If You Only Knew (2000)

A romantic comedy about a young man who pretends to be gay in order to rent an apartment with his dream girl. His plan backfires when she keeps trying to set him up with her male friends.

Director:

David Snedeker

Writer:

Gary Goldstein

Stars:

Johnathon Schaech, Alison Eastwood, James Le Gros

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Johnathon Schaech	...	Parker Concorde
Alison Eastwood	...	Samantha
James Le Gros	...	Jack (as James LeGros)
Gabrielle Anwar	...	Kate
Paul Sampson	...	Matt
Annie Corley	...	Joanne
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.	...	Troy (as Miguel Nuñez)
David Markey	...	Tom
Tiffany Fraser	...	Holly
Joseph Travolta	...	Newspaper Editor (as Joey Travolta)
Rainbeau Mars	...	Kim (as Rainbow Mars)
Frank Vincent	...	Gino
Lainie Kazan	...	Bess
Dayna Danika	...	Bag Lady
Victor J. Pancerev	...	Trippy Guy

Storyline

Parker Concorde, a freelance writer by trade currently working for the Psychic Pals phone service to make ends meet, is out of a home after accidentally starting a fire to his New York City apartment. Barely able to stand sacking out at his noisy pal Jack's place, he finally finds new digs with Samantha, who only rooms with gay men. With currently no other place to live, Parker allows her mistake over his sexual orientation to pass uncorrected, which later leads her to believe she's helping him out by setting him up on dates with her gay friends. Truth is - he's falling hard for her, and somewhere between dealing with her philandering boyfriend and dating other men he needs to set the record straight.

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Plot Keywords:

apartment | new york city | fire | psychic counselor | ice skating rink | 

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Genres:

Romance | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and some language

Details

Country:

Germany USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 June 2002 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Who's on First

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG, Two Sticks Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

FBI Agent McCurley is given the same name as actor Doyle McCurley who plays him. The lost boy at the airport is named Alex, which is also the same name as actor Alexander Sferrazza who plays him.

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Goofs

Sam always seems to have a paint roller on hand to paint over her canvases and obliterate her work. The paint is always fresh and ready to apply at a moment's notice, never dried out, which is surprising since her decisions to paint over her canvases are always spontaneous, never pre-planned (which ready-to-go paint rollers would imply).

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Quotes

Jack: [as Boris, Parker's Russian boyfriend, checking out Sam's paintings] Oh, it's very nice, um, pictures.
Samantha: In our country we call them paintings.
Jack: [checking out her behind] Panties.
Samantha: No, paintings.
Jack: Panties.
Samantha: [correctively] PAIN-TINGS.
Jack: Pain-ties.

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Crazy Credits

Outtakes are shown during the closing credits

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Connections

References Batman Forever (1995)

User Reviews

You'll feel like you've seen it before

There's nothing new here. All the standard romantic-comedy scenes, even down to the taxi sprinting to the airport to stop the woman flying away. The only thing that saves this is the acting of Alison Eastwood & some of the minor characters (blink and you'll miss Gabrielle Anwar), who obviously had some fun.

Turn it off when the pair are in bliss, and you won't have to go through the inevitable plot pain.