Movie No. 26 (2013): SERENDIPITY

Serendipity (2001)
Director: Peter Chelsom
Cast: John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale

The movie is already more than a decade old. I never felt the urgency to watch it in the past despite exaggeratedly good things and ridiculous praises some of the people I know had showered it with. Not until today. 

The movie is as if it's written on a template. But that's the way it is. It's meant to entertain; a typical date movie that teenagers and hopeless romantic would fell in love with. It succeeded in that aspect. My only problem is the premise. The too much reliance on fate is absurd. What is Love In The Time of Cholera doing there? I'm sure most of those who are smitten by this film have not read the book. It appears like a desperate attempt to have the soul of the book (a great book) to have relevance to the narrative. 

But, anyway, the film is charming.

Date seen: January 26, 2013

Rating: 2.5/4.0