Serendipity

Grade: C

This one falls under the “been there, done that, seen it all better before” category. It’s a sweet, well-meaning “Sleepless in Seattle” wannabe (which was itself a pale “When Harry Met Sally” wannabe), but with little charm or humor. John Cusack and Kate Beckinsdale do have a nice chemistry, but they’re on the screen together for maybe ten minutes on the front end and two minutes on the back. The rest of the movie is a series of how many different ways they manage to keep missing each other, which becomes a major bore all too quickly. The basic conceit – that our lives are determined by fate, and if it’s meant to be it will most certainly happen – is meant to be romantic, but instead stretches belief beyond repair almost right from the start. Beckinsdale’s character starts off too weirdly new agey for us to believe – the storyline feels exceedingly phony and fabricated. And for such supposedly wonderfully deserving people, John and Kate sure do treat their significant others like total crap. Maybe they really do deserve each other.

More Movie Info: http://imdb.com/title/tt0240890/