Movie·1999·131 min

Message in a Bottle

Name: Message in a Bottle
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 1999-02-22
Duration: 131 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Kevin Costner, Robin Wright, Paul Newman, John Savage, Illeana Douglas

Message in a Bottle streams in the US on Howdy Amazon Channel and Hoopla, and free with ads on The Roku Channel and 4 more apps, as of October 6, 2026.

A story of love lost and found.

6.3 / 10 · TMDBTomatometer 32%Audience 66%Metacritic 40IMDb 6.3Letterboxd 2.9

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Romance Drama

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.

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