There are some good moments that challenge the idea of predestined soul mates.
Serendipity (2001)
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Reviews Counted:128
Fresh:74
Rotten:54
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: Light and charming, Serendipity could benefit from less contrivances.
Theatrical Release:Oct 5, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $49,968,653
Synopsis: New York City, just before Christmas. The last pair of black cashmere gloves in Bloomingdale's is on its way to the counter. As the gloves arrive, Sara (Kate Beckinsale) and Jonathan (John Cusack)... New York City, just before Christmas. The last pair of black cashmere gloves in Bloomingdale's is on its way to the counter. As the gloves arrive, Sara (Kate Beckinsale) and Jonathan (John Cusack) claim them simultaneously. And so it begins--Sara and Jonathan go to a little coffee shop, named Serendipity, to decide who gets the gloves. They skate in Central Park. They look at the stars--the Cassiopeia constellation has the same pattern as the freckles on Sara's forearm. She writes her phone number in a book, saying she'll sell it to a random bookstore tomorrow. Jonathan writes his number on a five-dollar bill and she gives it to a street vendor. If destiny means them to be together, the book will find him, and the five-dollar bill will find her. Several years later--in New York--Jonathan is about to marry Hally (Bridget Moynahan). On the West Coast, Lars (John Corbett) proposes to Sara. Both Jonathan and Sara remember their delightful night. Jonathan sets out with friend Dean (Jeremy Piven) to find the book. Sara, with her friend Eve (Molly Shannon), flies to New York looking for Jonathan. Crisp direction from Peter Chelsom, a witty script by Marc Klein, and beautiful performances by John Cusak and Kate Beckinsale, make SERENDIPITY a delightful romantic comedy. [More]
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, John Cusack, John Corbett, Eugene Levy
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, John Cusack, John Corbett, Eugene Levy, Jeremy Piven, Molly Shannon, Bridget Moynahan
Director: Peter Chelsom
Director: Peter Chelsom
Screenwriter: Marc Klein
Producer: Simon Fields, Peter Abrams, Robert L. Levy
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Studio: Miramax Films
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Apr 9, 2002
Reviews for Serendipity
If the sight of people acting like they've got beanbags for brains makes you crazy, you will not enjoy Serendipity until you put your own thinking cap on ice.
One of those gratingly 'adorable' romances that manages to turn even the most intelligent performers into grinning idiots.
Those with even the smallest speck of cynicism in their hearts will be wondering why the cruel fates lured them into this quagmire of syrup.
It's fun watching Cusack, who does lovelorn so well he might be the male version of Meg Ryan.
A pleasant enough diversion, but it doesn't pack the wry punch of Cusack's classic romantic comedy, 1989's Say Anything.
A highly romantic undertaking, but so smart and funny that it should not be written off as a 'chick flick.'
A harmless bit of nonsense that will, ironically, convince you that there is no such thing as fate, destiny or serendipity.
The movie generally punches the right buttons, at least for the true romantics among us; it just punches the same ones too many times and, occcasionally, too forcefully.
About halfway through you start wondering if anything else is going to happen to make things more interesting. The answer: Nope.
Though it has an implausible plot and syrupy ending, Serendipity is nearly perfect as a date flick.
Serendipity returns us, if only for a couple of hours, to the Manhattan of our dreams.
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