After a one night stand with Alex, Isabel realizes that she is pregnant and they decide to get married. However, along with the marriage comes compromise of one's own cultural traditions.After a one night stand with Alex, Isabel realizes that she is pregnant and they decide to get married. However, along with the marriage comes compromise of one's own cultural traditions.After a one night stand with Alex, Isabel realizes that she is pregnant and they decide to get married. However, along with the marriage comes compromise of one's own cultural traditions.
- Director
- Writers
- Joan Taylor(story)
- Katherine Reback(story)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Joan Taylor(story)
- Katherine Reback(story)
- Stars
- Awards
- 3 nominations
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- Director
- Writers
- Joan Taylor(story)
- Katherine Reback(story) (screenplay)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Sparks fly and cultures collide in this romantic comedy about a casual night of passion that turns into the love of a lifetime. Alex Whitman is a New Yorker sent to Las Vegas to oversee a construction project. There he meets Isabel Fuentes, and some serious chemistry brings them together for one night. But Alex doesn't see Isabel again until three months later, when he learns she is pregnant. On a whim and prayer, he proposes. However, there's more to marriage than a Vegas chapel and an Elvis impersonator, as Alex and Isabel soon learn. —Robert Lynch <docrlynch@yahoo.com>
- Taglines
- What if finding the love of your life meant changing the life that you loved?
- Genres
- Certificate
- PG
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaBefore 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.
- GoofsAt the end of the movie when Isabel slams on her brakes on the Hoover Dam, her toenails are not painted. When she is sitting in the ambulance after giving birth, they are painted a dark red.
- Quotes
Alex Whitman: You are everything I never knew I always wanted.
- SoundtracksSanta Claus Is Comin' To Town
Written by J. Fred Coots & Haven Gillespie
Performed by Burl Ives
Courtesy of MCA Records
By Arrangement with MCA Special Markets & Products
Top review
A Nice Romantic Comedy even for Guys
This was a fun movie to watch. It is about an American who falls for a Mexican girl. After they are married a lot of humorous situations arise due to their cultural differences. I am a Canadian married to a Portuguese lady so a number of these differences I have experienced first hand. For example, when you meet the "family" it is not just three or four people it is half the town. Also when you sit in the sun all day, some people tend to melt (I do) and others do not. In the movie, I also found her father's line "Presbyterian is not a religion" a nice summary of why the parents didn't think the marriage could work.
The movie has nice scenery of the grand canyon, the hoover dam, the desert and the great grandmother's Mexican "casa". The surround sound is very enjoyable. It includes a great many songs all of which blend in nicely with the movie. The Elvis songs near the end of the movie are quite touching.
Finally the two leads are sensational. Matthew Perry's body language is superb for the kind of light comedy role he plays. He also did the emotional stuff really well. Although not quite certain about his feelings, his heart pulled him head-first into marriage.
Salma is very cute and her tan does her wonders. She also is a good actress and adds a lot to the humor.
I've seen this movie six times in the last year. It is a nice relaxing watch.
The movie has nice scenery of the grand canyon, the hoover dam, the desert and the great grandmother's Mexican "casa". The surround sound is very enjoyable. It includes a great many songs all of which blend in nicely with the movie. The Elvis songs near the end of the movie are quite touching.
Finally the two leads are sensational. Matthew Perry's body language is superb for the kind of light comedy role he plays. He also did the emotional stuff really well. Although not quite certain about his feelings, his heart pulled him head-first into marriage.
Salma is very cute and her tan does her wonders. She also is a good actress and adds a lot to the humor.
I've seen this movie six times in the last year. It is a nice relaxing watch.
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- dc-43
- Nov 26, 2002
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $29,481,428
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,588,068
- Feb 16, 1997
- Gross worldwide
- $29,481,428
- Runtime
- 1h 49min
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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