This film is for the the incurable romantics and believers of fate and serendipity It is mushy and cheesy in parts in a sweet sort of a way.
The setting is New York and the players are two Asian American teenagers Daniel and Natasha who meet accidentally ,spend the entire day together and eventually fall in love as predicted by Daniel. Natasha is spending her last day in New York as her family has been deported and they have to move to Jamaica the next day. She is making a last ditch effort through immigration authorities to get them to cancel the deportation. Daniel is a romantic self made poet on the way to reluctantly attend an interview which will help him to get admitted to a medical course (something which his parents desperately want). Daniel gets attracted to Natasha since the Latin phrase which he likes is also inscribed on Natasha's backpack, that is" Deus ex machina" (which means an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation). He has just heard that one needs to " open one's heart to destiny". He also feels that if he now makes eye contact with Natasha for 4 minutes, she will fall in love with him.
These two teenagers whose beliefs are opposites in nature meet and argue about life, destiny, future etc. Daniel feels that they are destined to be together but she feels otherwise. A couple of events follow on that day ( coincidences as per Natasha and strokes of serendipity as per Daniel ), which bring both together and love happens.
Both teenagers make the proceedings lovable with their natural acting, and the setting of New York becomes an active part of the plot. The director Russo Young has made a sweet film for the young which is engaging fare.
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