A woman finds a romantic letter in a bottle washed ashore and tracks down the author, a widowed shipbuilder whose wife died tragically early. As a deep and mutual attraction blossoms, the man struggles to make peace with his past so that he can move on and find happiness.
Message in a Bottle has generally received mixed reviews.
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Message in a Bottle was released in 1999 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 429 reviews, giving Message in a Bottle (1999) an average rating of 59%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 77%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 49%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Message in a Bottle than critics were.
With a score of 59%, Message in a Bottle is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1999, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1999 with similar scores include films like Idle Hands, The Deep End of the Ocean and Mystery Men.
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