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Serendipity (2001)

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Reviews Counted:128

Fresh:74

Rotten:54

Average Rating:5.8/10

Consensus: Light and charming, Serendipity could benefit from less contrivances.

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: New York City, just before Christmas. The last pair of black cashmere gloves in Bloomingdale's is on its way to the counter. As the gloves arrive, Sara (Kate Beckinsale) and Jonathan (John Cusack)... New York City, just before Christmas. The last pair of black cashmere gloves in Bloomingdale's is on its way to the counter. As the gloves arrive, Sara (Kate Beckinsale) and Jonathan (John Cusack) claim them simultaneously. And so it begins--Sara and Jonathan go to a little coffee shop, named Serendipity, to decide who gets the gloves. They skate in Central Park. They look at the stars--the Cassiopeia constellation has the same pattern as the freckles on Sara's forearm. She writes her phone number in a book, saying she'll sell it to a random bookstore tomorrow. Jonathan writes his number on a five-dollar bill and she gives it to a street vendor. If destiny means them to be together, the book will find him, and the five-dollar bill will find her. Several years later--in New York--Jonathan is about to marry Hally (Bridget Moynahan). On the West Coast, Lars (John Corbett) proposes to Sara. Both Jonathan and Sara remember their delightful night. Jonathan sets out with friend Dean (Jeremy Piven) to find the book. Sara, with her friend Eve (Molly Shannon), flies to New York looking for Jonathan. Crisp direction from Peter Chelsom, a witty script by Marc Klein, and beautiful performances by John Cusak and Kate Beckinsale, make SERENDIPITY a delightful romantic comedy. [More]

Starring: Kate Beckinsale, John Cusack, John Corbett, Eugene Levy

Starring: Kate Beckinsale, John Cusack, John Corbett, Eugene Levy, Jeremy Piven, Molly Shannon, Bridget Moynahan

Director: Peter Chelsom

Director: Peter Chelsom
Screenwriter: Marc Klein
Producer: Simon Fields, Peter Abrams, Robert L. Levy
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Studio: Miramax Films

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Christopher Tookey

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Daily Mail [UK]

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Matthew Turner

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 30 2002 08:20 AM

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Ian Waldron-Mantgani

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Guardian [UK]

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Jane Crowther

Wittily scripted, beautifully played by an excellent cast, and just so darned... nice, this is must-see viewing for the romantics.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 17 2001 08:11 AM

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Rich Cline

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 10 2001 06:31 PM

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Todd McCarthy

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Variety

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Rob Gonsalves

The goofiest movie Nora Ephron never wrote.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 26 2006 03:17 AM

Combustible Celluloid

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2/4

Scott Nash

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Philip Martin

...so empty, so derivative

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Andrew Rodgers

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2/5

Pablo Villaca

A química entre Cusack e Beckinsale é eficaz – pena que, durante a maior parte do tempo, os dois sejam mantidos separados pelo fraco e previsível roteiro de Marc Klein.

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Ryan Cracknell

I can't get over the complete reliance on fate even if it is what the movie is all about.

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Kimberly Jones

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