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* SpaghettiAndGondolas: Faith and Kate start their journey in Venice on a gondola, followed by a roadtrip through sunny Tuscan countryside with groves of olive trees (and some [[NunsNRosaries friendly Nuns]] who fix their hire car when it breaks down). When they reach Rome, Kate immediately falls in with a handsome, wealthy Italian businessman who agrees to help Faith find Damon. And when Faith tracks down Damon/Peter, they take a romantic stroll around some of Rome's most prominent landmarks.

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* SpaghettiAndGondolas: Faith and Kate start their journey in Venice on a gondola, followed by a roadtrip through sunny Tuscan countryside with groves of olive trees (and some [[NunsNRosaries friendly Nuns]] Nuns who fix their hire car when it breaks down). When they reach Rome, Kate immediately falls in with a handsome, wealthy Italian businessman who agrees to help Faith find Damon. And when Faith tracks down Damon/Peter, they take a romantic stroll around some of Rome's most prominent landmarks.
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* {{Fainting}}: Faith does this when Peter claims that he's Damon Bradley at first.
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* NiceShoes: As a shoe buyer, it's one of the first things Peter notices about Faith. He later gives her a pair to wear for her meeting with Damon in Positano.
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A 1994 RomanticComedy directed by Norman Jewison, starring Creator/MarisaTomei and Creator/RobertDowneyJr.

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* OliveGarden: Faith and Kate start their journey in Venice on a gondola, followed by a roadtrip through sunny Tuscan countryside with groves of olive trees (and some [[NunsNRosaries friendly Nuns]] who fix their hire car when it breaks down). When they reach Rome, Kate immediately falls in with a handsome, wealthy Italian businessman who agrees to help Faith find Damon. And when Faith tracks down Damon/Peter, they take a romantic stroll around some of Rome's most prominent landmarks.


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* SpaghettiAndGondolas: Faith and Kate start their journey in Venice on a gondola, followed by a roadtrip through sunny Tuscan countryside with groves of olive trees (and some [[NunsNRosaries friendly Nuns]] who fix their hire car when it breaks down). When they reach Rome, Kate immediately falls in with a handsome, wealthy Italian businessman who agrees to help Faith find Damon. And when Faith tracks down Damon/Peter, they take a romantic stroll around some of Rome's most prominent landmarks.
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* MeaningfulName: Peter Wright. [[spoiler:He becomes Faith's Mr Right when she realises at the end that despite everything she does want to be with him.]]
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The film then [[TimeSkip time skips]] fourteen years- Faith (Tomei) is now a school teacher and WideEyedIdealist, albeit one who has given up on finding 'Damon' and is about to marry Dwayne, a boring podiatrist. However, all this is thrown up in the air when Faith overhears an answering machine message left for Dwayne by his old friend who is about to leave town, Damon Bradley. Faith drops everything and decides to chase after him to Italy, accompanied by Kate (Bonnie Hunt), her unhappily married sister-in-law. Faith eventually runs into Damon in UsefulNotes/{{Rome}} and after a romantic evening together... discovers that 'Damon' is actually Peter (Downey), a buyer for a chain of shoe stores. Desperate to stay around Faith, Peter offers to help her track Damon down.

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The film then [[TimeSkip time skips]] fourteen years- Faith (Tomei) is now a school teacher and WideEyedIdealist, albeit one who has given up on finding 'Damon' and is about to marry Dwayne, a boring podiatrist. However, all this is thrown up in the air when Faith overhears an answering machine message left for Dwayne by his old friend who is about to leave town, Damon Bradley. Faith drops everything and decides to chase after him to Italy, accompanied by Kate (Bonnie Hunt), (Creator/BonnieHunt), her unhappily married sister-in-law. Faith eventually runs into Damon in UsefulNotes/{{Rome}} and after a romantic evening together... discovers that 'Damon' is actually Peter (Downey), a buyer for a chain of shoe stores. Desperate to stay around Faith, Peter offers to help her track Damon down.
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1994 RomanticComedy starring Creator/MarisaTomei and Creator/RobertDowneyJr. As a young girl, Faith Corvatch asks a OuijaBoard what the name of her soulmate will be: the ouija board spells out the name 'Damon Bradley'. Faith's belief that this 'Damon' is her true love is later cemented when she and her friends visit a carnival FortuneTeller who confirms that 'Damon Bradley' is the name of the man she will marry.

The film then [[TimeSkip time skips]] fourteen years- Faith (Tomei) is now a school teacher and WideEyedIdealist, albeit one who has given up on finding 'Damon' and is about to marry Dwayne, a boring podiatrist. However, all this is thrown up in the air when Faith overhears an answering machine message left for Dwayne by his old friend who is about to leave town, Damon Bradley. Faith drops everything and decides to chase after him to Italy, accompanied by Kate (Bonnie Hunt), her unhappily married sister-in-law. Faith eventually runs into Damon in UsefulNotes/{{Rome}} and after a romantic evening together... discovers that 'Damon' is actually Peter (Downey Jr.), a buyer for a chain of shoe stores. Desperate to stay around Faith, Peter offers to help her track Damon down.

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A 1994 RomanticComedy directed by Norman Jewison, starring Creator/MarisaTomei and Creator/RobertDowneyJr. Creator/RobertDowneyJr.

As a young girl, Faith Corvatch asks a OuijaBoard what the name of her soulmate will be: the ouija board spells out the name 'Damon Bradley'. Faith's belief that this 'Damon' is her true love is later cemented when she and her friends visit a carnival FortuneTeller who confirms that 'Damon Bradley' is the name of the man she will marry.

The film then [[TimeSkip time skips]] fourteen years- Faith (Tomei) is now a school teacher and WideEyedIdealist, albeit one who has given up on finding 'Damon' and is about to marry Dwayne, a boring podiatrist. However, all this is thrown up in the air when Faith overhears an answering machine message left for Dwayne by his old friend who is about to leave town, Damon Bradley. Faith drops everything and decides to chase after him to Italy, accompanied by Kate (Bonnie Hunt), her unhappily married sister-in-law. Faith eventually runs into Damon in UsefulNotes/{{Rome}} and after a romantic evening together... discovers that 'Damon' is actually Peter (Downey Jr.), (Downey), a buyer for a chain of shoe stores. Desperate to stay around Faith, Peter offers to help her track Damon down.


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1994 RomanticComedy starring Marisa Tomei and Creator/RobertDowneyJr. As a young girl, Faith Corvatch asks a OuijaBoard what the name of her soulmate will be: the ouija board spells out the name 'Damon Bradley'. Faith's belief that this 'Damon' is her true love is later cemented when she and her friends visit a carnival FortuneTeller who confirms that 'Damon Bradley' is the name of the man she will marry.

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1994 RomanticComedy starring Marisa Tomei Creator/MarisaTomei and Creator/RobertDowneyJr. As a young girl, Faith Corvatch asks a OuijaBoard what the name of her soulmate will be: the ouija board spells out the name 'Damon Bradley'. Faith's belief that this 'Damon' is her true love is later cemented when she and her friends visit a carnival FortuneTeller who confirms that 'Damon Bradley' is the name of the man she will marry.
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* FakeNationality: Portuguese actor Joaquim de Almeida as Italian Giovanni
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* LadyInRed: Faith dons a red dress when she goes out to find Damon at the restaurant where he's supposed to be having dinner.
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* ShoutOut: To ''RomanHoliday'' when Faith and Peter visit the Bocca della Verità.

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* ShoutOut: To ''RomanHoliday'' ''Film/RomanHoliday'' when Faith and Peter visit the Bocca della Verità.
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1994 RomanticComedy starring Marisa Tomei and RobertDowneyJr. As a young girl, Faith Corvatch asks a OuijaBoard what the name of her soulmate will be: the ouija board spells out the name 'Damon Bradley'. Faith's belief that this 'Damon' is her true love is later cemented when she and her friends visit a carnival FortuneTeller who confirms that 'Damon Bradley' is the name of the man she will marry.

The film then [[TimeSkip time skips]] fourteen years- Faith (Tomei) is now a school teacher and WideEyedIdealist, albeit one who has given up on finding 'Damon' and is about to marry Dwayne, a boring podiatrist. However, all this is thrown up in the air when Faith overhears an answering machine message left for Dwayne by his old friend who is about to leave town, Damon Bradley. Faith drops everything and decides to chase after him to Italy, accompanied by Kate (Bonnie Hunt), her unhappily married sister-in-law. Faith eventually runs into Damon in UsefulNotes/{{Rome}} and after a romantic evening together.....discovers that 'Damon' is actually Peter (Downey Jr.), a buyer for a chain of shoe stores. Desperate to stay around Faith, Peter offers to help her track Damon down.

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1994 RomanticComedy starring Marisa Tomei and RobertDowneyJr.Creator/RobertDowneyJr. As a young girl, Faith Corvatch asks a OuijaBoard what the name of her soulmate will be: the ouija board spells out the name 'Damon Bradley'. Faith's belief that this 'Damon' is her true love is later cemented when she and her friends visit a carnival FortuneTeller who confirms that 'Damon Bradley' is the name of the man she will marry.

The film then [[TimeSkip time skips]] fourteen years- Faith (Tomei) is now a school teacher and WideEyedIdealist, albeit one who has given up on finding 'Damon' and is about to marry Dwayne, a boring podiatrist. However, all this is thrown up in the air when Faith overhears an answering machine message left for Dwayne by his old friend who is about to leave town, Damon Bradley. Faith drops everything and decides to chase after him to Italy, accompanied by Kate (Bonnie Hunt), her unhappily married sister-in-law. Faith eventually runs into Damon in UsefulNotes/{{Rome}} and after a romantic evening together.....together... discovers that 'Damon' is actually Peter (Downey Jr.), a buyer for a chain of shoe stores. Desperate to stay around Faith, Peter offers to help her track Damon down.
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* OliveGarden: Faith and Kate start their journey in Venice on a gondola, followed by a roadtrip through sunny Tuscan countryside with groves of olive trees (and some [[NunsNRosaries friendly Nuns]] who fix their hire car when it breaks down). When they reach Rome, Kate immediately falls in with a handsome, wealthy Italian businessman who agrees to help Faith find Damon. And when Faith tracks down Damon/Peter, they take a romantic stroll around some of Rome's most prominent landmarks.

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The film then [[TimeSkip time skips]] fourteen years- Faith (Tomei) is now a school teacher and WideEyedIdealist, albeit one who has given up on finding 'Damon' and is about to marry Dwayne, a boring podiatrist. However, all this is thrown up in the air when Faith overhears an answering machine message left for Dwayne by his old friend who is about to leave town, Damon Bradley. Faith drops everything and decides to chase after him to Italy, accompanied by Kate (Bonnie Hunt), her unhappily married sister-in-law. Faith eventually runs into Damon in Rome and after a romantic evening together.....discovers that 'Damon' is actually Peter (Downey Jr.), a buyer for a chain of shoe stores. Desperate to stay around Faith, Peter offers to help her track Damon down.

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The film then [[TimeSkip time skips]] fourteen years- Faith (Tomei) is now a school teacher and WideEyedIdealist, albeit one who has given up on finding 'Damon' and is about to marry Dwayne, a boring podiatrist. However, all this is thrown up in the air when Faith overhears an answering machine message left for Dwayne by his old friend who is about to leave town, Damon Bradley. Faith drops everything and decides to chase after him to Italy, accompanied by Kate (Bonnie Hunt), her unhappily married sister-in-law. Faith eventually runs into Damon in Rome UsefulNotes/{{Rome}} and after a romantic evening together.....discovers that 'Damon' is actually Peter (Downey Jr.), a buyer for a chain of shoe stores. Desperate to stay around Faith, Peter offers to help her track Damon down.






* TheEternalCity: After missing Damon in Venice, Faith and Kate chase after him down to Rome.



* ShoutOut: To ''RomanHoliday'' when Faith and Peter visit the Bocca della Verità.

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* ShoutOut: To ''RomanHoliday'' when Faith and Peter visit the Bocca della Verità.Verità.
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The film then [[TimeSkip time skips]] fourteen years- Faith (Tomei) is now a school teacher and WideEyedIdealist, albeit one who has given up on finding 'Damon' and is about to marry Dwayne, a boring podiatrist. However, all this is thrown up in the air when Faith overhears an answering machine message left for Peter by his old friend who is about to leave town, Damon Bradley. Faith drops everything and decides to chase after him to Italy, accompanied by Kate (Bonnie Hunt), her unhappily married sister-in-law. Faith eventually runs into Damon in Rome and after a romantic evening together.....discovers that 'Damon' is actually Peter (Downey Jr.), a buyer for a chain of shoe stores. Desperate to stay around Faith, Peter offers to help her track Damon down.

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The film then [[TimeSkip time skips]] fourteen years- Faith (Tomei) is now a school teacher and WideEyedIdealist, albeit one who has given up on finding 'Damon' and is about to marry Dwayne, a boring podiatrist. However, all this is thrown up in the air when Faith overhears an answering machine message left for Peter Dwayne by his old friend who is about to leave town, Damon Bradley. Faith drops everything and decides to chase after him to Italy, accompanied by Kate (Bonnie Hunt), her unhappily married sister-in-law. Faith eventually runs into Damon in Rome and after a romantic evening together.....discovers that 'Damon' is actually Peter (Downey Jr.), a buyer for a chain of shoe stores. Desperate to stay around Faith, Peter offers to help her track Damon down.


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* DisposableFiance: Dwayne


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* FirstGuyWins: [[spoiler: Averted with Dwayne, but played straight with Larry.]]
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* SceneryPorn: To be expected, given that the film was shot in UsefulNotes/Italy.

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* SceneryPorn: To be expected, given that the film was shot in UsefulNotes/Italy.Italy.
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** Peter has a jerkass moment
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1994 RomanticComedy starring Marisa Tomei and RobertDowneyJr. As a young girl, Faith Corvatch asks a OuijaBoard what the name of her soulmate will be: the ouija board spells out the name 'Damon Bradley'. Faith's belief that this 'Damon' is her true love is later cemented when she and her friends visit a carnival FortuneTeller who confirms that 'Damon Bradley' is the name of the man she will marry.

The film then [[TimeSkip time skips]] fourteen years- Faith (Tomei) is now a school teacher and WideEyedIdealist, albeit one who has given up on finding 'Damon' and is about to marry Dwayne, a boring podiatrist. However, all this is thrown up in the air when Faith overhears an answering machine message left for Peter by his old friend who is about to leave town, Damon Bradley. Faith drops everything and decides to chase after him to Italy, accompanied by Kate (Bonnie Hunt), her unhappily married sister-in-law. Faith eventually runs into Damon in Rome and after a romantic evening together.....discovers that 'Damon' is actually Peter (Downey Jr.), a buyer for a chain of shoe stores. Desperate to stay around Faith, Peter offers to help her track Damon down.

Needless to say, complications and {{UST}} ensue.

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!!''Only You'' provides examples of:

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Kate, Faith and Leslie
* CityOfCanals: Faith and Kate begin their Italian journey in Venice.
* CrashIntoHello: Faith and Peter's first meeting
* TheEternalCity: After missing Damon in Venice, Faith and Kate chase after him down to Rome.
* FakeNationality: Portuguese actor Joaquim de Almeida as Italian Giovanni
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Faith's brother Larry, who is not only a LazyHusband to Kate, but also [[spoiler: causes (albeit, inadvertantly) Faith's wild goose chase after Damon when he helped her spell out 'Damon Bradley' on the OuijaBoard ''and'' paid off the FortuneTeller to tell Faith he was her soulmate when they were younger]]. When Kate abandons him to go to Italy with Faith however, he misses her and eventually follows her there to make amends for being a bad husband.
** Peter has a jerkass moment
* LadyInRed: Faith dons a red dress when she goes out to find Damon at the restaurant where he's supposed to be having dinner.
* LatinLover: Giovanni
* LoveAtFirstSight: Peter for Faith. It's subverted for Faith when he reveals that he's not Damon after their romantic night out.
* NiceShoes: As a shoe buyer, it's one of the first things Peter notices about Faith. He later gives her a pair to wear for her meeting with Damon in Positano.
* PairTheSpares: Implied with [[spoiler: Dwayne]] and Faith's other friend [[spoiler: Leslie]].
* RaceForYourLove: Arguably the plot of the entire film. Subverted at the end however, where Faith and Peter [[spoiler: finally manage to find Damon on his flight back to the US, only for Faith to realise that it's Peter she wants to be with after all]].
* RunawayFiancee: Faith, who takes off after Damon days before her wedding to Dwyane.
* SceneryPorn: To be expected, given that the film was shot in UsefulNotes/Italy.
* ShoutOut: To ''RomanHoliday'' when Faith and Peter visit the Bocca della Verità.

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