It Could Happen to You (1994)

Charlie Lang is politieagent in New York. Hij leidt een rustig en bescheiden leven en heeft alles om gelukkig te zijn. Zijn vrouw Muriel denkt hier anders over. In de hoop ooit te ontsnappen uit haar troosteloze bestaan, speelt ze mee met de lotto. Op een dag ontbijt Charlie met een collega in een snackbar. Wanneer hij wil betalen heeft hij niet genoeg geld bij zich om Yvonne, de serveerster, een fooi te geven. Hij vindt in zijn jas het lottobiljet van zijn vrouw dat hij nog moest laten valideren en belooft Yvonne de helft van de eventuele winst. Diezelfde avond na de lottotrekking blijkt het betreffende biljetje...
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When a New York police officer offers half of a lottery ticket as a tip for a waitress in a diner, the gratuity ends up being worth over $2 million in this wacky romantic comedy.

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Loosely based on a true story, this uneven romantic comedy depicts the unexpected way in which a winning lottery ticket unites a pair of strangers. Waitress Yvonne (Bridget Fonda) first meets police officer Charlie (Nicolas Cage) when he eats in her restaurant. Realizing that he doesn't have enough money to give her a tip, Charlie promises Yvonne to split any winnings from the lottery ticket he just bought. The skeptical Yvonne dismisses Charlie as just another cheapskate until he wins four million dollars and, much to Yvonne's surprise, decides to honor the agreement. His action becomes front page news and wins ...
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public acclaim, but it doesn't go over nearly so well with Charlie's wife Muriel (Rosie Perez), who has her own plans for the money. Muriel's shallow, greedy behavior disgusts Charlie, who finds himself spending more and more time with Yvonne, developing a friendship that threatens to blossom into something more. Jane Anderson's screenplay stresses the relationship between Charlie and Yvonne's characters over the situation's comic potential; this earnest tone will please romance fans but may disappoint viewers expecting the farcical comedy of writer/director Andrew Bergman's and Cage's previous effort, Honeymoon in Vegas.
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