Sheer Joy Avenue: Serendipity- the Movie

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Serendipity- the Movie

I watch this about 8 years ago, in my flight to Delhi/India; highly recommended- but I don't know whether you'll find it in Malaysia?!
Serendipity (noun) - the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for; a natural gift for making useful discoveries by accident.
Director Peter Chelsom tackles love and relationships again, this time around creating a tremendously more entertaining product than his last effort. Chelsom's "Town and Country" holds the undesirable distinction of being Hollywood's biggest box office failure. "Serendipity" should give moviegoers and critics alike something positive to say about Chelsom as a director.
John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale star as Jonathan and Sara, two strangers who meet by accident while shopping for their respective partners' Christmas presents. Tussling over the only pair of black cashmere gloves on display, the sudden electricity between them catches them both off-guard.
From that first chance meeting, their attraction to one another surprises them by growing stronger, despite the fact they are happily committed to others. Sara is a big believer in letting fate decide the way. Jonathan on the other hand, is much more pragmatic. He wants to date Sara, and is frustrated by her determination to let what should be, happen naturally. After withholding her name, phone number and everything else personal from Jonathan, she finally acquiesces by writing her name and number in a second-hand book. He in turn writes his name and number on a $5 bill. They go their own ways - Jonathan without the book, and Sara without reading the $5 bill.
Leap ahead 5 years, and now they're separated by thousands of miles as they've ended up on opposite coasts. It's now just days from Jonathan and Sara's weddings - Sara is marrying the annoying Lars, and Jonathan is marrying Hally, a seemingly decent woman who he's obviously not head over heels about. Jonathan still aches for what could have been, and convinces his best friend, dragging and screaming, to join him in his search for Sara. He has to find out if she's the one he was meant to be with, before saying "I Do" to Hally. Meanwhile, Sara's feeling the exact same way and dragging her best friend, Eve with her to look for the man she's increasingly sure is her soul mate.
"Serendipity" is a good escapist film. It's harmless, it's fun - a perfect date movie - and it may be just what movie audiences are looking for at this time. The story's been done before and it's bound to be done again, nonetheless, this incarnation is enjoyable and worth watching. This fluffy romantic comedy has heart, along with a talented cast of leading and supporting players. Stars John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale have a comfortable onscreen chemistry and co-stars Molly Shannon and Jeremy Piven are the perfect "best friends," believable and endearing. John Corbett, as Sara's fiancée, Lars, actually had me laughing out loud at his dead-on portrayal of a Kenny G clone. The script is, admittedly, a bit predictable, but the excellent cast makes "Serendipity" one of the most enjoyable romantic comedies of the year.

Good news! Hey Juan- this is for YOU! - You can actually have a free viewing on the WHOLE movie online - just click here: http://www.watch-movies.net/movies/serendipity/
Enjoy the Serendipity, my friends!
I am happy that I suddenly recall a romantic version of an ancient and yet NEW concept; enabling me to further explain what Synchronicity IS!!!
What a DejaVu!

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