When Nice Guys Win

While You Were Sleeping 1995 is one of my absolutely favorite romantic comedies and it would make a fantastic date night movie.

Sandra Bullock plays a Lucy, a Cinderella character, down on her luck, who has a crush on Peter Gallagher, a handsome man who buys train tokens from her. She ends up saving his life and pretending to be his fiancé while he is in a coma. (Don’t ask – it works in the movie, so just watch it). The romantic hero is Jack, Peter’s brother. But although Lucy falls in love with Jack, she also falls in love with his quirky family and they fall in love with her. That’s what really works in this movie.

Another thing I love about this movie is how Jack, falling for Lucy, is determined to be honorable. He doesn’t want to take his brother’s girl. Their romance is funny and emotional. It’s also one of the few movies that makes a Nice Guy interesting. He doesn’t have to go through a personality change to win the girl.

It has one of the few screenplays that I wish I had written. Superb.

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