Fools Rush In (1997)

Director
Andy Tennant

Main cast
Matthew Perry; Salma Hayek; Jon Tenney; Siobhan Fallon; Angelina Torres

Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance

Description
Alex Whitman (Matthew Perry) is a designer from New York City who is sent to Las Vegas to supervise the construction of a nightclub that his firm has been hired to build. Alex is a straight-laced WASP-ish type who, while enjoying a night on the town, meets Isabel Fuentes (Salma Hayek), a free-spirited Mexican-American photographer. Alex and Isabel are overtaken by lust at first sight and end up sp


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