Would you know it if you met one of your Soul Mates? Being a Psychic (and Soul Mate Matchmaker) I know full well that destiny does indeed have a sense of humor. I see it everyday and into my dreams. This great little flick will let you get a real sense of what I see everyday.

Ratings don't always say it like it is, so as an experienced mom, auntie and grandmother I'll point out that this movie is great for the 11 years olds (younger might not "get it") and up. The audience at the Edmonton premiere were ranged in age from young adults to the gray hairs and what surprised me was that the men in the audience were oohing and ahhing as much as the ladies - so it's not just a "chick flick" or a "date to mate" film. It will obviously attract the "new-age" believers but really, this one is for everyone; non-denominational and not at all insulting.

There were a fair amount of my fans in the audience as well as a few JETIU Online Team members; many of whom have contacted me already to comment that they noticed a few of my own popular catch phrases and trademark lines were used in this flick. So, it's tough to complain when this movie's writer (or research department) came up with such good stuff!

This is a romantic comedy about soul mates, destiny and really good friends. Sara (Kate Beckinsale) and Jonathan (John Cusack) are typical New Yorkers doing their last minute Christmas shopping for their lovers. They meet each other in a crowded department store over a pair of cashmere gloves -- and fall in love at first site. They both know they are smitten, and as both are attached-at-the-hip to other people they try to disguise their mutual attraction. Over a fabulous looking hot chocolate/latte at a little café called "Serendipity" (which is Sarah's favorite word and so she is a frequent guest of the joint) they realize they can't play the "just friends" game and they attempt to exchange telephone numbers. The one liner's are a winfall in this movie for every single guy falling for another man's woman. The winter wind blows the paper with the all-important name and phone # away - Sarah translates this as an act of fate.

She tells Jonathan that if they are really meant to be together, he will search for and find the book she is currently reading, "Love in the Time of Cholera"; which she has written her name and phone number in and which she will place in a second hand book store the next morning. Yes, Sara is a devotee of the new age philosophy that "everything happens for a reason", and that destiny will have it's own way. Jonathan, frustrated, plays her game for fear of loosing her altogether - and because Sara gives him no option as she is rather fanatical about the whole issue. It's only insinuated that deep down he is a believer too. He has already written his name and number on a $5.00 bill, which was grabbed and falls into circulation so he tells her that if it comes back into her hands, she too will know for sure that their destiny is to be together. The rollercoaster of fun begins as these two try to force destiny's hand by a romp through the Waldorf Hotel and it's elevators. This scene had the crowd in stitches!

A few years pass and Jonathan is to marry a lovely girl, (Sara's best friend's friend) that looks a lot like Sara (which because it isn't directly pointed out, I appreciated). Jonathan's best friend Dean (Jeremy Piven) gives a hilarious speech at the engagement party only to be told the next day that he must assist Jonathan in finding the girl with the one cashmere glove - Jonathan can't get her off his mind and wonders if he is making a big mistake marrying anyone else.

Meanwhile, Sara is lover to Lars (John Corbett) a romantic, sweet, considerate and famous new age wind instrument musician (a Zamphir spoof). Sara is a therapist and actually counsels her clients not to wait for destiny to make or break their love lives, rather to seize the moment and make their own destiny. However, she secretly harbors her spiritual core-beliefs in her off-duty life. (A sad statement of fact is that many of the psychologists and psychiatrists who visit my office would never admit to having a belief in psychism and/or new age spirituality outside of my office, they fear they'd loose their licenses and/or be laughed at behind their backs by their peers; this is a legitimate fear.) Sara has never gotten over Jonathan - though she doesn't know his name. Sara's bet buddy Eve (Molly Shannon) is something to see, as usual.

Telling any more would ruin the movie for you, so I won't.

The writer, Marc Klein, clearly shows what destiny has in mind for these two and all without any explicit nudity or profanity; a feat delicately preserved by Director, Peter Chelsom. I laughed, I cried, I laughed again. I was actually surprised by the amount of research and care that the crew took in creating this great depiction of what I have coined as "Life Plans", "Life Plan Contracts"; and that without confusing the audience or boring them they raised a few common skeptical but important questions such as: if life is controlled by destiny (Life Plans) then why bother trying to test it--why bother making any personal decisions at all? I felt this was a good and very appropriate question to point out in this movie, the answer is: Destiny is going to happen regardless of liking it or not, and it all comes together in the most amazing ways. I am a stickler for making it clear that "there is as much to learn in sorrow as there is in joy".

Yes, Destiny can be a pain, the people important in our lives (Life Plan Contracts) can at times be a drag - but as I have learned through experience (and by actually speaking to the not-so-dead Dead), one has to live one's Life Plan (destiny), which they chose before they even got here on earth, in order to learn from it because eventually we die - and then we really know what our fleshly lives were all about and why life happened like it did. We then know that if we didn't bother to live to the fullest we not only cheat our life partner's of their learning experiences but we cheat ourselves and may need to re-experience that which we took for granted of or out and out ingored while we were fleshed. I enjoyed that the main characters didn't know exactly how each other came full circle, to finally get together. Marc Klein and Peter Chelsom allowed the characters to just feel, and to sense that what-ever was pulling them together was part of their own - and their loved ones - big picture; to trust in their destiny, to recognize it as destiny, and not take it for granted. The cast appeared to genuinely feel their characters and believe in the story line.

The crew didn't leave any detail out and actually managed to do so while keeping the audience anticipations high while adding enough little surprises to never really allow the viewer to get ahead of the next detail . Nothing boring in this flick, it was put together very well. Sure, it was carefully contrived, but Life Plans have so many ins and outs that the beauty of the flick is that they didn't leave any loose ends, satisfying the critics, and entertained the viewer at the same time, that's tough to do without becoming so convoluted that the movie ends up flopping.

JETIU Online Team Member, CPI Private Investigator, John Fedoriuk, was in the audience and commented that "the search process" that Jonathan embarked on to find Sarah is "unrealistic and would take a lot more time than the movie depicted, even for a professional" and "I wouldn't even start a project like that without a psychic resource assistant". However, he laughed (I saw him!) and so obviously he enjoyed the movie.

I'm not a journalist, financially or politically tied to anyone but myself. As much as I was invited by Alliance Atlantis as a special guest to help promote this movie I found it uncommon that they didn't ask me to spin doctor my review. Rather, they asked me to give my honest and educated opinion. Of course, I would have done that anyhow, I don't cave-in! I only mention this because I liked their obvious confidence in the movie's message and intent. It really takes a lot of courage to invite a mouthy diva of destiny to your movie and then tell her she doesn't have to kiss anything for it. That's a fearless and honest attitude we should see more of nowadays.

Serendipity is a good example of Life Plans, Life Plan Contracts (respective in particular to Soul-Mate concepts and significant player patterns). For Laypersons, Beginner or Level I to Level II students. A good "example movie" for Psychic ASA (re: general LPC, BPE and 3D EE's in particular) to FSV Educators, Intuitive Teachers all levels, and parapsychological Teachers for year one or two classes. Good example movie for Private Investigative Instructors for Professional levels (time sequencing, etc.) - however in this regard the example would only be relative to the student as an example of unrealistic expectations and deployment of operative plan graphing and the suitability of using a pro. Psychic (or not) for initial leads through to wrap-up for cost & time efficiency, remote viewing plausibility's and psychometric measures or viability.