Only You
(1994)
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In this romantic comedy an engaged woman goes to Italy to find out if the man her Ouija board said she was meant for actually exists. While there she meets and falls in love with a man who claims to be the one, and she must decide whether or not to trust fate. |
Moonstruck director Norman Jewison successfully mines the same territory with this delicious “Cinderella Italian-style” romantic comedy. Following the prophecy of a childhood Ouija game, Pittsburgh schoolteacher Marisa Tomei runs out on her wedding and goes to Rome to find the man of her dreams. There she meets shoe salesman Robert Downey Jr, who may or may not fit the bill. The pairing of Tomei and Downey Jr works like a charm: both inject scintillating substance into an unashamedly lightweight affair through their winning chemistry. Billy Zane is also on hand to provide a neat twist in the tale, and the lush Italian scenery will have you changing your holiday plans to head for the idyllic town of Positano.
Halliwell's Film Guide
Sugary, glossy, nostalgic romantic comedy that deliberately harks back to the 50s Roman Holiday, starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, and which seems even more old-fashioned.