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Director: Richard LaGravenese
Stars: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Harry Connick Jr. P.S. I Love You is a 2007 film directed by Richard LaGravenese and starring Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler. It is based on the novel by Cecelia Ahern. Plot Irishman Gerry Kennedy (Gerard Butler) and Holly (Hilary Swank), are a happily married couple living in Manhattan. When Gerry dies of a brain tumor, Holly is devastated. The grieving young widow and her friends begin to periodically receive letters written by Gerry, each with a task intended to ease Holly out of grief and transition her into a new life.
One "task" is for Holly and her two friends to go on holiday in Ireland, where the couple first met.
At the end of the film it is revealed to Holly and the viewer that when Gerry knew he was going to die he wrote the letters and gave them to Holly's mother, and that he made her promise to send them one by one to Holly and not tell Holly that she did this. Differences between the film and book In the book both Gerry and Holly are Irish and live in Ireland. Instead of going to Ireland Holly and her friends go on a holiday to Lanzarote. Critical reception Critics gave the film negative to mixed reviews. As of December 21, 2007, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 13% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 38 reviews.Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 42 out of 100, based on 15 reviews.
The film will be shown in 2,454 theaters and is expected to make 5-8 million dollars its opening weekend.
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