A Life Less Ordinary (1997)

In Heaven, angels are tasked with ensuring that mortals on Earth find love. The “Captain”, Gabriel, is upset at reviewing the file of angel partners O’Reilly and Jackson, all of whose recent cases have ended in divorce or misery. Gabriel is being pressed for results, so he introduces a radical new incentive: if their latest case isn’t “cracked” – meaning, if the pair in question do not fall, and stay, in love, O’Reilly and Jackson must stay on earth forever, which does not appeal to them. They open their case file to learn their tasks.

Celine Naville is the spoiled twenty-something daughter of a wealthy businessman. When one of her suitors, a loathsome dentist named Elliott, proposes marriage to her, she offers to say yes, but only if he agrees to reenact “William Tell” with an apple on his head. As she takes aim with a pistol, Elliot’s nerves fail; his move results in a minor head wound.