A major studio summer release exploring the sex life of a married couple over the age of 60 is almost unthinkable, yet that's exactly what Sony's winning dramedy Hope Springs is unapologetically about. Of course, it helps to have Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones as that couple, plus a terrific script that explores what happens when a wife decides her non-existent marital sex life needs a major tune up and forces her extremely reluctant and complacent hubby into a week-long retreat of couples therapy to fix it. Although this may be the very definition of counter-programming, the older audience Hope Springs is aiming for is likely to turn out for Streep and spread good word of mouth, giving this entertaining and provocative film real hope for modest box office success—and maybe even more than that if theater owners give it some breathing room.
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