When in Rome (2010 film)

Successful and single 29-year-old Beth (Kristen Bell), an art curator at the Guggenheim, is at a point in her life where love seems like a luxury she can't afford. Waiting for the "perfect" romance has embittered her. After flying to Rome to attend her younger sister Joan's (Alexis Dziena) impulsive wedding, she meets 27-year-old Nicholas Beamon (Josh Duhamel). He rescues her in a couple of difficult situations but they are both clumsy. Still, they hit it off.

As Beth comes to believe in love again, she sees Nick kissing another woman, who turns out to be the groom's (Luca Calvani) "crazy cousin." Slightly drunk and jealous at seeing Nick with another woman, she picks up coins (a poker chip, a rare coin, a penny, a trick quarter and a Euro) from the "fountain of love" (probably based on the Trevi Fountain). Joan tells her that legend says if you take coins from the fountain, the owner of the coin will fall in love with you.

Beth is pursued back in New York City by a band of pushy suitors whose coins she gathered, including a diminutive sausage magnate Al (Danny DeVito), lanky street illusionist Lance (Jon Heder), a doting painter Antonio (Will Arnett), and a narcissistic male model Gale (Dax Shepard). She must return the coins to the fountain to break the spell. As she falls in love with Nick, she realizes that the poker chip belongs to him and is convinced that he is under a spell, not truly in love with her.

Joan calls Beth on the day of a gala and tells her that the spell can also be broken by returning the coins to the original owner. Stacey (Kate Micucci), Beth's secretary, concerned about her, overhears the conversation and steals the coins. She believes that Beth would lead a better life with people loving her, regardless of the spell.

When Beth's suitors all show up together at her apartment, she tells them she does not love them and plans to return their coins. She also tells them of her love for Nick, but realizes that Stacey has stolen the coins. She sets off to retrieve the coins, aided by her suitors. All pile into a yellow Vespa 400 microcar, which careens through city traffic, into the Guggenheim and up an elevator.

Stacey returns the coins and Beth gives them back to their respective owners. Left with the poker chip, she calls Nick and thanks him for making her believe in love again. Nick makes his way to the gala to search for Beth in a sudden lightning storm that hits New York. There he happens to pick up his poker chip, dropped by Beth, and convinces her his love was true.

On Beth and Nick's wedding day in Rome, Lance tells her he had several poker chips, and Nick did not break out of the spell. While exchanging wedding vows, Beth hesitates and dashes out of the church. She revisits the fountain and wades in again. Nick appears and joins her in the fountain. He said he had never thrown a chip in. He drops a poker chip in the water, and the priest is heard yelling, "Free of temptation!" Beth finally believes Nick and kisses him.

• Kristen Bell as Elizabeth Ann "Beth" Martin, a successful art curator at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.[3]
• Josh Duhamel as Nick Beamon, a semi-confident and nervous young man who is in love with Beth.[4]
• Alexis Dziena as Joan Martin, Beth's younger sister[5]
• Peggy Lipton as Priscilla Martin, Beth and Joan's mother.
• Luca Calvani as Umberto, Joan's groom, whom she met on a business flight.
• Jon Heder as Lance, a street magician who uses his talents to try to get Beth[3]
• Danny DeVito as Al Russo, another one of Beth's suitors and a sausage king.[6]
• Dax Shepard as Gale, a self-absorbed suitor who falls under the spell of the coins and chases Beth[3]
• Will Arnett as Antonio Donatelo, a.k.a. Anthony or Tony, a "wannabe" Italian artist who follows Beth to New York[4]
• Anjelica Huston as Celeste, Beth's boss and director of the Guggenheim[4]
• Kate Micucci as Stacey, Beth's co-worker and friend
• Don Johnson as Beth's father[7] (uncredited)
• Lee Pace as Brady Sacks, Beth's ex-boyfriend
• Bobby Moynihan as Puck
• Kristen Schaal as Ilona
• Alexa Havins as Lacey
• Francesco De Vito as Taxi Driver.
• Shaquille O'Neal, Lawrence Taylor and David Lee appear as themselves.
• Efren Ramirez as Juan
• Keir O'Donnell as Priest (Father Dino)

1. "Starstrukk" by 3OH!3 featuring Katy Perry
2. "Stupid Love Letter" by The Friday Night Boys
3. "Heart Bling" by Sofi Bonde
4. "Kickin' with You" by Jason Mraz
5. "Something Beautiful" by Needtobreathe
6. "How Far We've Come" by Matchbox Twenty
7. "I Am Changing" by Mafia Bianca
8. "Shine" by Laura Izibor
9. "Honey, Let Me Sing You a Song" by Matt Hires
10. "Hold On to Your Heart" by Tina Parol
11. "Fox on the Run" by The Academy Is...
12. "Pencil Full of Lead" by Paolo Nutini

Songs from film, but not on soundtrack

• "Make You Feel My Love" by Adele
• "Ave Maria" by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
• "If You Can Afford Me" by Katy Perry
• "Cherry Pie" by Warrant

The telephone call scene features the song "I Am Changing" by the Los Angeles band Mafia Bianca LLC, written and produced by Simone Sello and Steven Heinstein.

• Filming took place in Trafford, PA[3]
• To promote the film, Don Johnson and Jon Heder co-hosted WWE's Monday Night RAW on January 18, 2010.
• The 3OH!3 music video for "Starstrukk Remix" featuring Katy Perry was set around motifs seen in and clips around When in Rome, and the song was on the film's soundtrack.
• The Friday Night Boys used clips from the movie in their music video for "Stupid Love Letter", which was featured on the movie soundtrack and in some of the previews for the movie.

When Beth hands back the coins to Antonio, Lance, Gale, and Al, it is a parody of The Wizard of Oz, and Beth represents the Wizard giving each one something. Beth tells Gale that she will miss him "least of all". The line is a reversal of what Dorothy Gale says to the Scarecrow ("I'll miss you most of all") when she bids goodbye to him near the end of the film.

The plot of the film is the reverse of the 1954 film Three Coins in the Fountain about women in Rome who throw coins in a fountain and find love.

It is one of the films most shown by the Brazilian film program Sessão da Tarde since 2012, with its re-release airing between one and two months.

When in Rome was released June 15, 2010, on DVD and Blu-ray Disc.

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