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Runaway Bride

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Runaway Bride (1999)

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Reviews Counted:82

Fresh:37

Rotten:45

Average Rating:5.3/10

Consensus: Cliche story with lack of chemistry between Richard Gere and Julia Roberts.

Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Ike Graham (Richard Gere) is a New York newspaper columnist with a problem - his deadline is an hour away, his ex-wife is his boss and his writer's block is working overtime. Retreating to his... Ike Graham (Richard Gere) is a New York newspaper columnist with a problem - his deadline is an hour away, his ex-wife is his boss and his writer's block is working overtime.

Retreating to his favorite watering hole to "brainstorm," Ike hears about a young woman in rural Maryland named Maggie (Julia Roberts) who, apparently, loves being engaged, but who has very cold feet about getting married. Intrigued, Ike composes a column about Maggie, beginning a chain of events which leads him to Hale, Maryland, her hometown.

Maggie Carpenter also has a problem - Ike Graham. Furious with the column and its author, she plans to even the score with him. Ike eventually discovers there is much more to Maggie than just a problem with commitment; and he ends up with the story of a lifetime. [More]

Starring: Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Joan Cusack, Hector Elizondo

Starring: Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Joan Cusack, Hector Elizondo, Rita Wilson, Paul Dooley

Director: Garry Marshall

Director: Garry Marshall
Screenwriter: Josann McGibbon
Producer: Ted Field
Composer: James Newton Howard

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JoBlo
JoBlo
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Immensely likable!

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Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

Runaway Bride is abundantly and irresistibly enjoyable!

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Joe Leydon
Joe Leydon
MSNBC

Doesn't generate enough laughs to make up for the fact that you never figure out what he (a misogynistic USA Today columnist) sees in her (a dizzy hardware-store manager).

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Seattle Times
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Jon Popick
Jon Popick
Planet Sick-Boy

Julia Roberts es la única razón por la que vale la pena verla

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Jorge Avila Andrade
Jorge Avila Andrade
Moviola

Flawed and unpleasant!

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Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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Breezily funny and entertaining!

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Kevin Maynard
Kevin Maynard
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There's no question the chemistry between them still works for a light romantic comedy. But an overcalculated, undernourished screenplay undermines much of the effort.

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Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
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The film has a lot of sweetness, some honest emotion and one scene between Cusack and Roberts that can stand with the best drama Hollywood produces nowadays.

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Lawrence Toppman
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer

Simply isn't as good as its antecedent.

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Mac Verstandig
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Madeleine Williams
Madeleine Williams
Cinematter

Lack of chemistry between Richard Gere and Julia Roberts sinks this souffle!

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Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Roberts and Gere try gamely to look at each other as if there's a scintilla of frisson between them, but often as not they're forced to eschew the drama and go for absurd overacting.

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Mary Elizabeth Williams
Mary Elizabeth Williams
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MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

The well-matched stars pick up where they left off on that Hollywood fire escape nine years ago.

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Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

A shiny bauble full of dead weight, gloppy good feeling and airless cliches!

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Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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Gere and an almost ethereally radiant Roberts have never been better than in this sometimes herky-jerky breeze, which keeps improving as it goes.

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Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today
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It looks as if Julia and the horse were trying to get the hell away from the camera, and into a better movie.

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