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39 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumHope Springs dares viewers to look closely at the remarkable sight of naked adult intimacy and its discontents.
- 80VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangHope Springs is an altogether pleasant surprise: a mainstream dramedy that frankly and intelligently addresses the challenges facing a couple after 31 years of marriage.
- 80Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondBoxoffice MagazinePete HammondDeftly veering from comedy to drama, director David Frankel (who also guided Streep to one of her 17 Oscar nominations in "The Devil Wears Prada") never loses sight of the humanity and universality of the situation.
- 75Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallTampa Bay TimesSteve PersallAs Kay and Arnold lurch toward intimacy, the roles bring out a playful side seldom seen in Streep and practically never in Jones, his signature surliness melting into disarming smiles and tenderness.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterMore comedic drama than midlife romantic comedy, rather literally titled Hope Springs holds few surprises but delivers plenty of warmth.
- 70Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzA charming film. Not a great one, but a good one.
- 63Slant MagazineSlant MagazineA decidedly adult drama about love and sex, wherein the comedy is largely incidental.
- 50St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsSt. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsPeople over 60 are as sexual and complicated as their grandchildren, and there ought to be more movies about them, but only an audience as constipated as these characters could mistake this lukewarm stream of pablum for a hard nugget of truth.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceJones and Streep give likable enough performances as a humane monster and a human victim. But their characters never become more than that.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearWhen the sing-song Jones and beatifically smiling Streep are allowed to carry the dramatic weight, you can see the raw, tough-love film that Hope Springs wants to be - until Frankel starts trying to be lighthearted and cute, at which point you see the movie's real troubled marriage in full bloom.