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My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
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Reviews Counted:53
Fresh:39
Rotten:14
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: Julia Roberts and Rupert Everett dazzle in this screwball comedy.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: When Julianne made a deal with her best friend Michael to marry each other if, by the ripe old age of 28, they had not yet found their true love, she never really doubted it would come to pass. But... When Julianne made a deal with her best friend Michael to marry each other if, by the ripe old age of 28, they had not yet found their true love, she never really doubted it would come to pass. But jealousy rears its ugly head when she discovers he's engaged to another woman, and, what's more, that she's perfect for him. What's a jilted bride-to-be to do? A hijinx-filled romantic caper. Academy Award Nomination: Best Original Musical or Comedy Score. [More]
Starring: Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett
Starring: Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett, Philip Bosco, M. Emmet Walsh, Rachel Griffiths, Susan Sullivan, Carrie Preston, Chris Masterson, Paul Giamatti, Rose Abdoo, Paul Gleixner, Scott Kuhagen, Shale Marks, Harry Shearer, Ray Uhler
Director: P.J. Hogan
Director: P.J. Hogan
Screenwriter: Ronald Bass
Composer: James Newton Howard
Producer: Ronald Bass, Jerry Zucker
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Reviews for My Best Friend's Wedding
The draggy narrative of this 1997 comedy is tough to sit through -- there are even several overproduced musical numbers -- but it does have an intriguing subversive element that I don't want to give away.
Hogan's follow-up to Muriel's Wedding rolls smoothly over the bumps in the plot, oiled by a witty acerbic script and strong central performances.
This amiable comedy may not be hugely sophisticated, but Hogan does manage to make his attractive leads look like complete idiots, no mean achievement in image-obsessed Hollywood.
Anchored by skilled comedienne Julia Roberts, this skewered variation on jealousy and the wrong woman doing battle in the aisles is a winning balance of the familiar and the novel.
The Roberts audiences knew and loved is back--not only has the smile returned, but also the glow, the joy of performance.
The film's brazen amorality gradually freezes the smile on your face.
For those of us not so enthralled with Ms. Roberts, you'll have to endure the movie, but will be mildly entertained with good, old music and some stellar comedy provided almost entirely by Rupert Everett.
A romantic comedy significantly darker, more realistic and more intelligent than Hollywood examples of the same genre.
This delightful comedy about love, friendship and the hazards of lying comes not a moment too soon for anyone overwhelmed by the current glut of summer movie mayhem.
[The film's] virtues...make such a vivid and appealing impression that we forget, ignore, or fail even to notice those elements that are less successful.
Not only does this modern-day screwball romp manage to be romantic and comical, it also offers Julia Roberts a chance to shine again in the kind of movie that she does best.
A misbegotten attempt to update the genre that only proves the enduring -- if not downright inviolable -- appeal of the boy-meets-girl scenario.
There are many humorous moments throughout, though some of the more outrageous segments seem too contrivedly wacky.
My Best Friend's Wedding is a well-paced fun flick that women will enjoy and men will too if they are on a date.
Every once in a long while, along comes a refreshing change like My Best Friend's Wedding, a movie whose appeal rests largely on its knack for defying our expectations by riffing off, even undermining, a familiar genre.
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