Overlong, dull and forgettable.
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08/20/02
It Could Happen to You (1994)
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Reviews Counted:33
Fresh:22
Rotten:11
Average Rating:6.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: When he digs into his pocket to get a tip for coffee shop waitress Yvonne Biasi, New York policeman Charlie Lang discovers that he's out of cash. So, as compensation, he promises that, if lady luck... [More]
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Bridget Fonda, Rosie Perez, Isaac Hayes
Director: Andrew Bergman
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Reviews for It Could Happen to You
Though set at present, this schmaltzy romantic comedy might as well have been set in the 1950s or even 1930s, because at heart it's a Capra comedy of the Depression, celebrating the decency of the "little people," but in a phony, contrived way.
12/14/06
Perez has a field day as Muriel, injecting a welcome note of good old-fashioned greed into what is otherwise a relentlessly edifying story.
06/24/06
No review available.
10/17/02
So-so romantic comedy sunk by the cast
08/26/02
The nastiness in the movie feels derived from life, while all the niceness feels canned -- imported from old Jimmy Stewart pictures.
01/01/00
Top CriticSweetness is fine as far as it goes, but this oddball romance could have used a twist of lemon.
05/12/01
Top CriticNo review available.
03/31/03
It Could Happen to You is so busy being nice that it forgets to be interesting, resulting in a watery, flavorless little love story with a good heart.
01/01/00
Berggman shows that good-hearted folks get better with money, and evil people get nastier. The message is predictable.
05/20/03
No review available.
09/24/04
Anderson's script manages to be both funny and touching without lapsing into undue sentiment.
09/18/08
Writer Jane Anderson is a gifted scenarist who seems constrained by a Hollywood formula which places the happy romantic ending on the horizon like a beacon to stare at for nearly two hours.
09/18/08
No review available.
07/29/04
Bergman...really brings home the homage to Capra with the pic's warm, bordering-on-irresistible finale.
09/18/08
Top CriticA steady stream of laughs and terrific chemistry between Cage and Fonda, bolstering both the comedy and the ultimate romance.
01/01/00
...generally comes off as an absolutely charming romantic comedy that benefits substantially from the unequivocal chemistry between its stars.
06/08/09
Adult fairy tale that will make you feel giddy and glad to be alive.
08/30/02
Simply and without pandering or insults to your intelligence, the movie delivers more of the old-style pleasures of moviegoing than any other picture in a long while.
01/01/00
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