Review of Three Coins in the Fountain

It's hard to believe that films like this were popular at the time, but they were. The biggest drawback is the almost total lack of a story or stories; three American females fall in love in Rome, and that's it. It's a decent cast, though, and the performances are pretty good. There is fairly extensive footage of Rome and Venice which, given the lack of any real story at all, actually lends to the film's appeal. The eponymous song also won the Oscar that year. If you look up the word "contrived" in the dictionary, there should be a video of this film's ending -- a Hollywood happy ending, of course. Believe it or not, the film was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar -- Wow!