Romantic Fantasy

A film based on the notion of a romance either constructed or reconstructed under impossible circumstances, often with a fantastic and/or supernatural edge to it. Lovers will travel across time or from the netherworld to be reunited and fulfill their passion, often leaving the audience in tears before reassuring them that love conquers all boundaries. In films like A Guy Named Joe, Truly, Madly, Deeply, A Matter Of Life And Death, and Ghost, not even death can keep the star-crossed lovers apart; while in Somewhere In Time the lovers defy the fabric of temporality itself. In other films such as Two Of A Kind and A Life Less Ordinary, emissaries from heaven come down to help unsuspecting couples fall in love. The romantic fantasy plays on the idea that there is a perfect match for everyone out there and on the hope that a love can last forever. It has always been a popular genre for the romantic-minded who know that despite enormous odds, love is all one needs to win before the credits begin to roll.

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