Serendipity (film) 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 at Serendipity 3. Sara reveals her opinion that fate determines many of her decisions in life. They encounter each other again when they both have to return
Kate Beckinsale first place." The film received mainly negative reviews. "Variety" found her performance "one-note" while "The Hollywood Reporter" described her as "one-dimensional." "USA Today" remarked she "spends much of the movie strutting down hallways and looking relentlessly, though blandly, nasty." The "New York Post" asserted Beckinsale "vastly overstays her welcome." The film has grossed $198 million from a production budget of over $200 million. In 2014, Beckinsale starred in the legal thriller "The Trials of Cate McCall" opposite Nick Nolte and James Cromwell. The film received negative reviews and was released as a Lifetime movie. She next appeared in the little-seen