Review of Forces of Nature (1999) by Xenophobe114 — 24 Jun 2021

Mother nature wants Ben and Sandra to stay together. Or does she?

This movie won't be to everyone's taste, but I liked it a lot. If you want it to be a screwball comedy, you'll be very disappointed. There are a couple of discernible themes, one of which is the idea of Nature herself using all her formidable powers to throw the two main characters together and prevent the young man from marrying the wrong woman, the one he's trying to reach through fire, flood, hail, wind, you name it. Some of the effects are enchanting, to use an old-fashioned word. In the end, as fun as it was to imagine an all-powerful benevolent Force at work, you realize it was all just random coincidence -- beautiful, scary, sometimes hilarious, but with no "mind" or "purpose" driving it. The other theme is the theme of marriage, in particular the problem of finding just the right person, which also involves chance and luck. Take it, run with it, says the movie.