The Fantasticks

2000 · 1h 26m · 5.5

Comedy, Music, Romance

Widowers Amos and Ben plot to romantically unite Amos' daughter Luisa and Ben's son Matt by pretending to feud and forbidding the teens to associate, knowing they will resist their fathers' interference. As the youngsters fall in love, the fathers plot to end the 'feud' by hiring a travelling showman to fake an abduction and allow Matt to 'rescue' Luisa.

Michael Ritchie

Joel Grey, Brad Sullivan, Joey McIntyre, Jean Louisa Kelly, Barnard Hughes, Jonathon Morris, Teller, Arturo Gil, Tony Cox, Victoria Stevens

carnival, forbidden love, musical, romcom, based on play or musical, film in film, abduction, doomed romance