Fools Rush In

1997 "What if finding the love of your life meant changing the life that you loved?"
6.1| 1h49m| PG-13| en
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After a one night stand with Alex, Isabel realizes that she is pregnant and they decide to get married. However, along with the marriage comes compromise of one's own cultural traditions.

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SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."
Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
princechennai1 This movie is a perfect love movie and Salma's acting was phenomenal. I also noticed that this movie contains few of real life story of Salma's (I read about her in Wikipedia). Everything was made to perfect, right from Isabel- Alex's first meet, romance, love, family introduction, marriage, first night, misunderstandings, separation and love after all. Being an Indian, I visited Vegas twice but after watching this movie, I'm gonna visit Vegas again in a completely different approach and also planned to visit Mexico. Matthew's acting was also remarkable. After all, the primary reason why I appreciate this movie is that it reflects what happened in my life. So... Good work Salma (you look gorgeous in this movie), Matthew and the director.
gwnightscream Matthew Perry, Salma Hayek, Jon Tenney, Siobhan Fallon, Carlos Gomez, Suzanne Snyder, John Perry and Jill Clayburgh star in this 1997 romantic comedy. This begins in New York where architect, Alex Whitman (Perry) is chosen to go to Las Vegas, Nevada to open a nightclub. Soon, he meets Latina photographer, Isabel Fuentes (Hayek) and they have a one night stand. Three months later, Isabel tells Alex she's pregnant and his life changes. They get married and learn they're from different worlds. Alex's work also starts to interfere with their marriage, but eventually he gets his priorities straight and believes that fate brought him and Isabel together. Tenney plays Alex's friend, Jeff, Fallon (Men in Black) plays Isabel's friend, Lanie, Gomez plays Isabel's ex-boyfriend, Chuy, Snyder (Weird Science) plays Alex's other friend, Cathy, the late, Clayburgh plays Alex's mother, Nan and Matthew's real-life father, John plays his on-screen father, Richard. I've always liked this film and Matthew & Salma have good chemistry. I recommend this good romance film.
Sparky-string When this film was released in 1997 it was a mere footnote and has since virtually disappeared entirely. Had it been released today in the year 2010 it may have been considered the savior of the rom-com genre. As bad as the movie is the ultimate fate of the romantic comedy was worse.The movie misses on almost every level- it was miscast, had few laughs and only paid lip service to the supposed underlying higher theme of the hand Fate has in our lives. Our female and male leads are pros and do what they can to rise above this mess but we can only expect so much. The movie has cute moments as well including a race relation analogy utilizing squirrels. Despite that and the charms of the individual leads there isn't enough chemistry present to make it work. It stays fairly true to established romcom blueprints, but the movie misses on some real opportunities like a scene featuring Matthew Perry's character finally getting the approval of the father.The real star of the movie is Las Vegas itself. Shown here is a softer, less known side of Vegas in breathtaking panoramic shots, far from the lights and showgirls, and if the film succeeds anywhere it's in it's ability to immerse and intoxicate the audience with the visuals. Against that backdrop we are treated to a glimpse of a Mexican American family that has a very genuine feel to it. If you mourn the death of the Romantic Comedy and you've exhausted the finer examples of the genre then maybe this one is worth a gamble. Oh yeah Salma Hayek is in it. =)
Tommy Nelson "Fools Rush In" is not funny, not romantic, not cute, it has a slight heart, but that's about it. Not one joke in the film worked, and even if it was a mediocre one (which is the best they had), it still was terrible because of Matthew Perry's awful timing and the overall bad acting.Alex Whitman (Matthew Perry) is a semi-successful business man, and Isabel (Salma Hayek) is fresh out of Mexico in Las Vegas trying to make a name for herself as an artist. These two have a one night stand, and *surprise, surprise* Isabel becomes pregnant. The plot, which consists of dozens of bad jokes and clichés, has Alex and Isabel becoming a couple and how their different cultures collide. This was a comedy, but I did not laugh once. The only person to have joke lines was Matthew Perry, and he was not funny in the least. Any time the movie was trying to be romantic, it become extremely corny. The climax of the movie ended in the rain (despite that it didn't show any signs of rain the rest of the film). One bad cliché after another corny joke, with bad acting thrown in cannot make a good movie.My rating: * out of ****. 113 mins. PG-13 for language and sexuality.