Fools Rush In - heart over head

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Movie
German title Fools Rush In - heart over head
Original title Fools Rush In
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1997
length 105 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Andy Tennant
script Katherine Reback ,
Joan Taylor
production Doug Draizin ,
Michael McDonnell
music Alan Silvestri
camera Robbie Greenberg
cut Roger Bondelli
occupation

Fools Rush In - Herz über Kopf (Original title: Fools Rush In ) is an American comedy film from 1997 . The Director led Andy Tennant , the writer wrote Katherine Reback and Joan Taylor . The main roles were played by Matthew Perry and Salma Hayek .

action

Isabel Fuentes is an American of Mexican descent. She spends a lot of time in Mexico, where her family lives. In her hometown of Las Vegas , she meets the New York-born construction manager Alex Whitman, who is building a club building in the queue for the toilet of a bar.

Isabel spends a night with Alex and disappears. After three months, she visits Alex again to tell him that she is pregnant. Later Alex is warmly welcomed by the Fuentes and introduced as Isabel's friend.

Isabel and Alex get married in a simple wedding chapel in Las Vegas without Isabel's parents. The wedding is initially kept secret from Alex's parents. Isabel's father is angry about this and says that Alex acted more like a thief than a man because he did not formally ask for Isabel's hand.

When the two surprisingly get a visit from Alex's parents, they are initially led to believe that Isabel is a domestic help. Angrily, Isabel then forces Alex to tell the truth, which the parents receive in shock.

Isabel takes him to the Grand Canyon on his birthday . It tells a story about a family of squirrels whose descendants developed differently on both sides of the canyon and would still belong to one family, even though they are spatially separated by the canyon. Alex sees the story as an indication of the cultural differences in his marriage. Isabel says she would be moving to New York if Alex stayed in Las Vegas until the baby was born in October.

The building in Las Vegas will be completed in July, and Alex will immediately take over the next construction site in Manhattan, a job he has been working towards for a long time. Isabel does not find out about this from her husband, but from his boss. She feels betrayed because of this and leaves her husband. When Alex is already in New York, Isabel files for divorce, which should be final in a few days. She also lies to him that she lost the child in a miscarriage .

Alex then travels to Mexico, where he learns from Isabel's great-grandmother that Isabel is on her way back to Las Vegas. The old woman says Isabel still loves him, but at the same time fears that the marriage, which is only held together by their child, has no future. On the way back, he meets Isabel on the street in the middle of Hoover Dam and discovers that, contrary to her testimony, she is still pregnant. She goes into labor on the dam and gives birth to the child just as the divorce becomes final. However, she wants to stay with Alex.

The last scene shows Isabel and Alex's wedding, which takes place near the Grand Canyon .

background

The film was shot in Toronto , New York City , Las Vegas , Henderson , Santa Fe , Taos and Crown Point . Further photos were taken in the Grand Canyon National Park , at Lake Mead and at the Hoover Dam . Filming began on April 19, 1996 and ended on June 20, 1996. The film had its world premiere in the USA on February 14, 1997. The film was shown in Switzerland from August 8, 1997. It was released in cinemas in Germany on August 14, 1997. On the opening weekend, more than 9.7 million US dollars were grossed in the USA . Overall, US revenue was just under $ 29.3 million. Another $ 12.1 million was raised worldwide. At the German box office, over 39,700 and a total of almost 90,500 viewers were counted in the first week of the game. On December 6, 2001, the film was released in Germany by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on DVD with an FSK-6 rating.

Jennifer Lopez was originally offered the role of Isabel Fuentes, who turned down the role in order to be able to star in Anaconda , so it was eventually given to Salma Hayek . Not only did John Bennett Perry play the role of Matthew Perry's father in the film , but he is actually the father of the main character.

For the shooting of the film, the border between the two US states of Arizona and Nevada was recorded on the roadway that runs over the Hoover Dam. The local decision-makers are committed to maintaining this mark. However, since September 2005 this marking has disappeared again.

reception

James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that the film was "well done". He praised the performances of Matthew Perry and Salma Hayek and wrote that the film would be positively different from the other "disappointing" ("disappointing") comedies.

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times of February 14, 1997 that the film would live on the "energy of the performances", and he particularly praised that of Salma Hayek. He also liked that the main characters were opposites at the beginning of the film, which shouldn't really be the case in many comedies that are carried by the opposites of the characters. As an example, he cited days like this one with Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney .

Awards

Salma Hayek was nominated for the American Latino Media Arts Award for Best Actress in 1998 , while the film received a Best Picture nomination .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Internet Movie Database : Filming Locations
  2. ↑ a b c d e Internet Movie Database : Budget and Box Office Results
  3. ↑ a b c Internet Movie Database : Start Dates
  4. ↑ a b c d e Internet Movie Database : Background information
  5. ^ Review by James Berardinelli
  6. ^ Review by Roger Ebert
  7. ↑ Internet Movie Database : Nominations and Awards

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