Nick and Jane (1997)
Directed by Rich Mauro
Genres - Comedy, Romance |
Sub-Genres - Romantic Comedy |
Release Date - Nov 14, 1997 (USA - Unknown), Nov 14, 1997 (USA) |
Run Time - 94 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Bhob Stewart
With nods in direction of Picture Perfect and Pretty Woman, this romantic comedy opens with classy corporate executive Jane (Dana Wheeler-Nicholson) discovering her boyfriend/colleague John (John Dossett) in bed with another woman. Exiting into the New York night, she grabs a rundown Checker cab, driven by Nick (James McCaffrey). Jane's friend Vickie (Lisa Gay Hamilton), who thinks Jane should make John jealous, hatches a plan that would give taxi-driver Nick a fake executive background with an alias, "Nolan Miller." Falling for this, John suggests Jane invite Nolan to the annual company luncheon. Jane promises Nick an easy $1500 if he will go through with the charade, and he agrees. Then comes the gender-switch on Pretty Woman as Nick gets a Madison Avenue makeover. By this time, naturally, Jane is realizing she's attracted to Nick, and events become triangulated.
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break-up [romantic], cab-driver, executive, makeover