It Could Happen to You

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It Could Happen to You

PG

1994

1h 37m

Romance

Comedy

Drama

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Charlie Lang (Nicolas Cage) is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi (Bridget Fonda), Lang offers her half the winnings of his lottery ticket. Amazingly, the ticket happens to be a winner, in the sum of $4 million. True to his word, Lang proceeds to share the prize money with Biasi, which infuriates his greedy wife, Muriel (Rosie Perez). Not content with the arrangement, Muriel begins scheming to take all the money.

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Brian Lowry

Variety

Sep 18, 2008

Bergman...really brings home the homage to Capra with the pic's warm, bordering-on-irresistible finale.

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Jun 24, 2006

Perez has a field day as Muriel, injecting a welcome note of good old-fashioned greed into what is otherwise a relentlessly edifying story.

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Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

May 12, 2001

Sweetness is fine as far as it goes, but this oddball romance could have used a twist of lemon.

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Matt Pais

MattPais.com

Jul 29, 2024

The idea of doing what’s right has rarely been delivered with as much twinkly hopefulness or underlying frankness.

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Christie Cronan

Common Sense Media

Mar 15, 2024

But despite some uneven supporting character portrayals, It Could Happen to You delivers on pacing, laughs, and feel-good moments.

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Christopher Street

Apr 4, 2022

The whole film is charmingly, if not realistically, acted by Mr. Cage, who, in loving memory of Mr. Capra, succeeds in looking exactly like Mr. Stewart. Only the high, cracked voice is lacking.

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Landon J

@Minxsykitty Jul 25, 2026

Chees-y, but in a tasteful way. The Sap is turned to 11 but it does it well enough. I really enjoyed seeing Cage's character arc. . A fairly polished if not unappreciated title.

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Mo S.

@9mr_0 Dec 13, 2025

فلم جميل وقصه لطيفه

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Noel L

@RT15930389 Dec 6, 2025

I love the message of be kind to everyone, not to mention the love story in front of it

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Flamingo S

@flamingonorth Feb 28, 2025

31 years later and it still feels so good.

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Alfred Junior T

@Lfr3d-junior-k4r4bo Jan 3, 2025

Lovely appearance of Cage and has a good storyline and the bit of drama that is desired

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Narciso R

@RT72348341 Aug 26, 2024

Perfect, great chemistry between all of the actors. Fonda was so perfect. NRJ.

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Nicolas Cage

Charlie Lang

Bridget Fonda

Yvonne Biasi

Rosie Perez

Muriel Lang

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Synopsis

Charlie Lang (Nicolas Cage) is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi (Bridget Fonda), Lang offers her half the winnings of his lottery ticket. Amazingly, the ticket happens to be a winner, in the sum of $4 million. True to his word, Lang proceeds to share the prize money with Biasi, which infuriates his greedy wife, Muriel (Rosie Perez). Not content with the arrangement, Muriel begins scheming to take all the money.

Director: Andrew Bergman
Producer: Mike Lobell
Screenwriter: Jane Anderson
Production Co: TriStar Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 15, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $37.8M
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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