Only You is a 1994 American romantic comedy film directed by Norman Jewison and starring Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr., and Bonnie Hunt. Written by Diane Drake and Malia Scotch Marmo (uncredited), the film is about a young woman whose search for the man she believes to be her soulmate leads her to Italy where she meets her destiny. Upon its release the film received mixed reviews, but critics praised Tomei and Downey's performances.
Plot[]
After playing with a Ouija board with her brother Larry, 11-year-old Faith Corvatch becomes convinced that her soul mate, the man she is destined to be with, is named "Damon Bradley." This belief is strengthened when a few years later a carnival fortune-teller tells her that "Damon Bradley" is the name of the man she will marry.
Fourteen years later, Faith is a teacher at a Catholic school and is engaged to a podiatrist. Ten days before the wedding, Faith learns that her fiancé's high-school classmate, Damon Bradley, is flying to Venice that day. Determined to meet him, Faith follows his trail with her sister-in-law, Kate, from Pittsburgh through Venice and the Italian countryside to a street-side restaurant in Rome, but they keep missing him.
Faith meets a young American, but has no interest until he identifies himself as Damon Bradley. They spend a romantic evening together and fall hopelessly in love. Then he reveals that his actual name is Peter Wright, so she angrily leaves him and prepares to fly back home. Meanwhile, a suave Italian businessman named Giovanni has been wooing Kate.
The next morning Peter tells Faith he searched for Damon overnight, discovering he has moved on to Positano. Giovanni offers to drive the three Americans there. At a posh hotel, Faith meets Damon, a good-looking playboy, and invites him to dinner. Peter spies on them until Damon makes unwelcome sexual advances on Faith. It turns out that this "Damon" really is a friend of Peter's who has helped stage the entire scene.
Back in the United States, Larry finds out that his wife, Kate, is in Italy. He travels there to find her while Kate and Faith are again planning to return home. Larry arrives in time to make up with Kate. He also reveals to her that he intentionally spelled out the name "Damon Bradley" on the Ouija board as a prank, and then paid the fortune-teller to tell Faith that her true love had the same name. He hadn't told her the truth because he feared she would never speak to him again.
Faith and Peter are at the airport when they hear Damon Bradley paged. At the information desk they finally meet Damon. Peter tells him why Faith has been following him, and also that he (Peter) is in love with her, then boards his flight home to Boston. Damon asks Faith if she loves Peter. She realizes that she does and rushes to join him on his plane. The airport staff delays the flight until she can board. She and Peter embrace and kiss as the passengers and crew applaud.
Cast[]
- Marisa Tomei as Faith Corvatch
- Tammy Minoff as Young Faith Corvatch
- Robert Downey Jr. as Peter Wright
- Bonnie Hunt as Kate Corvatch
- Jessica Hertel as Young Kate Corvatch
- Joaquim de Almeida as Giovanni
- Fisher Stevens as Larry Corvatch
- Harry Barandes as Young Larry Corvatch
- Billy Zane as Harry / Fake Damon Bradley
- Siobhan Fallon as Leslie
- John Benjamin Hickey as Dwayne, Faith's Fiancé
- Adam LeFevre as Damon Bradley
- Barbara Cupisti as Anna
- Antonia Rey as Fortune Teller
- Phyllis Newman as Faith's Mother
- Denise Du Maurier as Dwayne's Mother
- Dina Morrone as Shoe Show Announcer