Plot
Destiny. Faith (Marisa Tomei) believes that two soul-mates can be united if they find each other. From the Ouija board...
Release Year: 1994
Rating: 6.2/10 (8,302 voted)
Director:
Norman Jewison
Stars: Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr., Bonnie Hunt
Storyline Destiny. Faith (Marisa Tomei) believes that two soul-mates can be united if they find each other. From the Ouija board, she has found the name of her missing half, and it is D-A-M-O-N B-R-A-D-L-E-Y. Later, at the carnival, the fortune teller sees the name Damon Bradley in the Crystal Ball and Faith is convinced. She is told that "You make your own destiny,...don't wait for it to come to you", but she is looking for Damon. 14 years later, she is engaged to a dull podiatrist and plans to marry until she gets a call from one of his classmates who is on his way to Venice, Italy. The classmate is Damon Bradley. Rushing to the airport to see her soul-mate, she misses him and the plane, but decides, then and there, to go after him. So Faith and her sister-in-law Kate both board the next plane for Italy hoping to find her Damon.
Cast: Marisa Tomei
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Faith Corvatch
Robert Downey Jr.
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Peter Wright
Bonnie Hunt
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Kate
Joaquim de Almeida
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Giovanni
(as Joaquim De Almeida)
Fisher Stevens
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Larry
Billy Zane
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The False Damon Bradley
Adam LeFevre
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Damon Bradley
John Benjamin Hickey
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Dwayne
Siobhan Fallon
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Leslie
Antonia Rey
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Fortune Teller
Phyllis Newman
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Faith's Mother
Denise Du Maurier
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Dwayne's Mother
Tammy Minoff
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Young Faith
Harry Barandes
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Young Larry
Jessica Hertel
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Young Kate
Taglines:
A love story written in the stars
Release Date: 7 October 1994
Filming Locations: Chicago Studio City - 5660 W. Taylor Street, Austin, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gross: $20,042,048
(USA)
Technical Specs
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Finland:
Did You Know?
Trivia: Bridget Fonda was the original choice for the female lead.
Goofs:
Continuity:
At the very end of the movie, the plane shown is an Airbus A300. On take-off, it becomes a Boeing 727 in silhouette.
Quotes: Faith Corvatch:
Why couldn't we just have arranged marriages in America? Kate Corvatch:
Yeah, at least you could spend the rest of your life blaming your parents instead of yourself.
User Review
A great way to spend a cold winter night
Rating: 9/10
What a great romantic comedy set in beautiful Italy, not only are the
actors Robert Downey Jr (so handsome and such a talented actor) and the
beautiful Marissa Tomei amazing but watching these actors play out such
a romantic story and doing things that we would never dream of, to find
your one true love. All with her best friend by her side. Brings me
back to being 13, dreaming of who I would marry and the romantic
innocence of those times.
Its not only the romance but the friendships that give you that warm
feeling inside, both the men and women in this film have a quiet kind
ship with each other as when you see the three men sitting in the boat
sharing wine, feeling rejected by women. ( I won't spoil that scene
with anyones names) and the kindness of the hotel staff in later
scenes.
These days so many movies and the reality of the news is full of war,
violence and betrayal. Why not put all of that behind you?.. So sit
back with your favorite snack, some hot chocolate & maybe your best
friend and escape into love, romance, zany impulsiveness and disappear
into.... Only You.
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