Charles (Hugh Grant) sees Carrie (Andie MacDowell) at a wedding. Sparks and some bodily fluids are exchanged but then Carrie goes back to America and Charles loses track until another wedding where they are again both guests. Over a year or so, the pair keep running into each other but the timing is never exactly right.
MacDowell is charming enough but most of the ensemble felt terribly underwritten. I could not have cared about any of Charles' friend group and the humor felt very flat. Kristin Scott Thomas was criminally underused, although John Hannah had a very good role. In fact, for the mid-90s, this was great LGBT rep (even if it still falls prey to the Bury Your Gays trope).
I am very clearly not the target audience for this. I remember when it came out and it was all people could talk about. My mom rented it. I'm pretty sure she liked it. But I was 13-ish and this held no interest for me. Still, it won a bunch of awards so a lot of people must have enjoyed it. Maybe you will too. It's currently streaming on (sigh) Max.
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