RELEASED IN 1997 and directed by Andy Tennant, "Fools Rush In" is a romantic dramedy about a casual night of passion between a successful New Yorker (Matthew Perry) and a Mexican immigrant (Salma Hayek), but they learn that love is more than a Vegas marriage & an Elvis impersonator when dealing with conflicting families and traditions.This is a generally amusing "chick flick" focusing on Gringo/Latino relations, albeit formulaic. Some jokes fall flat, but they're well intended. Perry makes for a likable male protagonist while Salma Hayek is winsome in her physical prime; and Suzanne Snyder in secondary role is nothing to sneeze at. Meanwhile Jon Tenney appears as the protagonist's best friend. The Las Vegas area locations are picturesque.THE MOVIE RUNS 1 hour, 49 minutes and was shot in Nevada/Arizona (Las Vegas, Henderson, Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and Grand Canyon) and Rancho de las Golondrinas, New Mexico (standing in for central Mexico).GRADE: B-/C+

This is a delightful romantic comedy. Blue-blooded Manhattan-based New Englander, Alex Whitman (Matthew Perry), gets feisty Mexican, Isabel Fuentes (Salma Hayek) pregnant during a one-night stand when he is sent to Las Vegas to build a night club. After a mystifying post-coital disappearance, she re-appears three months later to announce her condition. Following their spur of the moment wedding at a Las Vegas chapel with an Elvis impersonator as their witness, there ensues much predictable mayhem and comic intimidation at the hands of Isabel's father, brothers and ex-fiancé. Fire is added to the flames when Whitman's straight-laced parents, who know nothing of the marriage, turn up unannounced. Isabel's volatile temperament and disagreements over whether to live in Las Vegas or New York add to the mix.The chemistry between Salma Hayek and Matthew Perry is delightful and sweet. The basic them of two people making a big mistake during a drunken night out, falling in love, dealing with multi-cultural issues coming from two different worlds, has been done before, but this was done with such a truly fresh and cute twist on it. Matthew Perry is at his usual hilarious and very witty best, and Salma Hayek is utterly adorable, feisty, sexy, cute and sweet. As you see the two of them stepping up to the responsibilities of what they have done, and trying to accept their whirlwind romance, there are some of the classic things you would expect as Matthew Perry's well to do, rich parents from the Northeast suddenly realize their sun lives with a woman in Las Vegas that has turned their home into a little Mexico. The actors involved do credit to the movie. What else is there to say! Overall rating: 8 out of 10.

This movie is a perfect love movie and Salma's acting was phenomenal. I also noticed that this movie contains few of real life story of Salma's (I read about her in Wikipedia). Everything was made to perfect, right from Isabel- Alex's first meet, romance, love, family introduction, marriage, first night, misunderstandings, separation and love after all. Being an Indian, I visited Vegas twice but after watching this movie, I'm gonna visit Vegas again in a completely different approach and also planned to visit Mexico. Matthew's acting was also remarkable. After all, the primary reason why I appreciate this movie is that it reflects what happened in my life. So... Good work Salma (you look gorgeous in this movie), Matthew and the director.

I can't recall movies falling in this genre making huge, big bucks, I can't recall movies falling in this genre being 100% realistic.But, this movie is something maybe people who are in inter cultural marriages can relate to or maybe not. This movie is based on a true story, it's about a one night stand, a pregnancy and how it takes toll on the lives of two people who barely know each other yet share the most complex bond there is.Salma Hayek is awesome and very pretty in this movie, and yes she looks like a natural, casual effortless beauty. I expect when this movie was released Matthew Perry was at the epitome of his career and the zenith of his looks!It's a good watch people. I mean you won't waste your time watching this sometimes things may get predictable but I suggest you go with it...