P.S. I Love You ( film ) - wikipedia P.S. I Love You ( film ) P.S. I Love You Theatrical release poster Directed by Richard LaGravenese Produced by Wendy Finerman Broderick Johnson Andrew Kosove Molly Smith Screenplay by Richard LaGravenese Steven Rogers Based on PS, I Love You by Cecelia Ahern Starring Hilary Swank Gerard Butler Lisa Kudrow Gina Gershon Jeffrey Dean Morgan Kathy Bates Harry Connick Jr. James Marsters Music by John Powell Cinematography Terry Stacey Edited by David Moritz Production company Alcon Entertainment Grosvenor Park Productions 2S Films Distributed by Summit Entertainment Release date December 21, 2007 ( 2007 - 12 - 21 ) Running time 125 minutes Country United States Language English French Spanish Budget $30 million Box office $156,835,339 P.S. I Love You is a 2007 American drama film directed by Richard LaGravenese. The screenplay by LaGravenese and Steven Rogers is based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Cecelia Ahern. It stars Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Lisa Kudrow, Gina Gershon, James Marsters, Harry Connick Jr. and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and Momentum Pictures. Contents 1 Plot 2 Differences between novel and film adaptation 3 Cast 4 Production 5 Soundtrack 6 Reception 6.1 Critical response 6.2 Box office 6.3 Accolades 7 Cultural influence 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Plot Holly and Gerry are a married couple who live on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. They are deeply in love, but they fight occasionally. By winter that year, Gerry suddenly dies of a brain tumor, and Holly realizes how much he meant to her as well as how insignificant their arguments were. Deeply distraught, Holly withdraws from her family and friends out of grief until they descend upon her on her 30th birthday. They are determined to prod the young widow to face the future and explore what her life choices should be. As they rally around Holly and help organize her apartment, a cake is delivered, and with it is a message from Gerry. It proves to be the first of several meaningful messages -- all ending with `` P.S. I Love You '' -- which he had arranged to have delivered to her after his death. As the seasons pass, each new message fills her with encouragement and sends her on a new adventure. Holly 's mother believes that Gerry 's letters are keeping Holly tied to the past. But they are, in fact, pushing her into the future. With Gerry 's words as her guide, Holly slowly embarks on a journey of rediscovery. Gerry arranged for Holly and her friends Denise and Sharon to travel to his homeland of Ireland. They arrive at their destination, a house in the beautiful Irish countryside where they find letters from Gerry for Sharon & Denise, one asking Denise to take Holly to his favorite pub. While there, they meet William, a singer who strongly reminds Holly of her deceased husband. He asks her to stay to see him after his last song ( `` Galway Girl '' ), which he dedicates to her. Upon hearing it, she is overcome with emotion and walks out, because it was the song Gerry sang to her shortly after they first met. During the vacation, while on a fishing trip, they lose the boat 's oars, leaving the three women stranded in the middle of a lake. During their wait for help, Sharon announces that she is pregnant and Denise reveals she is getting married. This news causes Holly to relapse emotionally and again withdraw into herself. They are eventually rescued by William, whom Sharon and Denise invite to stay the night because of the pouring rain. Unable to deny their feelings for each other, they kiss, and William and Holly have sex. They begin a conversation about her deceased husband and Holly asks William to drive her to visit her in - laws. Upon Holly revealing their names, William realizes she is the widow of his childhood best friend. Revealing this to Holly causes her to panic, but William calms her down and starts to tell stories about his and Gerry 's childhood. The next day, Holly visits Gerry 's parents and while there, she also receives a letter from Gerry reminding her of their first meeting. Arriving home, Holly again withdraws from family and friends. As she continues to become more and more lost, she is inspired by Gerry after finding one of his suspender clips next to one of her shoes and realizes she has a flair for designing women 's shoes ; she enrolls in a class that teaches how to actually make the shoes she has designed. A new found self - confidence allows her to emerge from her solitude and embrace her friends ' happiness. While on a walk with her mother, she learns that her mother was the one whom Gerry asked to deliver his letters after his death and receives the last letter. As the film ends with Holly taking her mother on a trip to Ireland, we see that Holly has opened herself up to the journey beginning with the next chapter of her life, and wherever it takes her she has the hope of falling in love again. Differences between novel and film adaptation The major difference between the novel and its film adaptation is that, in the novel, the main characters Holly and Gerry Kennedy are Irish. In the film, only Gerry is Irish, Holly and her family are Irish Americans, and the two live in New York. Also in the novel, Holly has numerous siblings, but in the film she has one. The film adds a character called William, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Another change is that in the books, the letters arrive all in a package together and Holly is expected to open them once a month. In the movie, the letters are delivered by mail. The film remains fairly true to the novel, and all of Gerry 's letters are virtually unchanged. Cast Hilary Swank -- Holly Reilly - Kennedy Gerard Butler -- Gerry Kennedy Lisa Kudrow -- Denise Hennessey Gina Gershon -- Sharon McCarthy James Marsters -- John McCarthy Harry Connick, Jr. -- Daniel Connelly Jeffrey Dean Morgan -- William Gallagher Nellie McKay -- Ciara Reilly, Holly 's sister Kathy Bates -- Patricia Reilly, Holly and Ciara 's mother Anne Kent -- Rose Kennedy, Gerry 's mother Brian McGrath -- Martin Kennedy, Gerry 's father Production In A Conversation with Cecilia Ahern, a bonus feature on the DVD release of the film, the author of the original novel discusses the Americanization of her story -- which was set in Ireland -- for the screen and her satisfaction with the plot changes which screenwriter / director Richard LaGravenese had to make in order to fit the book into the screen. The film was shot on locations in New York City and County Wicklow, Ireland. Soundtrack This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2016 ) P.S. I Love You Soundtrack album by Various Artists Released December 3, 2007 Genre Pop Length 56 : 44 Label Atlantic The soundtrack for the film was released on December 3, 2007. `` Love You Till the End '' -- The Pogues `` Same Mistake '' -- James Blunt `` More Time '' -- Needtobreathe `` Carousel '' -- Laura Izibor `` Fortress '' -- Hope `` Last Train Home '' -- Ryan Star `` Rewind '' -- Paolo Nutini `` My Sweet Song '' -- Toby Lightman `` No Other Love '' -- Chuck Prophet `` Everything We Had '' -- The Academy Is... `` In the Beginning '' -- The Stills `` If I Ever Leave This World Alive '' -- Flogging Molly `` P.S. I Love You '' -- Nellie McKay `` Kisses and Cake '' -- John Powell `` Trouble '' -- performed by Greg Dulli and Kerry Brown The film also includes `` Fairytale of New York '' performed by The Pogues, `` Got Me Like Oh '' by Gia Farrell, `` No Other Love '' by Chuck Prophet, `` Mustang Sally '' performed by Gerard Butler and `` Galway Girl '' written and originally released by Steve Earle, performed by Gerard Butler, Nancy Davis, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Camera Obscura 's `` Lloyd, I 'm Ready to Be Heartbroken '' also plays in the opening credits. None of songs are included on the official soundtrack. Reception Critical response The film received negative reviews from critics, with most of the criticism being focused on Hilary Swank 's performance. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives a score of 24 % based on 99 reviews. At Metacritic the film received a weighted average score of 39 %, based on 24 reviews. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times said the film `` looks squeaky clean and utterly straight and very much removed from the shadow worlds in which Ms. Swank has done her best work. Yet as directed by Richard LaGravenese... it has a curious morbid quality... ( It ) wo n't win any awards ; it is n't the sort of work that flatters a critic 's taste. It 's preposterous in big and small matters... and there are several cringe - worthy set pieces, some involving Mr. Butler and a guitar. The film is not a beautiful object or a memorable cultural one, and yet it charms, however awkwardly. Ms. Swank 's ardent sincerity and naked emotionalism dovetail nicely with Mr. LaGravenese 's melodramatic excesses. '' David Wiegand of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote, `` This is a movie that will leave you stunned and stupefied from beginning to end, if you do n't head for the exits first. The only good things in it are Lisa Kudrow and Swank 's wardrobe. The plot is unbelievable, although a competent script could have fixed that. The direction is flabby and uninspired, the casting is wrongheaded, and the performances run the gamut from uninteresting to insufferable... the film wants terribly to be Ghost without a potter 's wheel, but it just succeeds at being terrible. '' John Anderson of Variety also had a negative review : `` The question of love after death has been asked frequently enough in the movies, but seldom with the high ick factor found in P.S. I Love You... this post-life comedy will have the sentimentally challenged weeping openly, while clutching desperately to the pants - legs of boyfriends and husbands who are trying to flee up the aisle. Richard LaGravenese 's trip into Lifetime territory may define the guilty pleasure of the genre... As an exercise in chick - flickery, P.S. I Love You wants to possess the soulfulness of harsh reality and the lilt of romantic fantasy at the same time. In this case, at least, it simply ca n't be done. '' Stephen Whitty of The Oregonian wrote, `` On a week when many people just want a good reason to put down their packages and smile for a couple of hours, P.S. I Love You arrives -- signed, sealed and delivered just on time. '' Irish reviewers were particularly critical of Butler 's Irish accent. Butler later jokingly apologized for his poor effort at an Irish accent. Box office The film opened on 2,454 screens in North America and earned $6,481,221 and ranked # 6 on its opening weekend. It eventually grossed $53,695,808 at the North American box office and $91,370,273 in the rest of the world for a total worldwide box office of $156,835,339. Accolades Hilary Swank won the 2008 People 's Choice Irish Film and Television Award for Best International Actress. Cultural influence Dialogue between Connick 's and Swank 's characters inspired Reba McEntire 's 2011 single `` Somebody 's Chelsea ''. See also The Letter ( 1997 film ) ( South Korea ) The Letter ( 2004 film ) ( Thai Remake ) 2007 in film Cinema of the United States List of American films of 2007 References Jump up ^ Staff ( 2007 ). `` P.S. I Love You ''. Tourism Ireland. Tourism Ireland. Retrieved 24 May 2012. Jump up ^ `` P.S. I Love You ''. Retrieved 2013 - 11 - 02. Jump up ^ P.S. I Love You at Rotten Tomatoes Flixster Jump up ^ P.S. I Love You at Metacritic CBS Jump up ^ Manohla Dargis. `` P.P.S. Take Tissues to This Weepy About a Romance Tested by Death ''. The New York Times, 21 December 2007 Jump up ^ David Wiegand. `` Review : ' P.S. I Love You ' a sappy stinker with star power ''. San Francisco Chronicle, 21 December 2007 Jump up ^ John Anderson ( 13 December 2007 ). `` P.S. I Love You ''. Variety. Reed Business Information. Retrieved 17 January 2010. Jump up ^ Stephen Whitty. `` P.S. I Love You ''. The Oregonian. Advance Publications. Retrieved 10 March 2010. Jump up ^ Róisín Ingle ( December 15, 2007 ). `` Author of her own destiny ''. The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 2010 - 10 - 29. Jump up ^ Michael Dwyer ( December 21, 2007 ). `` PS, I love You ''. The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 2010 - 10 - 30. Jump up ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWZiO7YNoPQ Jump up ^ `` Movies.ie Paul Byrne ''. Jump up ^ P.S. I Love You at Box Office Mojo Jump up ^ Dukes, Billy ( 19 August 2011 ). `` Reba McEntire, ' Somebody 's Chelsea ' -- Lyrics Uncovered ''. Taste of Country. Retrieved 31 August 2011. External links P.S. I Love You at AllMovie P.S. I Love You at Box Office Mojo P.S. I Love You on IMDb P.S. I Love You at Metacritic P.S. I Love You at Rotten Tomatoes Cecelia Ahern Novels PS, I Love You ( 2004 ) Where Rainbows End ( 2004 ) If You Could See Me Now ( 2005 ) A Place Called Here ( 2006 ) Thanks for the Memories ( 2008 ) Short fiction Mrs. Whippy ( 2006 ) Adaptations P.S. I Love You ( 2007 ) Love, Rosie ( 2014 ) Television Samantha Who ? ( 2007 -- 2009 ) Zwischen Himmel und Hier ( 2014 ) Mein Ganzes Halbes Leben ( 2014 ) Films by Richard LaGravenese Films written Rude Awakening ( 1989 ) The Fisher King ( 1991 ) The Ref ( 1994 ) A Little Princess ( 1995 ) The Bridges of Madison County ( 1995 ) Unstrung Heroes ( 1995 ) The Mirror Has Two Faces ( 1996 ) The Horse Whisperer ( 1998 ) Beloved ( 1998 ) Conviction ( 2010 ) Water for Elephants ( 2011 ) Behind the Candelabra ( 2013 ) Unbroken ( 2014 ) The Comedian ( 2016 ) Films directed Living Out Loud ( 1998 ) A Decade Under the Influence ( 2003 ) Paris, je t'aime ( 2006 ) Freedom Writers ( 2007 ) P.S. 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Question: who sends the letters in ps i love you
Answer: Gerry