Serendipity (film) grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. Roger Ebert gave the film 1½ out of 4 stars. Not included within the release of the soundtrack Serendipity (film) Serendipity is a 2001 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Chelsom, written by Marc Klein, and starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale. The music score was composed by Alan Silvestri. During the Christmas season in New York City, Jonathan Trager encounters Sara Thomas at Bloomingdale's while they attempt to buy the same pair of black cashmere gloves. While they are both in relationships, a mutual attraction leads to sharing dessert
Kate Beckinsale "The Independent" felt that "the casting, including Michael Sheen's volcanic Kostya and Kate Beckinsale's steadily freezing Nina, is mainly spot-on." In early 1996, she starred in two further plays; "Sweetheart" at the Royal Court Theatre and "Clocks and Whistles" at the Bush Theatre. Beckinsale next starred in an ITV adaptation of Jane Austen's "Emma", playing Emma to Mark Strong's Mr Knightley and Samantha Morton's Harriet Smith. "You shouldn't necessarily like Emma," Beckinsale has said of her character. "You do love her, but in the way the family of a teenage girl could be exasperated by her outrageous behaviour and still