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The Wedding Date (2005)

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Reviews Counted:135

Fresh:14

Rotten:121

Average Rating:3.8/10

Consensus: Critics are leaving The Wedding Date at the alter, calling it shopworn, bland, and lightweight.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sexual content including dialogue

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Feb 4, 2005 Wide

Synopsis: Kat Ellis's (Debra Messing) worst nightmare is about to come true. Not only is her younger, half-sister, Amy (Amy Adams), getting married before her, but to add insult to injury, the groom's (Jack... Kat Ellis's (Debra Messing) worst nightmare is about to come true. Not only is her younger, half-sister, Amy (Amy Adams), getting married before her, but to add insult to injury, the groom's (Jack Davenport) best man is Kat's ex-fiancée, Jeffrey (Jeremy Sheffield). Two years after being dumped, Kat is a single New Yorker and can't bear to attend the festivities at her parent's London home alone, so she does the next best thing: she hires an escort to play her boyfriend. Her rented date, Nick (Dermot Mulroney), fits the bill perfectly. He's handsome, intelligent, well spoken, intuitive, and a perfect gentleman--a virtual bargain at $6,000. The plan? Make Kat's ex sorry that he ever let her go. But the plan takes a turn when Kat finds herself attracted to Nick, and the feeling seems to be mutual. But will their business arrangement stand in the way of a relationship? And just what is it that Kat's ex has been dying to tell her? Messing is endearing as Kat, who seems to be simultaneously bewildered and bemused by her situation. Mulroney, meanwhile, is at his most charming as Nick. Clare Kilner (HOW TO DEAL) directs this romantic comedy set in London and the English countryside, which also features Holland Taylor as Kat's slightly overbearing mother and Peter Egan as her loving stepfather. Sarah Parish is a hoot as the sisters' bawdy British cousin. [More]

Starring: Debra Messing, Dermot Mulroney, Jack Davenport, Holland Taylor

Starring: Debra Messing, Dermot Mulroney, Jack Davenport, Holland Taylor, Jeremy Sheffield, Sarah Jannett Parish

Director: Clare Kilner

Director: Clare Kilner
Screenwriter: Dana Fox
Producer: Paul Brooks, Michelle Chyzdik, Nathalie Marciano
Studio: Universal Pictures

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Trite, but, Dermot Mulroney, I took an exit poll. You are definitely worth the extra three hundred.

Full Review Source: FilmsInReview.com | comment Comment
02/07/05
Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander
FilmsInReview.com

Flashes of engagement mired in starry-eyed pabulum with a bubble-gum score to match.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
02/02/05
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

Kilner's light touch keeps the romantic pair dancing around their romance without tripping, but as the film reaches the inevitable happy ending, the steps look all too familiar.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
02/03/05
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Even some much needed logic wouldn’t have been able to save this awful mess.

Full Review Source: Sympatico.ca | comment Comment
02/17/05
Angela Baldassarre
Angela Baldassarre
Sympatico.ca

This is a charmless, lifeless affair that had me leaving the theater in a mood more appropriate to a funeral than a wedding.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
02/10/05
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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What good is a uniquely photographed dance scene if the characters dancing together are barely two-dimensional?

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
02/03/05
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

The movie is so elementary, so simplistic, offering stock situations and cardboard characters who ... remain unchanged that it plays like an extended version of a sitcom ...

Full Review Source: Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) | comment Comment
02/04/05
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

The Wedding Date is a manfest extravaganza and for that I salute it!

Full Review Source: Blunt Review | comment Comment
02/05/05
Emily Blunt
Emily Blunt
Blunt Review

My Best Friend's Picture Perfect Wedding, er, I mean The Wedding Date...is surprisingly engaging--mostly...

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
02/04/05
Kit Bowen
Kit Bowen
Hollywood.com

You wonder if the filmmakers intended you to utterly despise everyone in the story. Probably not.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
02/04/05
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

With La Debra finally in the picture, all I can say is, "give us more Messing." Our first date might have been a dud but I'm willing to go out again.

Full Review Source: Cinema Signals | comment Comment
02/03/05
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

To say that the script is bottom-of-the-barrel would be too kind; this one was already decomposing under a mountain of mulch before Debra Messing unwisely fished it out.

Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
02/09/05
Matt Brunson
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

An embarrassingly bad comedy.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
02/05/05
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Laudably manages to avoid the inherent sordidness of Pretty Woman and the underlying sadness of My Best Friend's Wedding.

Full Review Source: Movie Boeuf | comment Comment
02/14/05
David N. Butterworth
David N. Butterworth
Movie Boeuf

Romantic comedy is a tough genre to pull off in this crass and explicit day and age. This movie gives it a perky try, but its formula, unlike its hired-for-the-occasion leading man, just isn't the right package.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
02/04/05
Bridget Byrne
Bridget Byrne
Boxoffice Magazine

It's a blessing that The Wedding Date doesn't try too hard, but it's a curse that it doesn't try hard enough.

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
02/03/05
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

Aimed squarely at the single-and-over-35 demographic, The Wedding Date is a guilty pleasure that is perfect for a girls' night out.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
02/04/05
Sarah Chauncey
Sarah Chauncey
Reel.com

Focus-grouped to such a precise dot that everyone in the audience will not only be able to name each brand of luggage the characters use, but will do so with joy and pride.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
02/03/05
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

How does Kat feel about falling in love with a high-priced escort? What prompts Nick's lightning-bolt conversion to unpaid monogamy? What kind of work can a former comp lit major expect to find in the world? These and other questions are left unanswered.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
02/03/05
Carina Chocano
Carina Chocano
Los Angeles Times
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Clever lines, chic sets, appropriately incorporated cloying songs, and a sympathetic Debra Messing keep the film enjoyable.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
02/19/05
Stina Chyn
Stina Chyn
Film Threat
 
 
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