Hope Springs (2012) on Netflix
PG-1320121h 40mComedyDramaRomance
Married thirty-one years, Kay and Arnold sleep in separate bedrooms and no longer touch. Kay arranges a week of counseling in Maine with Dr. Feld; Arnold, who sees no problem, goes along.
- Netflix3.3/5
- IMDb6.3/1046,260 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes75%
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Kay and Arnold Soames have been husband and wife for thirty-one years, and their children are grown. The affection between them has faded, and for some time each has slept in a room of their own. Kay finds a book by Dr. Bernie Feld and books a week of sessions with him in a Maine resort town. Arnold insists nothing is wrong, yet he agrees to the trip. In the doctor's office the two are pressed with blunt questions about their feelings and their intimacy. Arnold keeps his guard up, grows irritated, and does not grasp how unhappy his wife has become.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Hope Springs (2012)
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- After Jeff Bridges dropped out, James Gandolfini and Philip Seymour Hoffman were added to the project, but when Mike Nichols was replaced as director by David Frankel, neither actor stayed with it.
- The film was first announced in 2010 under the title Great Hope Springs, with Mike Nichols set to direct and Jeff Bridges in talks to star opposite Meryl Streep.
