![]() With Gerry's words as her guide, Holly embarks on a touching, exciting and often hilarious journey of rediscovery in a story about marriage, friendship and how a love so strong can turn the finality of death into new beginning for life. Holly's mother (Kathy Bates) and best friends, Sharon (Gina Gershon) and Denise (Lisa Kudrow), begin to worry that Gerry's letters are keeping Holly tied to the past, but, in fact, each letter is pushing her further into a new future. Gerard spent some of his very early childhood in Montreal, Quebec, but was mostly raised, along with his older brother and sister, in his hometown of Paisley. The first message arrives on Holly's 30th birthday in the form of a cake and, to her utter shock, a tape recording from Gerry, who proceeds to order her to get out and "celebrate herself." In the weeks and months that follow, more letters from Gerry are delivered in surprising ways, each sending her on a new adventure and each signing off in the same way: P.S. Gerard James Butler was born in Paisley, Scotland, to Margaret and Edward Butler, a bookmaker. Before he died, Gerry wrote Holly a series of letters that will guide her, not only through her grief but in rediscovering herself. And be sure to give yourself a big, sweaty pony-boy kiss from me. The only one who can help her is the person who is no longer there. Make sure you and John do everything you wanna do, whenever you wanna do it. ![]() So when Gerry's life is taken by an illness, it takes the life out of Holly. PS I Love You is out in the UK on 4th January 2008.Holly Kennedy (Hilary Swank) is beautiful, smart, and married to the love of her life-a passionate, funny and impetuous Irishman named Gerry (Gerard Butler). But men, be warned: while many a romantic comedy can be enjoyed by both sexes, this really isn't one of them. Chirpy Swank is likely to divide audiences with her toothy turn as needy Holly, but she's an efficient actress as ever and has decent chemistry with Butler in the flashback scenes. Hilary Swank played a grieving widow alongside Gerard Butler (Picture: Warner Bros.) A sequel to tear-jerking rom-com PS I Love You is officially in the works but a question mark looms over. Lisa Kudrow and Harry Connick, Jr add comic bite as Holly's straight-talking friends, the latter so straight-talking he has to take pills for it. Quirky moments like this offset the film's otherwise predictable narrative and mainstream sentimentality. ![]() After a slightly awkward opening scene featuring the couple bickering and making up, the film delivers an emotional funeral that's all the more touching for being set in a bar, where each mourner downs a shot for the deceased (he was Irish, although you wouldn't always know that from Gerard Butler's accent). There's nothing like a 'love beyond the grave' theme to bring on the waterworks - just look at Ghost - so if you're the romantic type, PS I Love You is guaranteed to give your hanky a good work out. Thanks to Gerry's missives, Holly learns to get out of the house and get on with life in this soppy but sweet tear-jerker. It turns out he wrote them before he died and has arranged for them to be delivered throughout the year. New Yorker Holly is stunned when she starts receiving letters from Gerry (Gerard Butler). ![]() Yes, the leather jacket was a significant wardrobe piece and yes you are surprised no one else has this info on this piece of movie wardrobe. Hilary Swank is a young widow haunted by her dead husband in this sentimental romantic comedy. We did some more research at the prompting of a reader and found some information on the leather jacket worn by Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler in PS I Love You.
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