Fools Rush In (1997)

I wanted to but couldn't!

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Absolutely Fantastic

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

This movie is a perfect love movie and Salma's acting was phenomenal. I also noticed that this movie contains few of real life story of Salma's (I read about her in Wikipedia). Everything was made to perfect, right from Isabel- Alex's first meet, romance, love, family introduction, marriage, first night, misunderstandings, separation and love after all. Being an Indian, I visited Vegas twice but after watching this movie, I'm gonna visit Vegas again in a completely different approach and also planned to visit Mexico. Matthew's acting was also remarkable. After all, the primary reason why I appreciate this movie is that it reflects what happened in my life. So... Good work Salma (you look gorgeous in this movie), Matthew and the director.

I was surprised at how much I liked Fools Rush In. The story is nothing special, and it may drag in spots. But I loved the beautiful cinematography and scenery, the lovely music, the funny and charming screenplay and the direction was surprisingly well handled.The acting from the two leads is excellent. Although his character is very like Chandler from Friends, in terms of the slapstick schtick and the funny lines, Matthew Perry is very effective in his role. Same with Salma Hayek, who is both beautiful and charming here, and shows good chemistry with Perry.Overall, I liked it very much and I wasn't expecting to. 8/10 Bethany Cox

When I watched "Boys" yesterday and I said I liked it, I explained it was because it made justice to its title even when it contained a small dose of reality. However, it put its characters in relatively possible situations. "Fools Rush In", on the other hand, makes justice to its title but the things the film's characters live are virtually impossible. Alex Whitman (Matthew Perry) and Isabel Fuentes (Salma Hayek) meet one night and they have sex in something three months later Alex calls "one of those beautiful, spontaneous things of life", in one of Katherine Reback's only script's few well written scenes (no wonder she never worked again). But now Isabel is pregnant, and when the film married them very soon, I stayed quiet and waited, because 'fools rush in', you know, and maybe the best was about to come.In formulaic romantic comedies, you have two basic plot-lines: 1)the couple meets but they are never really together until the final moments, whatever may happen in the middle; 2)they are well together (as in marriage or a nice relationship) and then something comes and screws things up and someone has to make them right.That second road is the one director Andy Tennant, from the also regular "Sweet Home Alabama", takes with this piece. It's not a bad road to take, and the script's premise is not a poor one, but its development is. And you have to blame writer and director for turning something interesting into a bunch of stereotypes about culture and religion.During one scene, Alex's father and Isabel's discuss why their respective sons shouldn't be together. It's a ridiculous moment; they talk about black and white, about Christians and Presbyterians and other subjects the movie hadn't brought until that point? Why do it so late then? Both John Bennett Perry and Tomas Milian overact the scene completely and they should be embarrassed.Actually, there's a lot of overacting in "Fools Rush In", and if it weren't for Hayek and Perry's chemistry it would be a bad film. They make it an enjoyable rush. Both look so young, Perry with all the success from "Friends" at the time, Hayek in her first romantic lead in Hollywood. Jon Tenney and Siobhan Fallon also help in their respective "best friend" character. But that's that, and sometimes it can be almost enough for a good film. I know I didn't explain the impossible situations, but it's something you should experience without me giving examples. I'll say one however: if I leave a Mercedes Benz in the middle of nowhere and go away for a whole day, do you seriously think no one is going to come and take it away?

"Fools Rush In" is not funny, not romantic, not cute, it has a slight heart, but that's about it. Not one joke in the film worked, and even if it was a mediocre one (which is the best they had), it still was terrible because of Matthew Perry's awful timing and the overall bad acting.Alex Whitman (Matthew Perry) is a semi-successful business man, and Isabel (Salma Hayek) is fresh out of Mexico in Las Vegas trying to make a name for herself as an artist. These two have a one night stand, and *surprise, surprise* Isabel becomes pregnant. The plot, which consists of dozens of bad jokes and clichés, has Alex and Isabel becoming a couple and how their different cultures collide. This was a comedy, but I did not laugh once. The only person to have joke lines was Matthew Perry, and he was not funny in the least. Any time the movie was trying to be romantic, it become extremely corny. The climax of the movie ended in the rain (despite that it didn't show any signs of rain the rest of the film). One bad cliché after another corny joke, with bad acting thrown in cannot make a good movie.My rating: * out of ****. 113 mins. PG-13 for language and sexuality.