Bernice deserved an Oscar
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Hope Floats
smiley692 — 20 years ago(July 18, 2005 07:54 PM)
I think the scene where she is crying to go with her daddy is such good acting! By far the best performance of a child I have ever seen. She should have won an Oscar.
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killingentelletilti — 20 years ago(September 08, 2005 04:08 AM)
c'mon. the best performance here was from the guy who played Birdees father, the old man who had suffered a stroke. He also had the most sympathethic personality and the most dignity of them all.
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Huntley1938 — 17 years ago(October 17, 2008 12:38 PM)
thegirmoregirl,
"I mean, I so totally NOT agree! She was terrible and you just wanted to smack her so she would shut up."
You have it. I wanted to drop kick the kid across the room. What a sniveling little brat. As a person divorced when my daughters were nine and twelve, I know it isn't easy on anyone, but they survived. Divorce or not, if one of my daughters had ever treated an adult like she did Harry Connick (the mouthing off at the dinner table and throwing rocks at his car when he left), and completely ignoring her mother at the school, that would have been it. -
anuck_su_namoon — 20 years ago(September 26, 2005 02:09 AM)
I agree, Mae Whitman was brilliant as Bernise! She was definitely one of the best young actresses of the 1990's.
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Isaac5855 — 19 years ago(January 30, 2007 09:42 AM)
Mae Whitman was wonderful as the daughter and the scene with her dad is a total heartbreaker. And not just because of Whitman and Pare but watching Bullock's reaction to everything is happeningit's really a brilliantly constructed scene that works on all levels, not just because of the little girl.
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forms-1 — 17 years ago(August 30, 2008 05:00 PM)
GREAT SCENE! You know it killed the mother to watch her child go thru that but she had to let it happen to get it thru to her daughter what type of man her father really was.
Total heart breaker whenever thos movie comes on I watch it til this part. I want to cry whenever I see it. Being a father this man must have been a cold hearted prick to pull off on his daughter like that, and you could see it coming when she sys "Stop it daddy" right then adn there you knew it was going to be bad.
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CGDaughter — 18 years ago(March 11, 2008 06:24 PM)
While I didn't really like her in any other scenes, the scene with Bernice and the father seriously almost broke my heart. I have never seen such heartfelt acting from a child before. I wonder how they got her into the state of mind to be so upset like that.
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AimJE — 18 years ago(April 01, 2008 06:31 AM)
I remember watching something like, "The Making of
Hope Floats
" and Sandra Bullock asked Mae how she got to that point emotionally, because she (Sandra) was totally blown away. Mae said she thought about the men in the band on the Titanic who kept playing while the ship was sinking and everyone was dying, and that's how she did it. I guess every actor has his/her own little tricks, not matter how old they are.
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My breath is mixed into his breath."
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areusure — 17 years ago(April 24, 2008 11:50 AM)
I enjoyed her entire performance. Watched the movie again after first seeing it years ago. I enjoyed it much more this time. I still cried, but it wasn't a "downer" like before.
Very good movie. She was perfect as Bernice, I thought. My favorite scene with her is during the bully episode when she reassures her mom "Sure, mom, it'll be a normal day." And, of course, she gets the crap beat out of her the next day. But she stood up to Big Delores. That situation was both hilarious and heartbreaking. Like so many things in the movie. It's a favorite now. -
celane-1 — 17 years ago(July 02, 2008 09:41 AM)
I remember reading somewhere that the crew members were so torn up over Bernice's reaction to her daddy leaving that they were left in tears themselves. They said they had no idea to what level she was going to take the scene to, and were completely mesmerized by her.
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EmaDee — 17 years ago(July 07, 2008 02:46 PM)
I remember seeing this in the theater with my parents when I was about 12. That scene made me so sad, I sobbed the entire way home. I think a lot of it had to do with the fact that I looked a lot like Bernice (just a couple years previously when I was a bit younger) with the thick glasses and round cheeks and could just really relate to her. I think that's the only time I've seen the movie.