Serendipity (2001)
Sometimes True Love Can Have More Than One Face.
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Serendipity rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.8/10· 125K votes
Rotten Tomatoes58%
Metacritic52%
TMDb7/10· 2K votesWith 58% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.8/10 on IMDb and 52/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About Serendipity
Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. But to give true love a chance, they have to find one another again.
Cast of Serendipity
John Cusack
as Jonathan Trager
Kate Beckinsale
as Sara Thomas
Jeremy Piven
as Dean Kansky
Bridget Moynahan
as Halley Buchanan
John Corbett
as Lars Hammond
Molly Shannon
as Eve
Eugene Levy
as Bloomingdale's Salesman
Lilli Lavine
as Bloomingdale's Stock Girl
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Michael Guarino, Jr.
as Customer at Bloomingdale's
Abdul Alshawish
as Customer at Bloomingdale's
Stephen Bruce
as Host at Serendipity
David Sparrow
as Josh's Dad
Serendipity facts
- Budget
- $28M
- Box office
- $77.5M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Romantic comedy captures chance meeting magic
- •Christmas setting enhances warm tone
- •Charming dialogue captures romantic chemistry
What the audience disliked
- •Premise depends too much on fate
- •Character decisions sometimes feel unmotivated
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