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Overview

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5.8/10   11,237 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Joan Taylor (story) and
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Release Date:
14 February 1997 (USA) more
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Tagline:
What if finding the love of your life meant changing the life that you loved? more
Plot:
After a one night stand with Isabel, Alex realizes that she is pregnant and they decide to get married. However, along with the marriage comes compromise of one's own cultural traditions. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
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An under-appreciated movie more (117 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Matthew Perry ... Alex Whitman

Salma Hayek ... Isabel Fuentes Whitman

Jon Tenney ... Jeff

Carlos Gómez ... Chuy (as Carlos Gomez)
Tomas Milian ... Tomas Fuentes
Siobhan Fallon ... Lanie

John Bennett Perry ... Richard Whitman

Stanley DeSantis ... Judd Marshall
Suzanne Snyder ... Cathy Stewart

Anne Betancourt ... Amalia
Jill Clayburgh ... Nan Whitman
Angelina Torres ... Great Grandma (as Angelina Calderon Torres)
Debby Shively ... Donna, Construction Secretary

Mark Adair-Rios ... Juan Fuentes
Annie Combs ... Dr. Lisa Barnes, OBGYN
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sensuality and brief language.
Runtime:
109 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Before the movie was filmed, there was no Arizona/Nevada "border" painted on the highway that spans the Hoover Dam. When it was added for the movie, local officials decided to keep it intact after the filming of the movie. As of September 2005 the border painted in the street is no longer there. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Alex is carrying the marlin at the beginning it switches from right side up to upside down as he walks into his office. more
Quotes:
Great Grandma: You will never know love unless you surrender to it. more
Movie Connections:
References The Shawshank Redemption (1994) more
Soundtrack:
Naked Eye more

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26 out of 27 people found the following comment useful.
An under-appreciated movie, 29 November 2004
10/10
Author: Chris Dickerson from Cross Lanes, W.Va.

This is one of those movies that I can't help but love. It certainly isn't the best movie ever, but Perry and Hayek both turn in wonderful performances. You can't help but like both of them. You care for the characters. And that is something that is becoming more and more rare in today's movies. The supporting cast does a great job as well, especially Perry's real father and Jill Clayburgh as his parents. It probably is the first time Hayek shows that she is a star and can carry a movie (or at least half of it) on her back. Perry brings a great sense of comedy to the movie. Some of his scenes and lines are laugh-out-loud funny. On top of that, the story is just quirky enough (based on a real-life romance) that the entire situation makes you chuckle.

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