Message In The Bottle (1999) *

Directed by Luis Mandoki. With Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn and John Savage. Ridiculous is the only word that can accurately describe this sappy melodrama about a Chicago journalist (Wright Penn) romancing a North Carolina shipbuilder (Costner). The fact that the old seawolf is still grieving for his late wife somehow makes him incredibly attractive to her. Lots of handkerchiefs with be soaked with tears of sentimental suckers who ought to be laughing hysterically instead.