The following article was published on April 17, 2003, as part of Variety’s Legends and Groundbreakers series. When Sime Silverman put the very first issue of Variety to bed Dec. 15, 1905, little ...

A wannabe romantic comedy that's rather slim on both real romance and real comedy, "Hope Springs" is an innocuous time-passer which sees its name cast generating little on-screen chemistry. Based on a ...

Colin's a sad-eyed British artist holed up in a rundown hotel in small-town Vermont after being dumped by his fiancée. The hotel owner plays matchmaker and introduces him to a local girl. Romance ...

British artist Colin Ware discovers that his fiancée, Vera, is going to marry another man. Distraught and despondent, he gets on a plane for America and ends up in the tiny town of Hope in New England ...

The British portrait painter Colin (Colin Firth) escapes to America, specifically to a small town called Hope Springs, in order to recover from the pain of a break-up. The parents of his fiancée Vera ...