Only You
So... it's been at least 3-5 weeks since I've watched the next two movie entries. So hopefully I remember them enough to rate them critically.
Only You (1994)
Summary: When Faith was a young girl, a Ouija board told her the name of her soul mate (Damon Bradley). Now in her mid-30s, Faith is getting married to a boring lawyer (or is he a doctor? foot doctor, I think). One afternoon, she gets a phone call from her one her fiance's friends who is traveling to Europe for the three-day weekend... and his name is Damon Bradley. So she drags her friend to the airport and flies to Europe to try and find this guy on a cross-continent road trip. While searching, she runs into a guy (Robert Downey Jr) who says HE is Damon Bradley, the guy she's been searching for. Turns out, he just said this because he fell in love with her when he first saw her. Adventures and more mistaken identities occur, while Faith struggles with her feelings for this guy who isn't Damon Bradley, but just might be her soul mate...
Positives: Robert Downey Jr is at his typical and awesome RDJ-ness. Bonnie Hunt is pretty funny as the friend. And RDJ infuses his charm into the last 75% of the movie and helps make it cheesily awesome. It's funny, and cute, even when it's predictable.
Negatives: This movie is full of pure mid-90s cheesy fashion (or is that a positive?). The cars, the suits, the dresses. Marisa Tomei tries her hardest and is charming, but you kinda can't help but not like Faith sometimes. I mean, I get the whole searching for your soul mate thing. But she is just so MEAN to RDJ who is trying his charmingest to win her over.
Keep or Toss: Keep. Full of cheese, but really awesome in its own way. And RDJ is... RDJ.
Rating: 3/5. Cheesy, and I don't know if Faith really deserves RDJ. But it's cute.
Only You (1994)
Summary: When Faith was a young girl, a Ouija board told her the name of her soul mate (Damon Bradley). Now in her mid-30s, Faith is getting married to a boring lawyer (or is he a doctor? foot doctor, I think). One afternoon, she gets a phone call from her one her fiance's friends who is traveling to Europe for the three-day weekend... and his name is Damon Bradley. So she drags her friend to the airport and flies to Europe to try and find this guy on a cross-continent road trip. While searching, she runs into a guy (Robert Downey Jr) who says HE is Damon Bradley, the guy she's been searching for. Turns out, he just said this because he fell in love with her when he first saw her. Adventures and more mistaken identities occur, while Faith struggles with her feelings for this guy who isn't Damon Bradley, but just might be her soul mate...
Positives: Robert Downey Jr is at his typical and awesome RDJ-ness. Bonnie Hunt is pretty funny as the friend. And RDJ infuses his charm into the last 75% of the movie and helps make it cheesily awesome. It's funny, and cute, even when it's predictable.
Negatives: This movie is full of pure mid-90s cheesy fashion (or is that a positive?). The cars, the suits, the dresses. Marisa Tomei tries her hardest and is charming, but you kinda can't help but not like Faith sometimes. I mean, I get the whole searching for your soul mate thing. But she is just so MEAN to RDJ who is trying his charmingest to win her over.
Keep or Toss: Keep. Full of cheese, but really awesome in its own way. And RDJ is... RDJ.
Rating: 3/5. Cheesy, and I don't know if Faith really deserves RDJ. But it's cute.