Serendipity (2001)

A couple reunite years after the night they first met, fell in love, and separated, convinced that one day they'd end up together.

Director:

Peter Chelsom

Writer:

Marc Klein

Stars:

John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Piven

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Cusack	...	Jonathan Trager
Kate Beckinsale	...	Sara Thomas
Jeremy Piven	...	Dean Kansky
Bridget Moynahan	...	Halley Buchanan
Eugene Levy	...	Bloomingdale's Salesman
Lilli Lavine	...	Bloomingdale's Stock Girl
Michael Guarino Jr.	...	Customer At Bloomingdale's (as Michael Guarino)
Abdul Alshawish	...	Customer At Bloomingdale's
Stephen Bruce	...	Host At Serendipity
David Sparrow	...	Josh's Dad
Ann Talman	...	Bloomingdale's Saleswoman #1
Crystal Bock	...	Bloomingdale's Saleswoman #2
Gary Gerbrandt	...	Josh
Kate Blumberg	...	Courtney
Ron Payne	...	Louis Trager

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

fate | wedding | love | destiny | glove | 

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Taglines:

Can Once In A Lifetime Happen Twice?

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for a scene of sexuality, and for brief language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

5 October 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Señales de amor

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$28,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$194,308 (Brazil) (20 December 2002)

Gross:

$633,868 (Brazil) (10 January 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Miramax Films, Tapestry Films, Simon Fields Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min 82 min (TV)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kate Beckinsale and Molly Shannon disagreed with using stunt doubles and performed their own stunts.

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Goofs

At the end of the film, the leaves on the trees are clearly green, meaning that it is at least the end of May, yet it snows when John and Sarah meet at the skating rink. This is essentially impossible.

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Quotes

Jonathan: Maybe the absence of signs is a sign.

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Connections

References Cool Hand Luke (1967)

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Soundtracks

"Black Eyed Dog"
Written by Nick Drake
Performed by George Doering

User Reviews

Pure delight

This is the ideal romantic film, brilliantly directed by Peter Chelsom (why does he not make more films?) and perfectly cast with John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale. Jeremy Given gave a wonderful performance as Cusack's friend, which greatly helps the film work. And special mention must be made of a hilarious cameo role played by Eugene Levy as the salesman one most dreads meeting at Bloomingdales in New York. (His hysterical 'don't step behind the counter!' is what we have all encountered so often with neurotic sales people. Of course, one 'understands', while laughing uncontrollably at them.) This film is funny, warm, life-affirming, ironical, strange, disturbing, comforting, and licks your face like a puppy. Its theme is the invisible tapestry and connecting threads of fate which lie behind the events of the visible world, especially as they relate to True Love. In other words, 'serendipity', or fortunate chance. Cusack and Beckinsale find each other, are eternally meant for each other, lose each other, and - well, I don't want to spoil things, - but let us say, search for each other for years, with results to be discovered by the viewer. It is all so charming and just right that rather than find another romantic film, one might just as well watch this one again over and over, with a steadily increasing and delighted smile. Above all, it is Cusack who makes this, as he is the ideal romantic male lead for such charming and elfish fare. His slightly pixie-like looks are just quirky enough, not too much to make him look truly odd, but enough to mark him on the brow as 'an innocent at large' who can have these adventures and really mean them.