It Could Happen to You

1994

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance

42
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 75% · 36 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 55% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 48559 48.6K

based on a true story new york city waitress court case greed diner

Director

Andrew Bergman Photo
Andrew Bergman

Top cast

Nicolas Cage Photo
Nicolas Cage as Charlie Lang
Seymour Cassel Photo
Seymour Cassel as Jack Gross
Emily Deschanel Photo
Emily Deschanel as Paint Throwing Fur-Activist
Isaac Hayes Photo
Isaac Hayes as Angel Dupree
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807.40 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
PG
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 20
1.62 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
PG
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 57

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by PredragReviews 6 / 10

Modern-Day Capra

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.
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Reviewed by sagitario 7 / 10

Good one

I have seen this movie some time ago, and I really enjoyed it. It`s simple, nice, romantic, at times sad, and isn't that what life's about? Things and circumstances change, but the personality should remain, and the hope also. It shows a straightforward cop, a nice waitress and a posesive and nasty wife. I liked the story, I liked the acting of Cage and the lovely Bridget Fonda. She's cute. Good movie, I recommend it. See ya around.

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