Nicolas Cage and Bridget Fonda star in a feel-good dramedy that's not quite syrupy enough to make you hate it. Heck, it's actually pretty diverting in its own low-stakes, idealistic way, although we could all have done without Rosie Perez's screeching. In it, Cage's Mary Sue cop promises half of his prospective lottery winnings to Fonda's down-on-her-luck waitress, only to go and win a cool $4 million and follow through on the promise. Fame, fortune and, naturally, romance awaits them, but there has to be a catch. That catch is Cage's hectoring wife (Perez), whose suspicious view of Cage and Fonda's friendship, to say nothing of her newly-awakened greed, lead to divorce court and ruin for the lovebirds. Fortunately, a New York Post photographer (Isaac Hayes) swoops in to save the day with some good PR and the day is saved. All is right in Cage/Fonda world and the viewer goes home happy. It worked on me anyway.
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