P.S. I Love You (2007)

Al zijn zij het niet altijd met elkaar eens, Gerry en Holly lijken voor elkaar gemaakt te zijn. Wanneer Gerry komt te overlijden, is Holly ontroostbaar en sluit zichzelf af. Totdat ze een brief in haar post vindt met Gerry's handschrift, die aan haar is geadresseerd. In de brief zegt Gerry dat dit de eerste van in totaal twaalf brieven is, die zij een jaar lang elke maand zal krijgen, en waarin hij haar instructies geeft die zij moet opvolgen. Haar eerste taak: naar buiten gaan en een killer disco outfit kopen. Zo begint voor Holly een jaar vol avonturen, van karaokeavonden met vrienden tot een reis naar Ierland,...
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allemaal zorgvuldig voorbereid door Gerry, en vormgegeven aan de hand van de letters P.S. I love you...
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Two-time Oscar winner Hillary Swank tries her hand at romantic comedy in this touching film based on the bestselling Irish novel. Holly Kennedy (Swank) and her charming Irish husband Gerry (Gerard Butler) are a young couple struggling to get by in New York City. Their marriage is 10 years strong, and they are madly in love, but the fates soon step in, when Gerry develops cancer and dies. Holly is completely devastated, and her friends Denise (Lisa Kudrow) and Sharon (Gina Gershon) do their best to console her. Her mother (Kathy Bates) and sister, Rose (Nellie Mckay), also offer their support, but it seems nothing...
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can pull Holly out of her grief. Then one day, she begins to receive love letters Gerry penned before his death. The letters are filled with various stories and instructions, and one of them even contains a plan that sends her and her friends on a trip to Ireland. As Gerry's posthumous letters buoy her up, Holly slowly begins to piece her life back together. His letters help her to celebrate their special love story, and remind her that she must continue to live her life, and seek out happiness.

The film's stellar cast delivers many tearjerker moments, and P.S. I Love You does a fine job of yanking on the heartstrings. However, the tone often shifts so abruptly, it at times feels as though they couldn't quite decide if Holly was a steel magnolia, a Bridget with a diary, or a devil in search of some Prada. But the strong performances manage to hold the tale together, and the story is ultimately moving, and yes, romantic.
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