| At Theaters: 2-14-97 | On Video: 7-15-97 |
| Rated: PG-13 | Length: 1 hr. 46 min. |
| Studio: Columbia | Movie ID: 029708 |
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| Alex Whitman (Matthew Perry) is a straight-laced corporate type from Manhattan. Isabel Fuentes (Salma Hayek) is a fiery Mexican-American who believes in the power of destiny. Neither gave a thought to where a single night of passion would lead, but the whims of chance had other ideas. When they meet three months later, she's pregnant and they decide to get married. It's a long way from Manhattan to Las Vegas, but Alex is beginning to think it was worth the trip. Fools Rush In tells the funny, romantic story of fated lovers trying their luck at the world's oldest game: love. |
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| ROMANTIC COMEDY - FOOLS RUSH IN is a romantic comedy which, like SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE and FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL, celebrates fate as the key to bringing two lovers together. Fans of those films will probably have no problem with the film's fairy tale elements; others will wonder why these two people have absolutely nothing in common. Star Matthew Perry plays a similar character to his "Friends" role, so fans of that show should enjoy his entertaining performance. Light, often funny, but almost strictly for hopeless romantics. |
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| PROFANITY: Moderately strong and moderately
frequent; one strong profanity. SEX/NUDITY: Suggested sexual activity. VIOLENCE: None. DRUGS/ALCOHOL: A moderate amount. ACTION: Some. COMEDY: Quite a lot. |
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| Matthew Perry (TV sitcom "Friends") Salma Hayek (Desperado, From Dusk Til Dawn) Jon Tenney (Tombstone, Lassie) |
| DIRECTOR: Andy Tennant (It Takes Two) PRODUCER: Doug Draizin (Spy Hard, A Walk In The Clound, Bachelor Party) |
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| FOOLS RUSH IN is the next logical step in the development of the romantic comedy as a celebration of Fate; where SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE asked you to root for two people who don't meet until the final scene, FOOLS RUSH IN asks you to root for two people after you have spent 100 minutes observing that they have absolutely nothing in common. The script is a collection of disagreements on every possible subject -- religion, child-rearing, career, culture -- which goes on for so long and from so many different directions that you might think you've forgotten how perfect the main characters are supposed to be for each other. The fact is that the only thing they seem to have going for them is really great sex...very nice, but not nearly enough. It's a shame too, because FOOLS RUSH IN is often very funny and entertaining, thanks largely to the appeal of "Friends" star Perry. He can do a reaction take with the best of them, but his "conversion" to born-again New Age fatalist is a distressing conclusion. In a film where very little ends up holding together, it is ironic that the one thing which does hold together -- our protagonists -- probably shouldn't | |
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