Nicolas Cage,
Bridget Fonda,
Rosie Perez,
Wendell Pierce,
Isaac Hayes
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Loosely based on a true story, this uneven romantic comedy depicts the unexpected way in which a winning lottery ticket unites a pair of strangers. Waitress Yvonne (Bridget Fonda) first meets police o... read more
Directed by: Andrew Bergman
Release Date: July 29, 1994
Keywords:
romantic comedy,
nicolas cage,
bridget fonda,
rosie perez,
New York ,
Nicolas Cage ,
Bridget Fonda ,
Rosie Perez
DVD Release Date: October 30, 2001
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April 5, 2012I'm not a Nicholas Cage fan. At all. But in this film he has his act together. He and Bridget Fonda have wonderful chemistry and together create this charming, lovely romance film. Yeah, it's a bit tacky and unrealistic at times, but it's just too pleasant and supremely watchable... read more
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July 25, 2011Based on a true story. A cop gives half a lottery ticket to a waitress in lieu of a tip. He wins $4 million. They are thrown together and become romantically involved. Good cast.
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September 23, 2009A sweet film but, my God, anything over five minutes of Rosie Perez screen time is pushing it!
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September 7, 2007I liked it. It was a nice story and it was a pretty honest one. The characters who you are supposed to like, you like. The ones you are supposed to hate, you hate. It was well made and cast perfectly. A nice one to watch with the lady in your life.
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March 17, 2007Rosie Perez goes throgh her foul mouthed shrew routine once again, but without the swear words...? A rom com without the rom. Or com.
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October 22, 2006This is my favourite romantic-comedy film between a cop and a waitress that make their dreams come true.
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January 25, 2011Charlie Lang (Nicholas Cage) is an honest hard working cop who has modest ambitions and enjoys his life in his local neighbourhood in Queens. When he buys coffee at a local diner he feels bad because he hasn't got enough to leave a tip for the waitress Yvonne (Bridget Fonda) and... read more
Critic Reviews
September 18, 2008
Brian Lowry, Variety
May 12, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Sweetness is fine as far as it goes, but this oddball romance could have used a twist of lemon.
January 1, 2000
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Simply and without pandering or insults to your intelligence, the movie delivers more of the old-style pleasures of moviegoing than any other picture in a long while. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Bergman never goes for heavy-handed schmaltz, and the whole movie has the same lighthearted big city spirit as the New York Post headlines that follow the story. Full Review
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
If you're looking for a late summer, "feel good" romantic comedy, there aren't too many around more affable than this one. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
The nastiness in the movie feels derived from life, while all the niceness feels canned -- imported from old Jimmy Stewart pictures. Full Review
January 1, 2000
John F. Kelly, Washington Post
In the end, It Could Happen to You is a lot like the cop and the waitress: sweet, naive, not too smart, but likable. Full Review
June 8, 2009
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...generally comes off as an absolutely charming romantic comedy that benefits substantially from the unequivocal chemistry between its stars. Full Review
September 18, 2008
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Writer Jane Anderson is a gifted scenarist who seems constrained by a Hollywood formula which places the happy romantic ending on the horizon like a beacon to stare at for nearly two hours. Full Review
September 18, 2008
Film4
Anderson's script manages to be both funny and touching without lapsing into undue sentiment. Full Review
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