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"&lt;p&gt;If Hollywood&amp;apos;s response to terrorism will be to exile harsh reality in favor of the pretty side of life, the result may turn out to look like &lt;em&gt;Serendipity&lt;/em&gt;. God forbid. Does romantic comedy have to come off as sugared stupidity? It does here. Even the appeal of co-stars John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale can&amp;apos;t keep this love boat from sinking.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;wm:embed type=\"related\"&gt;&lt;/wm:embed&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;apos;s Christmas in Manhattan &amp;#x2014; yes, the Twin Towers have been removed &amp;#x2014; and Jonathan (Cusack) and Sara (Beckinsale) meet cute while shopping (Eugene Levy earns the film&amp;apos;s only laughs as a sadistic salesman). They flirt cute by refusing to exchange names. They part cute when Sara insists that if they&amp;apos;re meant to be together, fate will intervene. She writes her name in a book; he does the same on a five-dollar bill. Ten years later, Jonathan and Sara still pine for each other, even though she&amp;apos;s engaged and he&amp;apos;s about to get married. It&amp;apos;s up to the once-talented director Peter Chelsom (&lt;em&gt;Funny Bones&lt;/em&gt;)-who must shoulder blame for this turkey and &lt;em&gt;Town and Country&lt;/em&gt;- to goose destiny for the lovers. Isn&amp;apos;t that cute? Enough to make you cringe.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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