Two childhood paranormal incidents have convinced schoolteacher Faith Corvatch that her true love is a guy named 'Damon Bradley', but she has yet to meet him. Preparing to marry podiatrist Dwayne in ten days, Faith receives a phone call from Dwayne's old classmate Damon Bradley, who is on his way to Venice. She impulsively decides to fly to Italy with the hope of finally encountering the man of her dreams. Accompanying her on the trip is her sister-in-law and best friend Kate, who has just left her husband, Faith's brother Larry.
Acting
Marisa Tomei's manic conviction; RDJ's infuriating charm offensive.
Cinematography
Venice and Rome shot like fever dreams of escape.
Writing
Bonnie Hunt delivering every line like she's tired of this nonsense.
Director
Norman Jewison
Marisa Tomei
Faith Corvatch
Robert Downey Jr.
Peter Wright
Bonnie Hunt
Kate Corvatch
Joaquim de Almeida
Giovanni
Fisher Stevens
Larry Corvatch
Billy Zane
The False Damon Bradley
Adam LeFevre
Damon Bradley
John Benjamin Hickey
Dwayne
Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Leslie
Antonia Rey
Fortune Teller
Phyllis Newman
Faith's Mother
Tammy Minoff
Young Faith
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Robert Downey Jr. was in the thick of his 90s career turbulence; his unpredictable energy apparently made Tomei genuinely flustered in takes.
This bombed in 1994 but became a cable/TBS staple, essentially inventing the 'impulsive European romance trip' subgenre that Eat Pray Love later gentrified.
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