Fools Rush In (1996)

Fools Rush In is in my Romance Top 10 list. I own the movie. It's now on IW. It's a great date/couple's movie that I'll never tire of watching. Salma Hayek is luscious; Matthew Perry stumbles into love, with hilarious results -- esp. when his WASP world encounters her Mexican culture. This movie is sensitive, responsible, and never cartoonish in its portrayal of what happens to a mixed-culture couple (with their families) that meets and chooses to stay together and make it work even if they met through irresponsible circumstances (for example, a one-night stand, as in the movie, or by a more modern extension, perhaps an Internet romance). The chemistry between Salma and Matthew is smooth and the ending doesn't present a convenient wrapup either. Fools Rush In preceded Knocked Up by 12 years and is eminently superior in oral hygiene (clean language). 4.5 stars.