When my dad was telling me about this movie, I was skeptical. We needed to watch a movie, and the DVD was within reach. He was promising that the movie was very good. My response was-“A good Nicolas Cage movie?” Then I found out the movie was from the 90s. “Oh. That explains it.” In the recent years, Nicolas Cage, an extremely talented actor, has not been in a lot of good movies. He’s been good in them, but sometimes, it was the only good thing about the movie. But here, that rule is no more. This is actually a good film. It could be better, but it still is a good film. The movie is based off of the “true” (I say that because I can’t verify how true this story is) story revolving around a cop (here played by Nicolas Cage), who, being unable to pay his tip to a down-on-her-luck waitress, agrees to split the earnings for his lottery ticket with her for her tip the next day. The ticket ends up winning $4 million dollars. The waitress gets $2 million of that. The two end up famous, rich, and giving. That is really all that is there to be said about this film. It is a romantic drama that works solely on the level of enjoyment. When you watch the film, you just feel happy. You like spending time with these two. You like seeing them do good things. But other than that level, there’s really not much to say for the film. On a technical aspect, the movie is kind of bland. The movie just feels bland and uninspired at times. And that, really, is its biggest fault.
7.5/10
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