Fools Rush In

1997
PG-13
1h 49m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

40K

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Salma Hayek and Matthew Perry in Fools Rush In (1997)

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Romantic Comedy Comedy Drama Romance

After a one-night stand with Alex, Isabel realizes that she is pregnant and they decide to get married. However, along with the marriage comes compromise of one's own cultural traditions.After a one-night stand with Alex, Isabel realizes that she is pregnant and they decide to get married. However, along with the marriage comes compromise of one's own cultural traditions.After a one-night stand with Alex, Isabel realizes that she is pregnant and they decide to get married. However, along with the marriage comes compromise of one's own cultural traditions.

Director
- Andy Tennant
Writers
- Joan Taylor
- Katherine Reback
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

40K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Andy Tennant
Writers
- Joan Taylor
- Katherine Reback
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 nominations

Trivia
The role of Alex's (Matthew Perry) father is played by John Bennett Perry, who is Matthew Perry's real-life father.

Goofs
There was no painted border between Nevada and Arizona on Hoover Dam. However, at the suggestion of the filmmakers, the authorities painted one (and kept it).

Quotes
Richard Whitman: In case you haven't noticed, the white people are melting out here!

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Dante's Peak/SubUrbia/The Beautician and the Beast/Rosewood/The Whole Wide World (1997)

Soundtracks
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
Written by J. Fred Coots & Haven Gillespie
Performed by Burl Ives
Courtesy of MCA Records
By Arrangement with MCA Special Markets & Products

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Featured review

6/10

Amusing romcom in the Vegas area with Salma Hayek and Matthew Perry

RELEASED IN 1997 and directed by Andy Tennant, "Fools Rush In" is a romantic dramedy about a casual night of passion between a successful New Yorker (Matthew Perry) and a Mexican immigrant (Salma Hayek), but they learn that love is more than a Vegas marriage & an Elvis impersonator when dealing with conflicting families and traditions.

This is a generally amusing "chick flick" focusing on Gringo/Latino relations, albeit formulaic. Some jokes fall flat, but they're well intended. Perry makes for a likable male protagonist while Salma Hayek is winsome in her physical prime; and Suzanne Snyder in secondary role is nothing to sneeze at. Meanwhile Jon Tenney appears as the protagonist's best friend. The Las Vegas area locations are picturesque.

THE MOVIE RUNS 1 hour, 49 minutes and was shot in Nevada/Arizona (Las Vegas, Henderson, Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and Grand Canyon) and Rancho de las Golondrinas, New Mexico (standing in for central Mexico).

GRADE: B-/C+