"Meet-cute" is a reference to the usually zany, amusing, unlikely ways that a future romantic couple first meet in romantic comedies. We know from the adorable pairing that they are destined to fall in love. The heyday of "Meet-Cute" scenarios was in the 1930's screwball comedies. To be a successful "meet cute" situation, the male character must be a certain charming type and the female character must be a strong heroine.
Ernst Lubitsch, the director of Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, is credited with coining the term "meet cute" and my all-time favorite "meet cute" moment is from that movie. In the movie Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper met in a department store and they were at the pajama counter but the store sold only packages of pajamas with the tops and bottoms together. Colbert's character wanted only the pajama TOP and Cooper's character wanted only the pajama BOTTOM.
Some of my other favorites:
In It Happened One Night: Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable met while arguing over the last seat on a bus and she fell asleep with her head on his shoulder.
In Bringing Up Baby, Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn met when she mistook his golf ball for her own.
In The Lady Eve Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda met when she deliberately stuck out her foot to trip him and then chastised him for breaking the heel from her shoe.
In Mr. Deeds Goes To Town, Jean Arthur met Gary Cooper metwhen she pretended to faint outside his mansion.
In Singin' In The Rain, Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds met when he was running away from fans and he jumped over the tops of cars, trolleys, and taxis and landed in her convertible.
In 101 Dalmatians the dog Pongo caused his owner and Perdita's owner to meet by tangling up the dog leashes and propelling them into a pond.
Some more recent movies have also had some "meet-cute" moments:
In Serendipity, John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale met when they both tried to grab a pair of cashmere gloves at Bloomingdale's.
In The Wedding Planner, Matthew McConaughey met Jennifer Lopez when he saved her life by rescuing her from a runaway dumpster.
Ironically, in The Holiday, the character played by Eli Wallach, is a screenwriter, and he mentioned the pajama top/bottom scene from the Ernst Lubitsch classic, but Kate Winslet and Jack Black's characters met because of trading the London house for the Los Angeles home of Cameron Diaz.
Some of my other favorites:
In It Happened One Night: Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable met while arguing over the last seat on a bus and she fell asleep with her head on his shoulder.
In Bringing Up Baby, Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn met when she mistook his golf ball for her own.
In The Lady Eve Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda met when she deliberately stuck out her foot to trip him and then chastised him for breaking the heel from her shoe.
In Mr. Deeds Goes To Town, Jean Arthur met Gary Cooper metwhen she pretended to faint outside his mansion.
In Singin' In The Rain, Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds met when he was running away from fans and he jumped over the tops of cars, trolleys, and taxis and landed in her convertible.
In 101 Dalmatians the dog Pongo caused his owner and Perdita's owner to meet by tangling up the dog leashes and propelling them into a pond.
Some more recent movies have also had some "meet-cute" moments:
In Serendipity, John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale met when they both tried to grab a pair of cashmere gloves at Bloomingdale's.
In The Wedding Planner, Matthew McConaughey met Jennifer Lopez when he saved her life by rescuing her from a runaway dumpster.
Ironically, in The Holiday, the character played by Eli Wallach, is a screenwriter, and he mentioned the pajama top/bottom scene from the Ernst Lubitsch classic, but Kate Winslet and Jack Black's characters met because of trading the London house for the Los Angeles home of Cameron Diaz.
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