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It Had to Be You

2000 · 97 min

A light, chatty romantic comedy that coasts on chemistry and coincidence, easy to watch but rarely surprising.

Directed by
Steven Feder
Genres
Romance, Comedy
Tagline
Love is what happens when you're busy making other plans.
Overview
Sparks fly when Anna Penn and Charlie Hudson meet. Unfortunately, they're both engaged to other people. In fact, they're staying at the same New York City hotel in order to work on wrapping up the last details of their nuptials. Over days and evenings of joint wedding planning, the two grow closer -- and start to wonder if they're getting married to the right people after all.

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Directed by
Steven Feder
Genres
Romance, Comedy
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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • friendship
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance8
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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