The love story that develops between the two is wholesome and sweet, as both characters are impossibly affable. And the heart beating within her once belonged to none other than Elizabeth, though once Grace learns of that, she dare not reveal it to Bob. As it turns out, Grace needed a heart transplant a year earlier. Set up on a blind date at a restaurant, it’s the waitress, Grace ( Minnie Driver), who captures Bob’s attention. Jumping ahead a year later, Bob is still healing from the tragedy. David Duchovny plays Bob, an architect who suffers the loss of his wife Elizabeth ( Joely Richardson) in a car accident in the early goings of the movie. Bonnie Hunt’s Return to Me has enough substance and laughs to sustain it all the way through.
There’s nothing wrong with a little sappy romance every now and again. It’s one of the more potent final shots of the 1960s, and a reminder that true love is far more valuable than what so many young people are after.Ĭast: David Duchovny, Minnie Driver, David Alan Grier, Carroll O’Connor, Robert Loggia, Jim Belushi, Bonnie Hunt When the high subsides, the lack of chemistry between the two is palpable, and regret fills their faces. But it’s the closing image that film lovers remember best (and the Simon & Garfunkel soundtrack, of course)-the two on a bus, she still in her wedding dress, having chosen Ben over her groom-to-be. Entangled in a predicament of his own making, Ben’s desire for Elaine only grows, culminating in an iconic climax that sees Ben stop her wedding. With that sort of dynamic, there’s no way Ben gets out of this thing unscathed. Despite their affair, Ben later falls for Mrs. Robinson, who is married to Ben’s father’s business partner. Played by a sub-thirty Dustin Hoffman, Ben is seduced by the older Mrs. Ben Braddock sure learns this lesson in Mike Nichols’ watershed comedy, The Graduate.
And the lively performances from young Liam Neeson and Daniel Day-Lewis-pitted against one another-is a nautical treat.Ĭast: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine RossĮntering the real world isn't so easy. Gibson and Hopkins are fantastic, the intense enmity between them growing with each scene. It’s a tonally foreboding film, one whose end is known from the outset, but it’s the getting there that keeps you rapt. In the end, a grim fate awaits the mutineers, while Bligh is left with lots of explaining to do before his superiors in a court martial. The film’s tension boils over in explosive fashion, resulting in a split-some on the side of Bligh, others with Christian. William Bligh, whose abuse of his crew leads to a mutiny led by Fletcher Christian ( Mel Gibson). Based on Richard Hough’s book recounting the events of the merchant vessel’s 1787 botanical mission, this third film iteration is on par with the 1962 Marlon Brando version. Quite the cast assembled for Roger Donaldson’s take on the ill-fated HMS Bounty. Image via Orion Pictures/MGM Home EntertainmentĬast: Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Daniel Day-Lewis, Liam Neeson And, if you can believe it, the 4-hour cut is even better. The film won Best Picture and Best Director for Costner, deservedly so. Though it’s Dunbar’s story first, four characters in all have emotionally potent arcs, culminating with a satisfying climax that leaves you shaken by the bittersweetness of it all. This was Kevin Costner’s directorial debut and it’s a masterpiece of filmmaking that transports you to a time and a place inaccessible to the modern world. Dunbar’s journey is one of self-discovery as he learns to tolerate and, ultimately befriend the Sioux people of the land, becoming accepted as one of them. What follows is a breathtakingly beautiful film featuring some of the most brilliant cinematography of the 1990s, thanks to Dean Semler. He’d like to see the frontier before it passes into history. John Dunbar, a Union soldier who requests transfer to the Army’s westernmost outpost. Set in the waning days of the American Civil War, the story follows Lt. They don’t make movies like Dances with Wolves anymore. Cast: Kevin Costner, Graham Greene, Mary McDonnell, Rodney A.
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