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Only You

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Who could not love a romantic comedy that takes place in Italy? Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr have very obvious chemistry, and are well matched in this movie. The multiple locations in Italy were breathtaking, and an excellent backdrop.

One of the best things about this movie was the beautiful setting. It was filmed in Venice, and there were some seriously magnificent shots. It made me wish I could just pick up and go there for a weekend, like Faith and Kate did.

The movie begins with Faith as a girl, playing with a Ouiji board. She asks who her soulmate is, and it gives her the name Damon Bradley. All her life, she waits to find him, but is unsuccessful. Marisa Tomei does an excellent job portraying the naive dreamer, Faith. When a phone call turns out to be a lead on discovering her soulmate, Faith and Kate fly to Venice, hoping to find him...ten days before Faith is supposed to marry the wrong man. In Venice, Faith runs into Peter Wright *literally* who chases her down to return her shoe. The moment she bumps into him, he falls in love with her! Seeing it as his only opportunity to get to know her, Peter (played by Robert Downey Jr.) pretends to be Damon.

I won't spoil the ending, but I will say this movie really made me smile. It's a great chick flick for those of us who love romance movies.

OK, the script may be somewhat cheesy - it is lighthearted, but the actors are utterly delightful and humorous, and the scenery is breathtaking.

Marisa Tomei plays Faith, a young woman whose brother played a prank upon her when they were teenagers and paid a fortune-teller to tell her that she would get married to the main by the name of Damon Bradley. This worked like a hypnotic suggestion - it stuck in her mind. She was just about to get married to someone, and while she is fixing her wedding gown, when the phone rings and a friend of her husband to be presents himself as Damon Bradley. This triggers the words of the fortuneteller and off the chase begins to at least find out who this man is before she commits an error of getting married to the wrong guy.

She only manages to find out that Damon Bradley is at the airport en route to Italy. There is no time to be wasted and without packing anything, dressed in her wedding gown, off she goes lest she'd miss the man of her life. Bonnie Hunt is absolutely priceless in her supporting role - as a best friend, she, too, drops everything and decided to accompany her smitten friend on a wild chase through Italy. That wasn't such a hard decision to make since her own marriage was on the rocks.

While the actors are wonderful in their roles, it is this wild chase through Italy and the scenery that gives the movie special charm and appeal. Some places are simply more conducive to romance than others - they feed your heart and soul with beauty, love, inspiration and romance.

It's here in Italy that Robert Downey, Jr. stumbles upon Marisa Tomei and then he begins designing events to convince her that he is the right guy, originally even misrepresenting himself as Damon Bradley, and eventually incorporating a little bit of help from his friend, played by Billy Zane. As each of his schemes are uncovered, Marisa feels more and more disappointed and frustrated that he is trying to trick her, but at the same time she ends up developing greater and greater affection for him and realizing that he is actually a sweet and charming guy drops the fortune-telling prediction and decides to follow her heart.

If you love Italian culture, and the Italian landscape this is a must own film. Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr. and Bonnie Hunt give good performances as usual.

This has been one of my favorite movies for years. The story line is not going win any awards but somehow that does not matter. The characters are warm and seem like people that we have all met before. And the scenery, ahh, is any place on earth as beautiful as Italy? Not in my opinion.

The gist of the movie is that a young woman (Marisa Tomei) travels through Italy looking for a man with the "right name" that she believes she is suppose to marry because a fortune teller told her so when she was a young girl. Her brother's wife (Bonnie Hunt) travels with her to Italy. While looking for the man with the "right name", they run into Robert Downey Jr. who lies about being the man with the "right name" to keep her from leaving Rome. When Downey tells Tomei he isn't Mr. Right, the chaos continues as he sets how to prove to her that Mr. Right, isn't right for her.

The movie is filmed throughout Italy. It begins in Venice, moves through the Italian countryside (which appears to be Tuscany), then to Rome, and finally to the beautiful Amalfi Coast and the lovely little town of Positano. Watching this movie reminds me of my beloved Italy every time. I have seen this movie at least a dozen times and never get tired of watching it again.

The Italian character Giovanni is so reminiscent of the Italian men that I have met in my life. The scene particularly amused me where the waiter is asking if Bonnie Hunt's character was upset that her husband was having an affair because it "was with her best friend or her sister." And when she said "no, of course not", he praised the husband for being "descreto" (discreet). Yes ladies, this is truly how Italians think. Beware when you travel in Italy alone. But be warned, Italian men seem to all be not only charming, but extremely attractive. These men can be hard to resist.

If you were planning a trip to Venice, Rome or the Amalfi Coast this would be a lovely film to watch before going because it uses the Italian scenery as lovingly as an additional character in the movie. I highly recommend this film to anyone that loves Italy, or wants to love Italy.

Norman Jewison created this warm and airy ode to love, giving it both the beauty and fragrance of a flower cart on the cobbled streets of Italy. The scenery will take your breath away and the story make you smile in this light romantic comedy.

The always sweet and engaging Marisa Tomei is Faith, on the verge of marriage when a phone call from her fiance's friend will stop her dead in her tracks, simply because his name is Damon Bradley. A game played when she was a child and a Gypsy fortune teller at a carnival in her teens told her the man she would love and marry would be named, Damon Bradley.

Bonnie Hunt shines as Faith's sister-in-law and best friend, who takes off to Venice with her in search of her destiny, written in the stars. When they discover Damon Bradley has left the hotel he called from, the search will go from Venice to Rome, and on to the lovely Italian coast, as Norman Jewison gives us a gorgeous view of romantic Italy.

Robert Downey Jr. is at his most charming as Damon Bradley, who Faith meets by chance, or perhaps fate, and falls in love with. Faith will discover, however, that destiny has a few twists and turns in store for her, in this truly delightful violin concerto to love.

This film will work its magic on you if you enjoy a light romantic comedy with a 1950's feel, and will surely become one of your favorites if you are seeing it for the first time. Those who enjoy films like "Roman Holiday" and "Three Coins in the Fountain" will welcome this romantic postcard from beautiful Italy with open arms and grateful hearts.

Marisa Tomei gives a performance both vibrant and full of magic. This refreshing and wonderful film for romantics is widely available in various VHS and DVD editions. Don't let destiny, or this film, pass you by.

For anyone who has grappled with the idea of destiny, this is the movie for you. Marisa Tormei plays Faith, a woman who is about to marry a pediatrist after resigning to the fact that he wasn't Damon Bradley, her ''destiny''. One day Damon calls and askes for her fiance, and Faith's world is blown to pieces. Taking her unhappily married best friend and sister and law with her to Italy, she seeks out Damon and encounters her true love instead. Robert Downey jr is her real match, but because his name isn't Damon, he doesn't qualify. This movie delves into the complicated world of a romantic who always believed in destiny over love, never stopping to realize that her true fate rested within a shoe salemen from Boston, not a man named Damon Bradley.

This has to be one of my fave movies of all time. I love Robert Downey Jr. If he still looked this good-check please-I would take him home any night. I honestly believe this is the most romantic movie i have ever seen, a clear cut between comedy and romance. Anyone can relate to any of the characters. I love Marisa as Faith, you can easily compare her to yourself or any other romantic girl walking this earth. Faith is looking for a name she got off an ouigi board that is supposed to be her destiny, now like myself i believe in fate, destiny, soul mates etc so watching this movie is like taking a trip down a lane i know i will someday walk into . If you are a die hard romantic, looking for a few laughs(there ARE many in this film) and a story to enlighten your soul and give you faith to find your soul mate, watch this!.. it is certainly worth a few dollars.

That is what it is when you watch this movie. Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey, Jr. has such chemistry it's hard to believe they're not a couple in real life. Tomei plays Faith, an engaged woman chasing her destiny all the way to Italy. Unbeknownst to her, Downey IS her destiny. This movie really makes you believe in true love, destiny, and that one special someone. See it with someone you love.

And I personally love all of Downey's works--but I'm biased. To me, there is no better talent in this movie. And he is so good looking! I fell in love with him too!

This funny movie is one you'll love if you like witty dialogue, great acting,(Marisa and Robert are a great team),and exciting costumes. Marisa's clothes were beautiful. It's a family movie, so you can relax and put down the remote. No fast-forwarding here! Well, you may find yourself...rewinding. One of my favorite scenes is when Robert helps Marisa get ready for a date with someone else and gives her the items BEFORE she asks for them.Then he sprays some of her perfume in the air then holds the bottle to his nose as if he were holding her. Be still my romantic heart! I hope these two team up again for another romantic comedy. Enjoy!!!!

This is the story of a school teacher named Faith (Marisa Tomei) who believes in destiny and true love. When she was a young girl a Ouija board and a fortune teller separately came up with the name of Damon Bradley as her future soul-mate. 14 years later, days before her wedding, she's trying out her wedding gown when she picks up the phone and speaks with an unknown friend of her fiance's - by the name of Damon Bradley. Faith, still in her wedding gown, trails the name all the way to the airport and ends up flying to Italy. And into Robert Downey, Jr's arms.

Robert Downey, Jr. plays a shoe salesman who tells Faith he's the fabled Damon Bradley, only to admit later that his real name is Peter Wright. Peter, who is in love with Faith, nevertheless, helps her to chase down her elusive soul-mate. But what if that soul-mate isn't the man of her dreams?

Only You is essentially a romantic-comedy road picture, with the gorgeous boot-shaped country contributing as a key co-star. Faith and Kate journey the breadth of Italy in search of Faith's destiny, in the meanwhile treating us to many lush and romantic sceneries. This film is replete with cute and mushy moments, abetted by that musical standard "Some Enchanted Evening." And, of course, wonderful, sunlit Italy, with its beautiful country- and seasides and its weight and sense of history, is always drawing you into that touchy-feely state of mind.

You'd think it'd all be too corny and overdone (with over-the-top lines like "I was born to kiss you") but, somehow, it all works. I particularly enjoyed Faith and Damon acting out a scene from A Roman Holiday (good impression of Gregory Peck). I doubt that Italians in general are so obliging, but one hopes that if one were stuck in an airport and in need of desperately switching planes, an Italian airport crew would be as accomodating, in the name of love.

Marisa Tomei is sweetness personified, innocent, starry-eyed, and cute as the short-tressed Faith. Faith's hopeful outlook on life is juxtaposed by the discontented unhappiness of Kate, her sister-in-law and travel companion. The more practical Kate, played by the excellent Bonnie Hunt, is in a married relationship that isn't working out. Hunt is both sensitive and funny and proves yet again that she is a very good actress.

Robert Downey, Jr. is one of my all-time favorite actors. From The Pick-Up Artist onwards, I've seen everything he's done. Downey has an ingratiating quality that makes him accessible to the viewer. He's witty, wry-humored, and can act. He can act a lot. And because of his personal missteps, he's always been seen in the light of an underdog. Here, as "Damon Bradley," his charm and screen presence are as reliable as ever. The supporting cast of Fisher Stevens, Joaquim de Almeida, Billy Zane, and John Benjamin Hickey don't embarass themselves.

If you believe in leaps of faith and taking chances, and in the magic of old-school romantic cinemas, then this movie is for you. Only You is hopeful and hopelessly old-fashioned, with a sound message: that, while it's okay to believe in fate, in the end, you make your own destiny.