Hope Floats Video Review Don’t give up, because hope will float up. I really enjoyed this movie! Sandra Bullock played the part of Birdie. Birdie was a young girl going through a divorce. She did a good job of portraying a confused, wounded young woman. She felt that she no longer measured up as a human being. In the past, she had a lot of get up and go with a dynamic personality. She had been a teen queen in her hometown for 3 years. Now as the result of her husband’s betrayal and abandonment, she felt she was a failure. She felt unattractive and undesirable. When you are in that state, it is hard to even get out of bed. And that is exactly how she was, sh