(rated PG-13, 85 mins.)
A romantic comedy about destiny’s hold on two people who seek nothing but each other. Jonathan Trager (John Cusack) meets Sara Thomas (Kate Beckinsale) on a bustling shopping day in New York City. Both involved with someone else, they have no choice but to go their separate ways. While the corny idea of a girl putting her phone number in a book, in hopes that fate will bring them back together seemed over the top, the story manages to combine comedy and romance with just the right amount of twist to keep you entertained and excited, thanks mainly to the supporting cast of Eugene Levy (American Pie, Best In Show) as a wacky department store employee, Jeremy Pivens as an obituaries editor, and Molly Shannon as the best friend. Beckinsale (Brokendown Palace, Pearl Harbor) does a delightfully humorous job of convincing us of love and destiny while managing to share believable sparks with Cusack.
