Chances Are

chances are is kind of sappy, a little slow, totally unbelievable, oddly sexy, sweet, and kind of pleasantly enjoyable. i also can't believe i'd never seen this before! it seems so perfect for tbs on a sunday afternoon-how did i miss this one all these years? robert downey jr. is totally hot, and his wonderful comic talent made the film all the more engaging. personally i can take or leave mary stuart masterson--and the horrible bowl haircut she's sporting is kind of revolting. ryan o'neal is just plain smarmy, and cybill shepherd is so lovely. i was surprised at how kind of sexy things got, particularly between corinne (shepherd) and alex (downey), but then kept reminding myself that there was no way in h-e-double hockey sticks that in a late 80s romantic comedy would those two characters ever be allowed to go all the way, so it was kind of a tease. everything got tidied up at the end, which was entirely to be expected, but the best part of all was that it turns out the 'love theme' is cher and peter cetera singing "after all" which rocks my face out in all its 1989 pop ballad glory. i immediately went and downloaded the song and can now recreate all its wonderousness on my ipod while i'm stuck in traffic.