Have you ever read the novels entitled A Stroll to Keep in mind, The Notebook, Message in A Bottle, or Nights in Rodanthe? A Message in a bottle as a gift, invitation or promotional product that becomes a focus of the recipient’s day. Reminding them of the individual that sent them their special message in a bottle. Music video by The Police performing Message In A Bottle. (C) 1979 A&M Data Ltd.

But where, oh the place, did they get the movie’s ending? Is it within the authentic novel, “message in a bottle tabs acoustic in a Bottle,” by Nicholas Sparks ? Don’t know. Have not read it. The climactic events are shameless, contrived, and wildly out of tune with the remainder of the story. To saddle Costner, Penn and Newman with such goofy melodrama is like hiring Fred Astaire and strapping a tractor on his back.