It Could Happen to You (1994)

I'll tell you why so serious

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

This title and a few others (Return to paradise-1998) make you think: what would I do in that situation? I can rarely state this about a movie, but rarely movies make you think. Usually they get you going (for example violence movies) and....that's about it. Empty feeling all-around at the final. Not the case with this one. Great characters, even some really annoying ones, not going to say more, to spoil the fun for you guys..... Not searching online (or for a left over dvd somewhere) yet? Really? Go for it. I'm rating this one real high (9) for the feel good sensation left after watching it. And it's the 6th time I'm watching... Enjoy!

The actual story behind the highly fictionalized movie script could have made a really good movie. According to the urban legend website "Snopes", the real events involved a not-so-young waitress and a not-so-young police detective who together select the winning numbers to a $6 million jackpot. There was no hint of romance between the two. But that would be too open-ended for the cookie cutter mentalities behind this movie. They must have went into a conference room or a lunch room or a diner and derived this formulaic romance between two unhappily married people.Their result was this plot bringing together a Prince Charming, a Cinderella, a the Wicked Witch of New York. But they forget to include a nice dramatic flow of events. I just didn't experience any peaks and very little emotional depth. In the end, I wasn't satisfied.At least Nicholas Cage makes the most of the opportunity to be normal and charming rather than quirky and charming (one of his first such efforts). He gives the movie whatever depth it attains. Pretty Bridge Fonda gives her usual quiet, unexciting performance. They're responsible for most of the positive rating I give this movie.Rosie Perez, unfortunately, overwhelms the entire proceedings with nasally witchiness. And that's not the memory I want to take away from a movie.Overall, it is a decent movie, a nice romantic comedy that ends "happily ever after." This is a story to watch to put someone in a good mood.... it's just basically a very good movie... and it's worth watching.Overall rating: 6 out of 10.

I never thought I could rate a Nicolas Cage film this low...but then I saw this wretched movie. Originally given the much better title of "Cop Gives Waitress $2 Million Tip," it probably would have relied more upon humor in its storytelling than it does. The moments of comedy throughout the film are engaging and fun; however, dullness takes over for the heavy drama scenes that beg for lightness. Every time the story touches on the drama, I was left gasping for air and waiting in misery for the story to move along.I remember when this was released that Andrew Bergman disowned the film. I applaud him for doing so; the studio hacks that insisted that he mess this up by adding the drama and changing the title deserved to have been summarily dismissed from their job duties for forcing those changes into what might have been a good comedy.

This is my second review of this wonderful and true story movie. And this is the best movie Nicholas Cage has ever made.Bridget Fonda is also superb in this film. Her performance is outstanding.The premise is simple, a New York Cop gives a waitress in a nearby Cafe half his lottery win as a promise he made when he could not tip her last time he came in the café.The resulting events churn the stomach, but they are meant to. I've seen this movie twice, I could see it again anytime. There is something about the film that takes you in, time and time again. And it's not truly obvious what it is.If anybody reading this can tell me of a similar movie, I would like to know. Email me at, [email protected]