Return to Me

Taken out of context, the plot of Return To Me sounds like a really cheesy gimmick for a movie romance. David Duchovny plays a man whose beautiful, adoring wife (Joely Richardson) dies in a car crash. Minnie Driver is a heart patient who gets the dead woman's ticker in a transplant. After a respectable amount of time has passed for the purposes of good taste, they meet by chance and fall in love. But surprise, surprise--the whole magical-innards angle is merely a jumping off point for a sincere and very funny love story that is easily the best romantic dramedy since Jerry Maguire. Co-written and directed by Bonnie Hunt (the sardonic sister in Jerry Maguire, who co-stars in much the same role here) with wit, polish and a sublime humanity that draws affecting performances from a very classy cast, the film co-stars Carroll O'Connor, Robert Loggia, David Alan Grier, Eddie Jones and James Belushi. Highly recommended. (R. Blackwelder)[DVD/Blu-ray Review—Jan. 27, 2015—Olive, 115 min., PG, DVD: $24.95, Blu-ray: $29.95—Making its latest appearance on DVD and debut on Blu-ray, 2000's Return to Me features a fine transfer and a DTS-HD soundtrack on the Blu-ray release. Extras include audio commentary by writer-director Bonnie Hunt and co-writer Don Lake, a deleted scene, and the “What If I Loved You” music video by Joey Gian. Bottom line: a fine romantic dramedy makes a welcome debut on Blu-ray.]