A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his brother, who's not quite sure that she's who she claims to be.
Acting
Sandra Bullock's panic-attack-in-a-phoneworker-booth is peak physical comedy.
Writing
The Callaghan family dynamics feel genuinely lived-in, not sitcom-quirky.
Costume
Lucy's oversized sweaters and Peter's hospital gown: 90s fashion archaeology.
Director
Jon Turteltaub
Sandra Bullock
Lucy Eleanor Moderatz
Bill Pullman
Jack Callaghan
Peter Gallagher
Peter Callaghan
Peter Boyle
Ox Callaghan
Jack Warden
Saul
Glynis Johns
Elsie
Micole Mercurio
Midge Callaghan
Jason Bernard
Jerry
Michael Rispoli
Joe Jr.
Ally Walker
Ashley Bacon
Monica Keena
Mary Callaghan
Ruth Rudnick
Wanda
Marcia Wright
Celeste
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Julia Roberts and Demi Moore both passed on Lucy; Bullock fought for the role after reading the script on a flight.
This basically invented the 'fake relationship' rom-com template that Hallmark would run into the ground for 30 years.
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