Serendipity

Serendipity is a romantic comedy film that stars John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale. The movie revolves around two people that decide to test fate by splitting up and seeing if destiny will bring them back together.

Fast Facts

1. Director: Peter Chelsom
2. Starring: Kate Beckinsale, John Cusack, John Corbett, Jeremy Piven, Bridget Moynahan, Molly Shannon, and Eugene Levy
3. Released: October 5, 2001
4. Run Time: 90 minutes
5. MPAA Rating: PG-13
6. Film is named after Serendipity 3 restaurant in New York

Movie Goofs

1. When Jonathan and Sara are in Serendipity the night they meet, their straws keep changing positions as they talk.
2. Kate has tickets for an American Airlines flight, yet the exterior shots of the plane she is about to board show a German flag and registration number.
3. Reflection of camera on crane is visible in Bloomingdale's window during the opening credits.
4. When Sara is telling Eve that they are going to New York, the tickets she is holding in her hands disappear and reappear between shots.
5. While Sara is picking up her bag and Jonathan's scarf at Serendipity, she picks up his gloves too. Then when she puts the scarf on him, she is no longer holding the gloves
6. Jonathan writes his name and telephone number on a post 1999 five dollar bill, even though it's supposed to be 1994.
7. When Jonathan Trager is lying down looking up at the snow falling, the glove lands on his stomach below his hands, but in the next shot the glove is above his hands, lying on his chest.

Reviews

"Serendipity has no business working, but it does. And by the way, Eugene Levy has no business almost stealing the show, but he does, too." - Entertainment Weekly

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

"Airy and enchanting, this romantic comedy works overtime to sprinkle moonlight and stardust over itself." - Salon.com

"Serendipity is 'Sliding Doors' with no alternate versions; it's willed enchantment all the way." - Wall Street Journal

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