Usually on Wednesdays, we watch an action/martial arts film for Ass Whoopin Wednesdays, but with only four days left we are postponing it. Ever since the release of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, I wanted there to be a Portuguese version of that film and I think we finally got it with A Date With Miss Fortune which is today’s film. Jack Ratner (Ryan Scott) has been down on his luck after getting fired from one job and decides that he wants to travel the world, but that all changes with a chance meeting. After meeting the very superstitious Portuguese beauty Maria (Jeannette Sousa), he decides to stay and the two get into a relationship, but that will prove to be a challenge for Jack as he deals with her beliefs and her crazy Portuguese family. The film also stars Joaquim de Almeida (Diablo) as Jose, Vik Sahay (My Awkward Sexual Adventure) as Wilson, Claudia Ferri (40 Is The New 20) as Anna Maria, Nelly Furtado (Score: A Hockey Musical) as Nelia, George Stroumboulopoulos (Hobo With A Shotgun) as Paul, Aris Athanasopoulos (The Strain) as Marco, Maria Vacratsis (My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2) as Señora Maria, Shawn Desman (Kangaroo Jack) as Emanuel, and the film was directed by John L’Ecuyer (Ready Or Not).
I have to admit that at times I had a lot of fun with the film because the craziness of the family definitely reminded me of mine which made it fun to watch. There of course was a lot of the stereotypes written into the film like our obsession with football and Cristiano Ronaldo as well as the superstitions and how proud we are of our culture was very real. The film further addressed my theory of why I do not date Portuguese women because they are a pain in the you know what. There were a couple of things that bothered me about the film and that is one the timeline isn’t really addressed very well because we find out that she is pregnant, but when they make up she is about to deliver the baby. Now, the time that they spend apart doesn’t seem like nine months, but I assume that we have to think that. The other thing is that she doesn’t look like she is struggling or having a baby at all when that is happening and the baby looks way to clean for a home birth. Those are just minor details that I can definitely look past because the story was well written, it had it’s conflicts and turning points. It was a typical romantic comedy that delivered throughout the film and I love the style. In between the current timeline, they would always go back to the first time they met as sort of cutaway point for them to move on in the script and I liked that. I am hoping that somewhere down the line, they do what My Big Fat Greek Wedding did and come back with a sequel some years later. We’ll just have to wait and see. I am going to give the film an A- for a final grade.
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