Fresh
A movie I found myself liking more than perhaps I should.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Serendipity
Sometimes True Love Can Have More Than One Face.
2001 · 1h 30m · PG-13
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Peter Chelsom
Overview
Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. But to give true love a chance, they have to find one another again.
Director and cast
- Peter Chelsom Director
- John Cusack as Jonathan Trager
- Kate Beckinsale as Sara Thomas
- Jeremy Piven as Dean Kansky
- Bridget Moynahan as Halley Buchanan
- John Corbett as Lars Hammond
- Molly Shannon as Eve
- Eugene Levy as Bloomingdale's Salesman
- Lilli Lavine as Bloomingdale's Stock Girl
- Michael Guarino, Jr. as Customer at Bloomingdale's
- Abdul Alshawish as Customer at Bloomingdale's
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
58%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Fluffy and innocuous as Cool Whip, it is nonetheless uplifting, romantic and delightful, further enhancing the world's enduring love affair with the Big Apple.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Fresh
Serendipity may be calculated, but the good news is that all that hard work never prevents it from being genuinely charming.
Charles Taylor, Salon.com
Rotten
So stringently a 'romantic comedy,' you could review it with a pie chart.
Paul Tatara, CNN.com
Rotten
Insipid, by-the-numbers romance.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
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