Fools Rush In

Fools Rush In is a 1997 romantic comedy film directed by Andy Tennant. Matthew Perry and Salma Hayek star.

Taglines:
What if finding the love of your life meant changing the life that you loved?
An impulsive love story.

Plot

After meeting in a bathroom line in a local restaurant, Alex (Matthew Perry) and Isabel (Salma Hayek) find an instant connection and sleep together. Three months after their one night stand in Las Vegas, Isabel finds Alex and tells him that she is pregnant. Alex and Isabel decide to get married because she is pregnant with their child. Problems soon arise as they meet each other's families, deal with work colleagues, and most importantly, get to know each other.

The major crisis in the movie is the couple learning to adapt to the culture of their new partner. Isabel is from a Catholic Latino family, while Alex has a straight-laced WASP family.

Trivia

• The role of Alex's father is played by John Bennett Perry, who is Matthew Perry's real-life father.
• Before the movie was filmed, there was no Arizona/Nevada "border" painted on the highway that spans the Hoover Dam. When it was added for the movie, local officials decided to keep it intact after the filming of the movie. As of September 2005 the border painted in the street is no longer there.
• The Elvis impersonator in the early wedding scene, Eddie Powers, works in Las Vegas as an Elvis impersonator and does gigs at such chapels as The Silver Bell Wedding Chapel.

Cast

• Matthew Perry as Alex Whitman
• Salma Hayek as Isabel Fuentes Whitman
• Jon Tenney as Jeff
• John Bennett Perry as Richard Whitman
• Jill Clayburgh as Nan Whitman
• Mark Adair-Rios as Juan Fuentes
• Annie Combs as Dr. Linda Fuentes, OBGYN
• Siobhan Fallon as Lanie
• Carlos Gómez as Chuy