Serendipity (2001)

• Year: 2001
• Released: 05 Oct 2001
• Country: United States
• Adwords: 3 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240890/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Serendipity
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/serendipity
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English, French
• MPA Rating: PG-13
• Genre: Comedy, Romance
• Runtime: 90 min
• Writer: Marc Klein
• Director: Peter Chelsom
• Cast: John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Piven
• Keywords: new love, fate, destiny, soulmates, dollar,

	6.8/10
	52/100
	59% – Critics
	79% – Audience

Serendipity Storyline

While each grabbing for the last pair of black cashmere gloves at Bloomingdale’s in New York, Sara Thomas and Jonathan Trager meet. Despite each being in a relationship with other people at the time, they spend an amazing afternoon together. Jonathan wants her contact information “just in case”, but Sara, a fatalist, plays games of fate with Jonathan to determine if they are indeed meant to be together now or in the future. At the end of the day, the two only have a few pieces of information about the other, which does not include the other’s last name or telephone number as they part company. One of Sara’s last games of fate that day has each leaving a identifier to the other (Jonathan and Sara scrawl their full name and telephone number on a $5 bill and a used book, respectively), which if each comes into the possession of the other by happenstance, Sara believes they are meant to be together. A few years later, Jonathan is engaged and soon to be married to a woman named Halley. Concurrently, Sara, now living in San Francisco, has too just gotten engaged to Lars, a new ageist musician. However, the thought of Sara is foremost in Jonathan’s mind. Sara too is thinking about Jonathan rather than Lars. As Jonathan’s wedding day approaches, Jonathan, with his best friend Dean at his side, uses a methodical approach to locate Sara. On the other hand, Sara, with her best friend Eve at her side, uses a more fatalistic approach to finding Jonathan. Will either of their search efforts result in success, especially before Jonathan’s scheduled wedding?

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Kate Beckinsale and John Cusack would make great rom-com if only they had more time together

Jonathan Trager (John Cusack) is looking for a Christmas gift for his girlfriend. Sara Thomas (Kate Beckinsale) is looking a gift for his boyfriend. They both pick a pair of gloves. They hit it off right away, but she refuses to give him her name. After a great night, she tries to give her name but a gust of wind blows it away. Then to give fate another chance, he writes his name on a $5 bill which she uses to buy certs. And she pledges to put her name in a book which she will sell. If either returns to them, then they’ll know it’s fate.

Years later, he’s going to marry Halley Buchanan (Bridget Moynahan). She’s to marry musician Lars Hammond (John Corbett). But neither can shake that night and both try one last time to find the other. He enlists his best friend Dean Kansky (Jeremy Piven) and she enlists her best friend Eve (Molly Shannon) to help find their soulmates.

Eugene Levy does a great comedic turn in a minor role. The two leads are a likable pair. The problem is that they aren’t together much. They are a great pair at the beginning, but usually rom-coms require the couple to be together. They don’t actually get back together until the very end. As it stands, it’s a childish notion of love. The other problem is the pre-existing relationships. They really need to be shown as dysfunctional relationships right from the start. That way the audience is allowed to root against them without reservations.

Serendipity

This romantic comedy was rated three out of five by the critics, so I knew this wasn’t going to be cheesy and not very exciting stuff, but I do like some good cheese, from director Peter Chelsom (Funny Bones). Basically Jonathan Trager (John Cusack) and Sara Thomas (Kate Beckinsale) meet in New York City, in a shop called Serendipity, both looking for a pair of gloves. It is obvious there was love in the air that night in Christmas time, despite both having lovers, so they decide to test their fate by splitting up and seeing if destiny would bring them back together. So they took a glove each, Sara wrote her name and contact number in a specific book, and Jonathan wrote his name and contact number on a dollar bill. Years later, both of them are engaged to be married, but neither can not forget each other, and begin a little journey to find each other again. Jonathan tries to get his friend Dean Kansky (Scary Movie 3’s Jeremy Piven) to find her, and Sara takes her friend Eve (The Grinch’s Molly Shannon) to New York to search. There are a number of near-misses confusion along the way, but eventually they happen to chance on each other’s ways of contact, and find each other at the ice rink for their fate and happy ending at Christmas. Also starring John Corbett as Lars Hammond, Bridget Moynahan as Halley Buchanan, Eugene Levy as Bloomingdale’s Salesman and Lucy Gordon as Caroline Mitchell. Obviously the plot is very long shot material, but it has to be, and even though it a bit mushy, Cusack and Beckinsale just about keep it going, so it is reasonably entertaining. John Cusack was number 48 on The 100 Greatest Movie Stars. Worth watching!

A pretty solid RomCom.

7 is the lowest rating I give when I don’t really have any criticism.

This movie has a great cast, fantastic eye candy AND fortuitously, fate has given us yet another opportunity to laugh at a movie in which Cusack’s pain is a central theme. Who doesn’t enjoy that? That’s what he gets for making an 80’s movie about getting laid sans any nude babes. Jerk.

This is a must see for the RomCom crowd and enthusiasts of watching Cusack suffer. I can watch this every 5 – 7 years even though I still want MY $2 from going to see The Sure Thing. That entire movie would have been better off dead on the cutting room floor.