![]() Oddly enough his one effort at meddling almost screws up the situation in the film for Bullock, Pullman, and Gallagher. The only one who knows the truth is the family friend Sam (Jack Warden) and he too feels that the news has to be broken carefully (he loves the family and doesn't want them hurt). Although Jack (Pullman) is constantly questioning Bullock's story, each time she gives a plausible explanation of what is going on, and Pullman likes her enough to accept these explanations. But the audience is allowed to suspend it's disbelief because the characters are uniformly likable. This is one of those films that would take only a few minutes to quickly resolve in the real world, where Bullock would have told the truth early on. And it is all done in a most charming manner. The film shows how these problems are resolved. Bullock and Pullman find that they are also growing more attracted to each other. Only his brother (Bill Pullman) has real doubts, and keeps mentioning them (and keeps apologizing for them. Soon she is treated as a member of this nice family as a member (well, she did save Gallagher, and she is thought to be his fiancé). She tries to tell them the truth, but when she learns his grandmother (Glynis Johns) has a heart problem she hesitates. Gallagher is in a coma and (due to a well-intentioned nurse) Bullock is introduced to the family of Gallagher as his fiancé. She has noted one man who uses the station all the time (Peter Gallagher), and rescues him when he is thrown onto the train tracks just before a train comes into the station. She has no family, and is usually stuck doing holiday shifts in the Chicago transit system (as a toll booth clerk on the elevated railway). Sandra Bullock is a working girl who wants to travel. A wonderful and nearly perfect film-a terrific date movie or just a film if you could use a laugh or smile. While I may sound like a fathead, I really can't understand why the score is so low as the writing is so clever, the acting excellent and the ensemble supporting cast so sweet while not being saccharine. Oddly,despite having so much going for it, the rating for this is surprisingly low her on IMDb AND Leonard Maltin's guide also gives it a pretty low score. It's very engaging and sweet and I enjoyed it significantly more than SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (another fine film)-mostly because the film has such a great sense of humor. Also, despite this very simple plot, the film does a great job of setting the mood and creating characters you will love. This is a lovely romantic comedy-one of the best of the last several decades. Through a funny mistake, the hospital staff thing she's his fiancée and the problem quickly snowballs when his family arrives and they, too, think she's engaged to their son. Sandra pulls him off the track and accompanies his to the hospital, as he's in a coma. One day, this customer is robbed and thrown onto the track as a train is coming. Her life is so empty that she begins fantasizing about having a relationship with a handsome customer. Sandra Bullock plays a lonely lady who works in a toll booth for the elevated train in Chicago.
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