Serendipity (2001)

*MAJOR SPOILERS*

Rotten Tomatoes: 59%

Box Office: 77.5 million USD

My Rating: 2/10

Description: One New York™ Christmas, Jon (John Cusack) and Sara (Kate Beckinsale) find themselves arguing over the last pair of black gloves. As is the way of this movie, their interaction is very long and very circular. Meet-cute accomplished, they decide to keep pursuing the streets of New York™ together. Then they both discover that the other is in a committed relationship.

My Thoughts: Surely our beloved Jon and Sara will treat their significant others with respect and dignity moving forward through this film! Jon asks Sara for her number, and she says (paraphrasing), "Nay! Nay! We shan't! To exchange numbers would simply be too logical and expedient! Instead, we must devise a very convoluted plan that will leave us both miserable for many years to come." So she writes her number in a book and says she will sell it to someone undisclosed. He writes his number on a five-dollar bill. If they find the other object, then surely they must be in love. If you find yourself rereading the above passage in confusion, then congratulate yourself for your superb (read: average) thinking ability. They also try and press the same elevator button to reach the same floor to determine whether they're meant to be together? This happens a million more times and somehow we reach the latter half of the film. In short, Jon's fiancée gifts him the book with Sara's name in it. He flies to New York™ in a frantic (and frankly, lawless) search to find his one true love, featuring Eugene Levy for some unfathomable reason. Sara finds the bill, but flies across the country away from New York™ to find him. Jon calls off his wedding at the last second (why is this a trope?) and probably ruins a lot of people's lives, but hey--at least they got their kiss in the New York™ snow. I suppose you don't really require my thoughts on this movie spelt out, though. Serendipity kills daydreams. Fate fascinates me. I am very intrigued by human connections over time and space. I could envision the mold but that isn't a reason to buy the crummy product.

Best Line: "Oh, my God! Prada! Ooh! Prada! I love this stuff!"