Hope Floats: Music From The Motion Picture
Though it follows a standard movie formula and predictable plot twists, the filmHope Floatsis saved in part by the above-average performance of Sandra Bullock, portraying a separated woman who finds her way back to her hometown in Texas, daughter in tow. The soundtrack seems to follow in due course, a collection of country and rock (thanks to theRolling Stones) acts adding shades of twang to songs that, for the most part, all sound fairly familiar. The duds of the bunch,Bryan Adams's "When You Love Someone" andSheryl Crow's "In Need," are saved in large part by some surprise keepers, courtesy ofGarth Brooks, theMavericks, andGillian Welch. The covers are interesting enough. Brooks's take on Dylan's "To Make You Feel My Love" is modest and pithy and a far cry from the overblownTrisha Yearwoodperformance of the same tune that codas the collection.--Jason Verlinde