851222 Greetings from Lithuania."Message in a Bottle" (1999) is a superb movie in a universe of N.Sparks. I do like his adaptations, and this one didn't disappointed me. I'm a man, but sometimes i do like to watch "these" kind of movies, they are easy to watch, easy to appreciate, easy to be he target of jokes as well. Jokes, because they are very predictable, action always takes place in North Caroline (do i want to live in there after watching almost every movie by his adaptation now!), it usually has very good actors, and "Message in a Bottle" is not an exception. Robin Wright is perfect here, this is simply one her best performances. Kevin Costner is usual Kevin Costner, but that is not a complaint. The great Paul Newman steals every scene he is in, what a marvelous thing to simply watch him on screen - miss him so much. So the acting and actors here are superb. Story is simple but very good one for this kind of movie. But then the ending happened....I didn't understand the ending. Don't want to spoil anything, but WHAT was he thinking??? After such a good movie (my actual vote would have been 9), the ending was such a nonsense. Could somebody explain it to me? I mean WHY? Overall, "Message in a Bottle" is a superb movie if you like predictable but lovable love stories with great actors doing their very best. But the ending to me was a nonsense in comparing t the rest of the story. I didn't get it. If you do - this movie will be great for you. My final vote is 8/10 simply because of bad ending, overall i could have voted 9/10. And this is the 3rd movie with bad ending from N.Sparks along side with "Safe Heaven" (that revelation at the end with one of the female characters...), and "The Longest ride" (whit cheating ending). If you like N.Sparks adaptations, you should definitely watch "Message in a Bottle" - you won't be disappointed.

JWJanneck SPOILER AHEAD.Imagine this scenario: You are a guy who just had great sex with a hot woman you met a little while back and that you really like, the beginning of a steamy relationship. While she gets cleaned up, you rifle through her stuff to find that you apparently did not meet her by chance as you had thought before, but that she had found some old love letters you wrote to a previous love of yours, and apparently was so taken by them that she tracked you down, romanced you, and, just a few minutes ago, screwed the living daylights out of you. Okay, imagine that? So here's the question: What would a guy in this situation do? If your answer is something like "get all emotional, pack his bags and run away in a huff", then you (a) are most likely a woman and (b) might like this movie.For everybody else who has just the faintest inkling of how men actually work (which somewhat surprisingly does not seem to include the apparently heterosexual male who authored this story, although there is always the possibility that he's just playing to his audience), this is just one cliché too far in a chic flick riddled with bad, bad romanticky stereotypes, super-corny acting, and dull by-the-numbers predictable storytelling.The one faint ray of light in this stinker is Paul Newman --- his role isn't a very big one, it isn't very well written, but he does with it what he can. It's not enough to make this worthwhile, though. Avoid.

annmason1 This movie is l o n g, too long, and insulting. Robin Wright is wonderful; Kevin Costner is Kevin Costner; Paul Newman is to be complimented for evolving into a character actor.Any resemblance to a worthwhile experience ends there. In its defense, this movie must have had to end the way it did; it's the adaptation of a book. Thank God it is not another, "The Scarlett Letter" adaptation that makes its own ending! The ending is laughable. I could not believe that the guy would not come wandering out of the waves. Plus...this flick had so many endings, it reminded me of Lord of the Rings, the Return of the King. It just kept going on and on with various endings. It was like a high Roman Catholic wedding mass to a Baptist; you think it's over, gather up your things, and it keeps going! The difference is that such a mass is beautiful; this movie is unbelievably boring.MIAB is actually a character study; best suited to no more than one hour. I think it is just poorly written; there are too many loose ends. Plus, it is HOKEY beyond belief! Anyone, including myself, who would sit through this turkey deserves better! I believe the production company went over its deadline and someone pulled the plug.Well, that's one more good thing...it could still be running.

Ali Tataroglu The first time I saw this movie was about four years ago in the midnight at home. From then maybe I have watched ten times but never got bored or press forward button.It is a modern but at same time old love story between two lovely people. They live in their own worlds till the girl 'Teresa' (Robin Wright) finds a bottle by the seaside. From the first scene till the end I could not leave my eyes on her. Then I recognized I had seen her before from 'Forest Gump' and 'Last Castle' even she had just a little role in it. Anyway in this movie especially with the dress she wore at Garret's house (Kevin Costner) she was awesome, gorgeous. The house of Garret was so wonderful, a dream house. It is a home near the seaside. You may even listen the sound of waves from the kitchen. I won't tell so much about script of the movie. I am simply someone who is so affected of this movie. The sea, the waves, the yacht, the house, the girl...