Moonstruck (1987)

When a late 30ish widow (Cher) agrees to marry a 40ish mama's boy (Danny Aiello) shortly before he flies off to Sicily to see his dying mother, she promises to contact his estranged brother (Nicolas Cage) and invite him to the wedding. What happens next is the last thing she expected. Directed by Norman Jewison (FIDDLER ON THE ROOF) from an original screenplay by John Patrick Shanley. This contemporary screwball comedy is also one of the great movie romantic comedies of all time. Everything is perfectly in place yet it feels refreshingly dizzy and spontaneous. Shanley's dialog is sharp yet with the ring of a loopy romanticism. The biggest compliment I can give it is that it makes you want to fall in love! And the cast! Everyone at the top of their game. Cher is winning, Cage has never been more appealing and Olympia Dukakis as her mother gets as close to stealing the movie as anybody. It puts the calculated mechanics of romcoms like WHEN HARRY MET SALLY to shame. Lovingly shot by David Watkin (OUT OF AFRICA). With Vincent Gardenia, John Mahoney, Julie Bovasso, Louis Guss, Feodor Chaliapin and Anita Gillette.