Synopsis
Louise, an unfulfilled divorced woman with regrets, gets the chance to relive her past when she meets a young man who bears an uncanny resemblance, in name and appearance, to her high school sweetheart who died many years before.
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Cast
- Laura LinneyLouise Harrington
- Gabriel ByrnePeter Harrington
- Lois SmithEllie Silverstein
- Paul RuddSammy Silverstein
- Topher GraceF. Scott Feinstadt
- Jennifer CartaWork Study
- Becki NewtonRebecca
- Chris MeyerRicky
- Marcia Gay HardenMissy Goldberg
- Stacy Lynn SpiererStudent (uncredited)
Recommendations
- 75
Rolling Stone
P.S., adapted from Helen Schulman's novel, is Linney's show, and she makes it hilarious and haunting. - 75
ReelViews
An intriguing and satisfying romance that may hold some appeal even for those who normally do not like films about affairs of the heart. - 75
Premiere
Director Dylan Kidd sneaks some pretty profound observations about love and life by us. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
The offbeat screenplay turns even the corny bits in unpredictable directions, and it's rare indeed to see such consistently superb ensemble acting. - 60
The New Yorker
The film is based on the novel by Helen Schulman, who co-wrote the script with Kidd, and it suffers from the same hobbling that bedevils so many literary adaptations; namely, that what strikes a reader as a conceit of some delicacy will strike a moviegoer as clunking whimsy. - 60
The A.V. Club
While not dwelling on plot eventually gets P.S. in trouble during the slack finale, it gives Linney and Grace plenty of room to maneuver. - 60
Village Voice
The question of whether this is a movie about reincarnation or fate or middle-aged delusion remains unaddressed far beyond our capacity to care. Many of the admirably long conversational scenes are pointless; some, like Harden and Linney's climactic bitch-fest in a hotel room, are flat-out absurd. - 50
Variety
Laura Linney’s beautiful performance is most of the story in p.s.
