
The film opens with a loving husband and wife preparing for a very important fund raising dinner. The evening ends with the loss of the wife. In a hospital a weak young woman who may die soon if she can not get a new heart. Jump ahead one year the young woman received a heart and is trying to adjust to a life no longer counted by hours or days, she can actually make plans. The grieving husband and his dog are still trying to adjust to life without his wife. His friends keep t... (Full plot summary below)
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The film opens with a loving husband and wife preparing for a very important fund raising dinner. The evening ends with the loss of the wife. In a hospital a weak young woman who may die soon if she can not get a new heart. Jump ahead one year the young woman received a heart and is trying to adjust to a life no longer counted by hours or days, she can actually make plans. The grieving husband and his dog are still trying to adjust to life without his wife. His friends keep trying to pry him from his "work is my life" existence by setting him up on blinds dates. Finally he actually shows up for one at an Irish-Italian restaurant where he finds himself more attracted to the waitress than his blind date. He finds an excuse to return to the restaurant in hopes of seeing the waitress again, there's just something attractive about her. Unknown to both the attraction they both feel for one another is Grace has the heart of Bob's dead wife. What can you say after that! Carroll O'Connor says exactly the right thing to Bob after he finds out this ironic coincidence.
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| San Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisCrammed with such earnest belief in the power of love - even if it happens in the Chicago Zoo - it almost doesn't matter that O'Connor and Loggia have better chemistry than Duchovny and Driver. |
| USA TodaySusan WloszczynaBut there is a satisfying, old-fashioned "Moonstruck" sensibility at work, one that will be appreciated by folks who like their beef corned and their movies cornier. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasDuchovny and Driver have distinctive good looks and they both combine attractiveness with talent and intelligence. Best of all, they possess that essential quality all screen lovers must have: terrific chemistry. |
| Film BlatherEugene NovikovA sweet love story, far more affecting than the average romantic drivel because it's so much less phony. |
| Planet Sick-BoyJon PopickReturn to Me isn't as well-executed as it could have been. |
| Jam! MoviesBob Thompson90 minutes of complicated, sometimes hokey and occasionally hilarious episodic moments defining the human condition. |
| TNT's Rough CutErin PodolskyTrite and silly, but, blast it, the movie has a good heart. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumHunt is so vibrant that the movie suffers when she's not around. |
| Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionEleanor Ringel GillespieReturn to sender. Except for David Duchovny. |
| NetflixJames RocchiDriver and Duchovny shine in romance with heart. |