Genre: Comedy / Romance
Length: 1h 27m 54s
Director: Peter Chelsom
Tagline: Can Once In A Lifetime Happen Twice?
Plot outline: Jonathan Trager and Sara Thomas met while shopping for gloves in New York. Though buying for their respective lovers, the magic was right and a night of Christmas shopping turned into romance. Jon wanted to explore things further but Sara wasn't sure their love was meant to be. They decided to test fate by splitting up and seeing if destiny brought them back together... Many years later, having lost each other that night, both are engaged to be married. Still, neither can shake the need to give fate one last chance to reunite them. Jon enlists the help of his best man to track down the girl he can't forget starting at the store where they met. Sara asks her new age musician fiance for a break before the wedding and, with her best friend in tow, flies from California to New York hoping destiny will bring her soulmate back. Near-misses and classic Shakespearean confusion bring the two close to meeting a number of times but fate will have the final word on whether it was meant to be. Summary written by Lordship {lordship@juno.com}
Comment: Jonathan Trager and Sara Thomas first met whilst shopping in New York. They both grabbed the same pair gloves, which was the last black pair left in the store and they basically felt a spark between them right there. Both of them were in relationships, but because of this magical spark, they decided to go out for a little bit that evening, by going for an ice-cream at a little cafe called, Serendipity and going ice-skating. When they have to part, Jonathan wants to take things further by getting Sara's phone number and getting in contact with her again, but Sara isn't sure if this the right thing to do, as she believes in fate and thinks that if they're really meant for each-other, then they will be. A deal was made, Jonathan would write his phone number on a dollar bill and Sara would write her phone number in a book and sell it to a used book store. If they're both meant to be together, then Jonathan would find the book and Sara would find the dollar bill. This is where they leave each-other and go there separate ways. Many years later though, after still not seeing each-other, both are engaged to be married. They still can't stop thinking of each-other and go on there own little adventure with each of there best friends in search of one another and to see if they are really meant to be together. The cast in the movie, including, John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, (Who both make a great pair here.), Molly Shannon, Jeremy Piven and the brilliant Eugene Levy who is really funny here, are all great in the movie. *** Spoiler*** Serendipity is a lovely light-hearted comedy which will be enjoyed by everyone, especially if you're into romantic comedies. The good thing with the movie is, it's not that predictable like many other movies out there. Okay, fine we all know that at the end of the movie, Sara and Jonathan will get together, but the way they do is quite different then you may expect. The movie has loads of little twists and turns all the way, which makes the movie good and it keeps you interested almost all the way through. *** Spoiler*** I give Serendipity a 10/10. This movie is highly recommended.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
Country: USA
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DVDs: 1
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| Actors: | ||
| Lilli Lavine | as | Bloomingsdale's Stock Girl |
| Michael Guarino Jr. | as | Customer at Bloomingdale's (as Michael Guarino) |
| Abdul Alshawish | as | Customer at Bloomingdale's |
| John Cusack | as | Jonathan Trager |