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Plot: A May-December romance turns metaphysical in P.S., from the director of the critically acclaimed Roger Dodger. Louise (Laura Linney, You Can Count On Me, Kinsey) has a warm...( read more read more... ) friendship with her ex-husband and a satisfying position as an admissions officer for Columbia University, but she's never gotten over losing her first love from high school. When a young man with the same name, face, and artistic talents (Topher Grace, Traffic) as her lost love suddenly arrives for an admissions interview, Louise tumbles into an abrupt and questionable relationship. P.S. is at its best when it follows the tics and foibles of human behavior; Linney and Grace both give vivid, lively performances. But every time reincarnation rears its head, the movie flounders, particularly in clumsy scenes with Louise's predatory best friend (Marcia Gay Harden, Mystic River), who stole Louise's boy so long ago. Fortunately (or strangely), that element is almost a tacked-on subplot; center stage is the romance between Linney and Grace, which glows sweetly. Also featuring Gabriel Byrne (The Usual Suspects, Miller's Crossing) and a woefully underused Paul Rudd (The Shape of Things, Clueless). --Bret Fetzer

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  • 2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    August 13, 2008
    Laura Linney is amazing, and in the most part, the actors were great, but it is not that much to the movie, IMHO.
  • No rating.
    MCT:
    August 10, 2008
    Thirty-nine-year old divorcée Louise Harrington (Laura Linney) works in the admissions office at Columbia University School of the Arts in her relationship with her ex-husband Peter Harrington (Gabriel Byrne). Louise Harrington receives an application from F. Scott Feinstadt (Topher Grace) as the same name as her high school sweetheart was killed in a car crash.
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    June 6, 2008
    Laura Linney outshines the film, the cast, even herself sometimes. I was actually surprised an actress of her calibre would sign on to a film such a this, the plot goes nowhere, gives us nothing and is of no particular interest. P.S's problem seems to be its unwillingness to settle in a particular genre romantic comedy or drama, I personally would have liked it alot more if it just dealt with the drama.
    Basically if your a fan of Linney you'll enjoy her role showcasing just her talents as for the film there's nothing new, nothing we haven't see before.
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    May 17, 2008
    Surprisingly a very cute romantic comedy. I love Topher, he adds wit and humor to everything he does!
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    March 14, 2008
    It was an interesting but slightly flawed film, but with engaging performances from Laura Linney and Topher Grace.
  • 2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    March 7, 2008
    A great idea for a story but brought across badly.
    It doesn't have the power that such a film needs. If you need something to fall asleep to then this could be the film.
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    November 25, 2007
    weird movie. parts of it just sucked, others were compelling and insightful. I didn't always feel like I knew what was going on.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    July 24, 2007
    Linney and Grace deliver superb performances in this imperfect, but nonetheless very sensitive film.
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 4, 2007
    A silly premise too easily believed by the female leads. It's spirals out of control about halfway through, but Laura Linney is wonderful, as always.
  • Not Interested
    MCT:
    June 12, 2007
    I could not get into this movie no matter how hard I tried. Topher Grace just can't be a good actor in my eyes after he played Eric on That 70s Show.
  • 2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    June 2, 2007
    Dull, dull, dull. Every scene is dull. Even the sex scene and the scenes with lovely Topher (!). However, as usual, Laura Linney makes total magic. The woman is a national treasure.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    May 3, 2007
    I think Laura Linney's hot. She's so great at playing women of higher authority. So when she delivers lines like, "Take off your clothes," with that deep, commanding voice of hers, it works so well because she can be so intimidating and attractive at the same time. That makes her perfect for the role of a University Admissions lady who finds out that the last man she's truly ever loved is somehow reincarnated from the dead. Since I can be a hopeless romantic sometimes, I was drawn to that premise. The movie also had one of the best sex scenes I've seen in a while, but I think that's mainly because I think Laura Linney's hot.

    I loved Roger Dodger, so I had a natural curiosity for Dylan Kidd's follow-up. P.S. is a different movie in terms of style, with the shaky-cam effect gone, and the movie no longer feels like a documentary at times. Instead, it's a sweet, tender movie with autumn lighting brought about by bright, orange sunsets.

    I have a problem with movies with a lot of music, especially when it's pretty good and is played so much that you just know it's getting in the way of the film when it should be enhancing it instead. P.S. had a lot of that. There's also quite a bit of melodrama stuck here and there, between some scenes with a lot of promise. At first, I was moved by it, but then later realized that it felt a bit tacked on and it just came out of the blue. Once the movie ends, I'm left feeling like nothing really happened--a bit of a letdown there.

    P.S. I enjoyed the movie though, but I felt it could have been better.
  • 2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    April 16, 2007
    Every so often the film shows promise but then there's some really cheesy dialogue or a standard film cliche to bring you back down.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    March 25, 2007
    This is a movie where I'd seen the trailer over and over again and I just had to see the movie, I'm glad that it didn't dissappoint me.
    I thought it was a really well made movie and it was such an individual and unique movie, the actors and actresses played very well and I'm glad to have seen such a piece of art, and I can't believe that the person who wrote the script even could come up with something like this!
  • 2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    March 12, 2007
    I just didn't get the point of this film, it made no sense and didn't even have a clear storyline! It was just trying to be more clever than it actually was. It did however provide me and a few friends with two hours of entertainment as we laughed at the really bad dialogue and it gave me an excuse to wtach Topher Grace for a couple of hours.
  • 2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    February 11, 2007
    I was expecting a lot more than this - Laura Linney is one of my favourite actresses and Topher Grace is a big up and comer but it was a decidedly average picture in the end. Nothing much really happens at all. Oh and Laura Linney fucking Topher Grace? That's pushing it i'm afraid :p The whole supernatural back from the dead thing irked me a bit too. I guess I just had too high expectations. I wonder whether this was filmed before Jindabyne because Laura was with Gabriel Byrne in that one too.
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    February 8, 2007
    A good reincarnation drama that is well acted and the plot is kind of a lighter and less controversial version of "Birth". Laura Linney and Topher Grace give really fine performances and the script is solid. My only problem with this film is that after I finished watching it I felt unsatisfied by the whole thing. Don't get me wrong it's good but I felt that it didn't explore its ideas enough.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    January 29, 2007
    This is the type of movie that actors will cite when they want to do an audition scene. It seemed more like a character study, or an acting workshop, than a well-rounded movie. However, this movie has a sex scene that is so organic that I literally had to cover my eyes because I felt like I was watching porn starring two actors that I really like. Fantastic.
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    January 20, 2007
    It was a pretty good movie. It would have been better had they left out the reincarnation part. There really was no need for it.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    December 20, 2006
    Although their relationship annoyed me, this was a great movie. And you get to see Topher shirtless so woo! ;)

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  • ShimmerMePretty
    I found it very sad to watch how desperate
    and pathetic Louise & Missy seemed ,
    Just tragic how too wonderful women could come across as so empty & depressed still stuck in a time were they were both happy & instead of moving forward they contiue to move backwards.
    posted 312 days ago

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  • Rated: (R)
  • Directed by: Dylan Kidd
  • Genres: Romance, Drama, Comedy
  • Released: October 15, 2004
  • DVD Released: February 8, 2005

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