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15 August 1997 (USA) moreTagline:
If she can hide her past, and he can hide his present, they just might have a future.Plot:
Sophie, a writer of racy romance novels, is working on one of her stories in the library, when Eddie overhears her... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
A True Paperback Romance moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gia Carides | ... | Sophie |
 | Anthony LaPaglia | ... | Edward 'Eddie' Mercer |
 | Rebecca Gibney | ... | Gloria Wrightman |
| Robyn Nevin | ... | Anne-Marie LePine |
| Marshall Napier | ... | George LePine |
 | Jacek Koman | ... | Det. Yuri Borodinoff |
| Sioban Tuke | ... | Kate |
| Lewis Fiander | ... | Mr. Bruce Wrightman |
| Mary-Anne Fahey | ... | Myra |
| Michael Edward-Stevens | ... | Benny |
| Steady Eddy | ... | Nicholas |
| Michael Veitch | ... | Det. Sgt. Scott |
| Russell Fletcher | ... | Det. Tyrone |
| Nicholas Bell | ... | Sophie's Doctor |
| Kurt Ludescher | ... | Ernst |
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Okay, at first glance, this film may seem trashy and meaningless. The first scene alone made me think it was some sort of porno flick, and I almost changed the channel, but then scene changed and the captivating duo of Gia Carides and Anthony LaPaglia immediately drew me to the movie with what seemed to be the start of a sweet, idyllic romance. Boy meets girl in library, asks her out for coffee...problem, she says "No". And this is when the movie takes some meaning. She's disabled. Polio has affected one of her legs, and she thinks that the guy would never be interested in her if he found out.
Afterwards, the comedy begins, which is a bit kooky, almost Naked Gun-like. But the romance and the chemistry between Sophie (Carides) and Eddie (LaPaglia) is truly what kept me glued to the screen.
After watching the film, I found out on the net that Carides and LaPaglia were a real-life couple, which made the film romance so much more endearing and engrossing (I watched it again the next week).
All in all, the film was truly a "Paperback Romance"-the raunchy scenes, the quirky plot, the great chemistry between the two leads, and that the romance spanned to real life (an ideal but uncommon occurrence). I perceive the movie as I do paperback romance novels, focus on the romance and block the lewd parts (which are few and far-between anyways).