It Could Happen to You

UPC: 043396262904

Studio: Sony Pictures

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:[Adult Situations]

Summary: Loosely based on a true story, this uneven romantic comedy depicts the unexpected way in which a winning lottery ticket unites a pair of strangers. Waitress Yvonne (Bridget Fonda) first meets police officer Charlie (Nicolas Cage) when he eats in her restaurant. Realizing that he doesn't have enough money to give her a tip, Charlie promises Yvonne to split any winnings from the lottery ticket he just bought. The skeptical Yvonne dismisses Charlie as just another cheapskate until he wins four million dollars and, much to Yvonne's surprise, decides to honor the agreement. His action becomes front page news and wins public acclaim, but it doesn't go over nearly so well with Charlie's wife Muriel (Rosie Perez), who has her own plans for the money. Muriel's shallow, greedy behavior disgusts Charlie, who finds himself spending more and more time with Yvonne, developing a friendship that threatens to blossom into something more. Jane Anderson's screenplay stresses the relationship between Charlie and Yvonne's characters over the situation's comic potential; this earnest tone will please romance fans but may disappoint viewers expecting the farcical comedy of writer/director Andrew Bergman's and Cage's previous effort, Honeymoon in Vegas. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi

Category: Romance

It Could Happen to You

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 05/05/2009

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DTHD null

Runtime: 101 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Portuguese,Spanish

Subtitles: English,Portuguese,Spanish,French

Robert Firsching

Isaac Hayes narrates this fairy tale romantic comedy from talented director Andrew Bergman (Honeymoon in Vegas) and based on a true story. Married policeman Charlie Lang (Nicolas Cage) doesn't have enough money to tip waitress Yvonne (Bridget Fonda), so he offers her half of his lottery ticket if he wins. Naturally, he comes up with the $4 million jackpot and has to decide whether to honor his bargain, despite the hysteria of wife Muriel (Rosie Perez). Gentle and not too smarmy, this sentimental tale gets a bit of an edge from Perez, in a hilariously manic performance as the shrill harridan who finally loses Charlie to the kind-spirited Yvonne. Veteran character actor Seymour Cassel is around also as a smooth-talking conman who suckers Muriel in, and Cage plays his role with some thought, never giving in to the easy comic choices. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Mina Bern  Actor 
J.E. Freeman  Actor 
Vincent Pastore  Actor 
Ranjit Chowdhry  Actor 
Robert Dorfmann  Actor 
Angel David  Actor 
Lim Kay Tong  Actor 
John Louis Fischer  Actor 
George J. Manos  Actor 
Ginny Yang  Actor 
Merwin Goldsmith  Actor 
Frank Pellegrino  Actor 
Charles Busch  Actor 
Willie Colon  Actor 
Richard Jenkins  Actor 
Rene Rivera  Actor 
Alan Muraoka  Actor 
Ann Dowd  Actor 
Anna Lobell  Actor 
Beatrice Winde  Actor 
John Norman Thomas  Actor 
Red Buttons  Actor 
Feiga Martinez  Actor 
Felipe Luciano  Actor 
Gary Adelson  Executive Producer 
Gary Adelson  Producer 
Jane Anderson  Screenwriter 
Craig Baumgarten  Executive Producer 
Craig Baumgarten  Producer 
Andrew Bergman  Director 
Andrew Bergman  Screenwriter 
Carter Burwell  Composer (Music Score) 
Michael Lobell  Producer 
Stephen Metcalfe  Screenwriter 
Joe Mulherin  Composer (Music Score) 
Joseph Hartwick  Executive Producer 
Nicolas Cage  Actor 
Bridget Fonda  Actor 
Rosie Perez  Actor 
Wendell Pierce  Actor 
Isaac Hayes  Actor 
Victor Rojas  Actor 
Seymour Cassel  Actor 
Stanley Tucci  Actor 

Country: USA