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Only YouOnly You movie storyline. Destiny. Faith (Marisa Tomei) believes that two soul-mates can be united if they find each other. From the Ouija board, she has found the name of her missing half, and it is D-A-M-O-N B-R-A-D-L-E-Y. Later, at the carnival, the fortune teller sees the name Damon Bradley in the Crystal Ball and Faith is convinced. She is told that “You make your own destiny,… don’t wait for it to come to you”, but she is looking for Damon.
14 years later, she is engaged to a dull podiatrist and plans to marry until she gets a call from one of his classmates who is on his way to Venice, Italy. The classmate is Damon Bradley. Rushing to the airport to see her soul-mate, she misses him and the plane, but decides, then and there, to go after him. So Faith and her sister-in-law Kate both board the next plane for Italy hoping to find her Damon.
Only You is a 1994 American romantic comedy film directed by Norman Jewison and starring Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey, Jr., and Bonnie Hunt. Written by Diane Drake and Malia Scotch Marmo (uncredited), the film is about a young woman whose search for the man she believes to be her soulmate leads her to Italy where she meets her destiny. Upon its release the film received mostly mixed reviews, but critics praised Tomei and Downey’s performances.
Film Review for Only You
After playing with a Ouija board with her brother Larry, 11-year-old Faith Corvatch becomes convinced that her soul mate, the man she is destined to be with, is named “Damon Bradley.” This belief is strengthened when a few years later a carnival fortune teller tells her that “Damon Bradley” is the name of the man she will marry.
Fourteen years later, Faith is a teacher at a Catholic school and is engaged to a podiatrist. 10 days before their wedding, Faith learns that her fiancé’s high-school classmate (Damon Bradley) is flying to Venice that day. Determined to meet him, Faith follows his trail with her sister-in-law, Kate, from Pittsburgh through Venice and the Italian countryside to a street-side restaurant in Rome, but they never quite catch up with him.
Faith meets a young American man, but has no interest until he identifies himself as Damon Bradley. They spend a romantic evening together and fall hopelessly in love. Then he reveals that his actual name is Peter Wright, so she angrily leaves him and prepares to fly back home. Meanwhile, a suave Italian businessman named Giovanni has been wooing Kate.
The next morning Peter tells Faith that he searched for Damon overnight and discovered that he has moved on to Positano. Giovanni agrees to drive the three Americans there. At a posh hotel Faith meets Damon, a good-looking playboy, and invites him to dinner. Peter spies on them at the restaurant until Damon makes unwelcome sexual advances on Faith. It turns out that this “Damon” really is a friend of Peter’s who has helped Peter stage the entire scene.
Back in the United States, Larry finds out that his wife, Kate, is in Italy. He travels there to find her while Kate and Faith are again planning to return home. Larry arrives in time to make up with Kate. He also reveals to her that he intentionally spelt out the name “Damon Bradley” on the Ouija board as a prank, and then paid the fortune teller to tell Faith that her true love had the same name. He hasn’t told Faith the truth because he has been afraid she would never speak to him again.
Only You (1994)
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Starring: Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr., Bonnie Hunt, Joaquim de Almeida, Fisher Stevens, Billy Zane, John Benjamin Hickey, Tammy Minoff, Denise Du Maurier
Screenplay by: Diane Drake
Production Design by: Luciana Arrighi
Cinematography by: Sven Nykvist
Film Editing by: Stephen E. Rivkin
Costume Design by: Milena Canonero
Set Decoration by: Ian Whittaker
Art Direction by: Maria-Teresa Barbasso, Stefano Maria Ortolani
Music by: Rachel Portman
MPAA Rating: PG for some mild sensuality and language.
Distributed by: TriStar Pictures
Release Date: October 7, 1994
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