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...dappled (and World Trade Center-less) Manhattan, Serendipity wastes no time in introducing its central characters. Cusack plays Jonathan Trager, a nice floppy-haired guy; Kate Beckinsale (of Pearl Harbor ‘fame’) plays Sara, a nice wild-haired girl. In the first scene they “meet cute,” both reaching for the same pair of gloves in a Christmas-crazy Bloomingdales. Each wants the gloves as a present for a respective significant other (oh, shucks). The pair, nonetheless, hit it off, and together they enjoy a wonderful, life-changing day. We know...
Then comes the premise-setting twist. Sara, whose funky hat and scarf have already alerted us to her New Agey weirdness, turns out to be a staunch believer in fate. When Jonathan hands her his phone number and a sudden breeze whisks the piece of paper away, she takes this as a sign that their relationship isn’t meant to be. Egged on by his pleas, however, she agrees to play a little game with fate. They both release their phone numbers into the great beyond, his on a five-dollar bill and hers on the inside cover...
...years later (long enough for them to reign in their haircuts, not long enough to be any less attractive). Sara has eased up on her kooky fate-talk but has filled the void by moving to San Francisco and becoming engaged to a bizarre Yanni-like musician. Jonathan, still in Manhattan, is about to marry a sweet-enough girl from a generic family. Neither of them, however, has forgotten That Night; and as their weddings approach, both of them set out to find their ‘soul mate’ (whether they’re prompted by a genuine...
...Staff writer Jonathan H. Esensten can be reached at esensten@fas.harvard.edu...
...captain William Lee had the toughest win, beating Wisconsin’s David Hippee 1-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-4 in the “super-tiebreaker” format employed at Notre Dame). Harvard’s only loss came at the expense of freshman Jonathan Chu, who lost to Scott Rutherford...