Serendipity

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Matthew D Will fate decide who you love? Director Peter Chelsom’s romantic comedy-drama Serendipity (2001) is really sweet, funny, and hopelessly romantic. I don’t believe your true love will magically find you by destiny, but Serendipity will certainly make you have faith in fate. It’s hilarious as a comedy, but the deeper romantic sentiment of finding the person you relate to, love talking to, and want to spend your time with them is your real soulmate. Serendipity gave me a warm feeling of genuine passion and a belief in true love. That’s what rom-coms are all about, so I have to say I adored revisiting Serendipity all these decades later since its release. Writer Marc Klein’s clever script combines the philosophical concepts of predetermination, missed opportunities, and a comedy of errors format into one really cute movie. All of this pain and searching across years could have been avoided if she had just introduced herself by name and given him her phone number. Serendipity is about strangers seeking each other and seeing signs in fate if they should be destined to be together. However, the lesson to really learn from all this is just ask out the person you like and try dating your crush? This is because these characters only find each other after passionately searching for their soulmate. If they had to do the work of looking, is that really fate? It’s all a choice despite the fun to think about philosophies within Serendipity. John Cusack is handsome, charming, funny, cool, and playful as the flirty Jonathan Trager. His forlorn romantic hero just wants to find his true love and he’s very relatable and natural in Serendipity. Kate Beckinsale is gorgeous and heartfelt as Sara Thomas, who also goes on a crazy journey to try to find Cusack. She comes across as very earnest and lovable too. John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale really only have a few scenes together, but they radiate romantic chemistry. Molly Shannon’s loyal gal pal Eve is hysterical with a healthy dose of reality for Beckinsale to hear. Jeremy Piven is hilarious as the guy friend Dean Kansky, but he puts the spirit of romance and true love as a force of destiny into Cusack during their blunt guy talks. Bridget Moynahan is sweet and touching as Cusack’s potential bride Halley Buchanan, who just wants to be loved. John Corbett is funny as Beckinsale’s goofy potential husband and raga-rock musician Lars Hammond. Eugene Levy is a riot as the fastidious Bloomingdale's salesman, who helps John Cusack track down Kate Beckinsale. Editor Christopher Greenbury’s swift cutting and sweeping montages of travel and time are so neat. Cinematographer John de Borman’s stunning close-up shots are movie magic. Composer Alan Silvestri’s soft guitar playing is so lovely for his romantic film score. I love all the random soft rock songs in Serendipity’s beautiful soundtrack. Costume designers Marie-Sylvie Deveau and Mary Claire Hannan provide stylish early 2000’s outfits for Kate Beckinsale that really flatter her. Makeup artists Margot Boccia, Jordan Samuel, Linda Grimes, and Carla White do really cute blushes on Beckinsale that make her glow. Hairstyling by Victor DeNicola, Werner Sherer, and Janice Miller give Beckinsale a super cute long bangs like the Rachel from Friends haircut. In short, Serendipity is a delightfully romantic and hopeful romantic comedy-drama about true love and fate. It’s a pleasure to revisit for 90 minutes after all these years. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/16/25 Full Review Meg C I love this movie! John Cusack in his prime and the lovely Kate Beckinsale! It’s a classic romcom! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/21/24 Full Review Alejandra T beeeeest, live laugh love Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/17/24 Full Review Audience Member Cheesy, lots of plot holes and full of people lying and manipulating each other. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 10/07/24 Full Review J R Lovely film that makes for an enjoyable watch. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/02/24 Full Review Audience Member Far fetched escapism totally unbelievable but still I loved great for romantics at hearth Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/31/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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