Only You

Truly romantic

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.

This has always been one of my wife's and my own favorite titles. The film has never been produced on Blu-Ray, so your only option for HD resolution has been through a streaming service.This is an Ultraviolet title, but the encoding transfer for the film (Disc-to-Digital) did not work for me using the VUDU-to-go app on my home PC. At the time, I was borrowing my parents’ copy of the film, and so I was motivated to purchase my own copy of the DVD, for use and (cheaper) UV transfer. Buuing the HD streaming title outright on VUDU is $13.99. Knowing that my new DVD copy of Only You would also not register (which I have since verified), I planned to have the film transferred at the Walmart Photo counter using their in-store conversion process.Just this week (March 21st, (?)), VUDU updated their mobile application to include a Disc-to-Digital bar code scanning feature. Accordingly, an individual may scan a DVD bar code in their home library, and then transfer the film to an HD (or SD) stream. However, VUDU has added a copy protection feature that uses GPS and prevents a user from scanning titles (in their local Walmart or other) to fake the ownership process for digital transfer. Should this work for me, it may eliminate the need to wait at the Walmart photo counter for certain titles.All this stated, Only You is a romantic comedy worth owning. Marissa Tomei is the consume beauty, and this younger Robert Downey Jr., as always, delivers on his acerbic, comedic wit.

"Only You" presents many questions. Is Mr. Right predestined? For that matter, Mr. Wright? Is it impossible to make a bad rom-com set in Italy? Why wasn't Marisa Tomei a bigger star than she became? Why didn't Bonnie Hunt become a star? Regardless, this film is an incandescent joy. It embraces hopeless romanticism like a badge of honor. Can't go wrong with a flick that references "Roman Holiday" and "South Pacific" as influences. Director Norman Jewison knows how to push all the buttons as he did in "Moonstruck" and he does even better here. Cinematographer Sven Nykvist captures the landscapes of Italy in all their sunsplashed glory that kind of acts as a Greek chorus to what happens in the film. When this came out in 1994 I was probably waiting for the next testosterone extravaganza starring either Arnold, Bruce, or Jean-Claude so naturally it would have flown under my radar. What puzzles me is my wife has no recollection of it. This is perplexing because "Under the Tuscan Sun" is probably one of her favorite movies of all-time. This film definitely deserves to be unearthed or rediscovered by those who fancy the romance genre.

I guess that Only you is the kind of movie that really makes you wonder if there's someone out there who was born to be with you for a lifetime,.... and where he/she might be!!!Sometimes love is around the corner, or sometimes you just have to travel the world to grab it and never let it go. This is a funny, romantic, silly and fantastic story, in the landscapes of beautiful Italy, that makes you laugh, cry, dream and follow your heart no matter how crazy it may seem.Marisa Tomei is that new kind of Cindirella: she is every woman, every modern woman looking for love, in its pure shape, ...and Robert Dawney Junior is that kind of guy, not too big, not too smart, but kind and sweet enough to fight for her.If you want to have a romantic dinner & movie night, this is your choice!!!! (this movie inspired me to cut my hair long time ago), and my biggest dream is to fly to Italy and walk on the streets of Rome, with that person born to love me.Great movie for romantic people.

Light enjoyment that puts a smile on your face. Bonnie, as always, is the best.