Everyone has heard the catchphrase at least once in their life that marriages, regardless of circumstances, occur in heaven. This statement can fully characterize Peter Chelsom’s romantic comedy “Intuition” (2001). After all, the main roles in it were not played by the Pearl Harbor star Kate Beckinsale and the successor to the acting dynasty, John Cusack, and his highness was a case. According to cinema experts in reviews of the film "Intuition", its uncomplicated plot is twisted around a variety of contingencies. The rating of the project according to IMDb version is 6.90, according to MPAA - PG-13.
Mocking Fate
The film “Intuition” is viewed by the audience as a pretty film, telling about how a couple of young people find each other, after losing, looking for almost a decade, during which they pick up another pair for some kind of intuition from above. The picture begins and ends on Christmas Eve, this work of Peter Chelsom recalls the domestic favorite by the viewer of the New Year’s hit "Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath." Due to the fact that we are talking about the crafty vicissitudes of fate that brings together and divorces heroes, they insistently do not attach due importance to this, but are remembered only when they are forced to go down the aisle with another chosen one.
Brief description of the plot
The plot (reviews and photos of the actors of the film "Intuition" in the article) is known to most viewers, because seven years have passed since the release of the tape. However, recalling the details of the story will not be superfluous. The main characters - a native of the United States, Jonathan and British citizen Sir, living in New York, accidentally meet in a department store during a Christmas sale. Young people spend several hours together and give wayward fatum the right to decide: are they destined to meet again in a multi-million city? The girl writes her phone number on the cover of the novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, after which she hands over the book to the second-hand bookstore. At the request of Sarah, Jonathan leaves her contact information on a dollar bill, immediately paying it at a kiosk. Having done some simple manipulations, the heroes part, so that after individually searching for a bill and a book and meeting again.
Author's vision
This plot twist caused a lack of understanding among many reviewers who expressed bewilderment in their reviews of the film "Intuition". Of course, risky lovers will still meet, but by the will of the screenwriter Mark Klein, they have to go through a lot of funny ups and downs, periodically take place literally a step away from each other and go unnoticed. Closer to the culmination of amusing hints of fate, there will be an overabundance, but the characters will still not wrap each other in a coveted embrace. On this feature of the development of the narrative, critics emphasize in their reviews of the film "Intuition". They point out that romantic comedy needs a more moving or more pronounced emotional-lyrical intonation. According to their authoritative opinion, if there was more melodrama in the movie, it would have had a more significant box office success in America.
Without the right to a tragic ending
The finale of the tape, of course, is predictable from the very beginning, because New Year and Christmas paintings are not eligible for a bad ending. However, many authors noted in reviews of the film "Intuition" that watching a movie should not be due to unexpected plot surprises, but because of the plot itself. Most often, when a project is shot in a template scenario, it is frankly boring to watch it. Therefore, Mark Klein, who made his debut as a screenwriter, used his chance to excel. A lot of good humor and funny situations will not let the beholder fall asleep.
Acting Ensemble
Director Peter Chelsom worked just as brilliantly. Thanks to his talent, critics cannot say that at least one performer from the acting ensemble played poorly. It seems that apart from them, no one could so convincingly get used to the role. Of course, it was very risky to bring Eugene Levy to a romantic comedy , for whom the image of a broken daddy guy who loved apple pie was firmly entrenched.
Reviews about the actors of the film “Intuition” were written mainly in a positive way, although some authors dared to say that the performers of the roles of the central characters looked faded. The handsome John Cusack ("Air Prison", "1408", "Identification") and the beautiful Kate Beckinsale ("Van Helsing", "Another World") faced a difficult task. After all, it is very difficult to play heroes who, on the first day of the meeting, didn’t even get to love, not suitable for each other even outwardly, not struck by tangible fatal attraction. But at times it is more difficult to portray love without a partner, talking about it with friends, but daily going to bed with an intermediate bride and groom.
Not for movie theater
It's no secret that for the success of a romantic comedy, the video is very important. Snowfall, which appeared on time in the frame, the surrounding landscapes, the right scenery - everything works to distract the audience’s attention from minor flaws and details. From the modest initial budget of the tape, the creators squeezed everything as much as possible. The beholder is unlikely to notice that the action takes place in three to four locations, and the intermediate episodes were shot on the real streets of New York. Another component sets the viewer in a romantic mood - the ubiquitous pink color scheme. The predominance of these shades is relaxing and soothing.
The film "Intuition" reviews of experts of the movie made a clear verdict, it should be recommended for viewing. But it is best to watch comedy in a homely atmosphere with your other half, as the tape surprises and fascinates, makes you cry and causes laughter. This range of emotions is not for the cinema.