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Chances Are
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #10810 in DVD
- Released on: 1998-04-14
- Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
- Formats: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
- Original language: English, Spanish
- Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
- Dubbed in: French
- Number of discs: 1
- Running time: 108 minutes
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Cybill Shepherd plays a pregnant woman whose husband is killed before their baby is born; once he gets to heaven, he begs for a chance to come back to her and his unborn child. The twist is that he returns in the form of Robert Downey Jr., boyfriend to Cybill's daughter (Mary Stuart Masterson). When the daughter brings him home from college, he gets his memory back--and starts coming on to her mom. Sounds like a Jerry Springer show--"Help! My dad has been reincarnated as my boyfriend!"--but this Emile Ardolino film actually has a passable amount of charm and wit, once it gets into gear. It gives you a sense of just how funny and charming Downey can be, given the right material. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
Sweet movie
Chances Are is adorable. The cast is wonderful and the idea is sweet. It all starts with on the first anniversary of a wealthy, DC couple who are crazy in love and just find out they're pregnant. On the same night, the husband is killed in a car crash. He goes to heaven where he is reincarnated in the form of Robert Downey Jr. By the time Downey's character is 23, he has no recollection of anything, until he meets the couple's daughter, who is also 23. He's beginning to fall for her, but then his memory begins to return and he realizes who he used to be. Long story short, he makes a play for the mother, who never got over her husband's death and wants to believe he's still alive.
I won't tell you how everything ends, but you may be kind of "icked out" by the fact that the daughter is, in essence, attracted to her father. I watched this movie when I was younger and it never really bothered me, but as I got older and really understood it, it kinda wigged me out. Having said that, it's a very sweet movie that wil make you feel all warn and fuzzy in the end.
Funny and Sad love story
All the stars in this movie are great actors. Not their best work but very watchable. I really enjoyed this movie very much. Cybil Sheppard is a joy to watch on the screen.
Cheesy...and wonderful!
A fun, mostly well-acted movie that is worth watching once a year or so. It's a charming, cleverly-written exploration of reincarnation and a lot of laughs. Buy it, watch it, enjoy it! :D
