hope Floats / int_19fe3478 | comment |
Daddy's Girl: Bernice until daddy abandons her. Birdee as well. She's the only one who manages to get a reaction from her father, who is in a nursing home after suffering a stroke and Alzheimer's. | |
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Alpha Bitch | |
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Alpha Bitch: Birdee in her younger years. | |
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Daddy Didn't Show | |
| Hope Floats / int_52fc4d4b | comment |
Daddy Didn't Show: Which cements Bill's Jerk Ass status. | |
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Bonding over Missing Parents | |
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Bonding Over Missing Parents: Bernice finally starts to warm up to Birdee after the trip to the nursing home, pointing out that neither of them have a father now. | |
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Embarrassing Middle Name | |
| Hope Floats / int_aa9fcfed | comment |
Embarrassing Last Name: Even after accepting Justin as a possible stepfather, Bernice is against taking his family name. She feels Bernice Matisse would be incredibly embarrassing. | |
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| Hope Floats / int_eb8e4fa8 | type |
Jerkass | |
| Hope Floats / int_eb8e4fa8 | comment |
Jerk Ass : Bill and Connie both, but Bill is a supreme version. Towards the end, when Birdee refuses to aid him when a crying Bernice demands he take her with him, he has the nerve to be honestly surprised. Whatever Birdee's past may have earned her, one hopes that this fun couple is in karma's sights. | |
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Chick Flick | |
| Hope Floats / int_ebc64704 | comment |
Chick Flick: Obviously. | |
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Disposable Fiancé | |
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Disposable Fiancé: Bill fits this role, though as a Disposable Husband. | |
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.
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Blaming the Cuckold / int_20c478ed | |
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Daddy Didn't Show / int_20c478ed | |
| Hope Floats | hasFeature |
Disposable Fiancé / int_20c478ed | |
| Hope Floats | hasFeature |
Films of 1995–1999 / int_20c478ed | |
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Plot-Inciting Infidelity / int_20c478ed | |
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Rom Com Job / int_20c478ed | |
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Two-Timing with the Bestie / int_20c478ed | |
| Hope Floats | hasFeature |
Wrong Guy First / int_20c478ed |
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