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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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There are some good moments that challenge the idea of predestined soul mates.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
10/06/01
Bob Graham
Bob Graham
San Francisco Chronicle

If the sight of people acting like they've got beanbags for brains makes you crazy, you will not enjoy Serendipity until you put your own thinking cap on ice.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
10/06/01
Karla Peterson
Karla Peterson
San Diego Union-Tribune

One of those gratingly 'adorable' romances that manages to turn even the most intelligent performers into grinning idiots.

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
10/06/01
Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

Those with even the smallest speck of cynicism in their hearts will be wondering why the cruel fates lured them into this quagmire of syrup.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
10/06/01
Tor Thorsen
Tor Thorsen
Reel.com

It's fun watching Cusack, who does lovelorn so well he might be the male version of Meg Ryan.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
10/06/01
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

Tasty, but, finally, a little unfulfilling.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
10/06/01
Shawn Levy
Shawn Levy
Oregonian

Pure confection, brainless but very, very sweet.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
10/06/01
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday

Pretty hard to resist as a guilty pleasure.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
10/06/01
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post

A pleasant enough diversion, but it doesn't pack the wry punch of Cusack's classic romantic comedy, 1989's Say Anything.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
10/06/01
Sue Pierman
Sue Pierman
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Peter Chelsom directs with sprightly confidence.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
10/06/01
Louis B. Hobson
Louis B. Hobson
Jam! Movies

A highly romantic undertaking, but so smart and funny that it should not be written off as a 'chick flick.'

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
10/06/01
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

A harmless bit of nonsense that will, ironically, convince you that there is no such thing as fate, destiny or serendipity.

Full Review Source: IFilm | comment Comment
10/06/01
Dave White
Dave White
IFilm

The movie generally punches the right buttons, at least for the true romantics among us; it just punches the same ones too many times and, occcasionally, too forcefully.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
10/05/01
Eric Harrison
Eric Harrison
Houston Chronicle

An exercise in the contrived and the overcalculated.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
10/05/01
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail

About halfway through you start wondering if anything else is going to happen to make things more interesting. The answer: Nope.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
10/05/01
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News

Forgettably frivolous.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
10/05/01
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press

More like a train wreck than a good bit of fortune.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
10/05/01
Glenn Whipp
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News

Though it has an implausible plot and syrupy ending, Serendipity is nearly perfect as a date flick.

Full Review Source: Citysearch | comment Comment
10/05/01
Bill Pearis
Bill Pearis
Citysearch

A charming confection.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
10/05/01
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Boxoffice Magazine

Serendipity returns us, if only for a couple of hours, to the Manhattan of our dreams.

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10/05/01
Jay Carr
Jay Carr
Boston Globe
 
 
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