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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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The Wedding Date’s ending is one of the most contrived in recent memory...

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
02/02/05
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

Part romantic comedy, part soap opera, part travelogue, The Wedding Date fails to deliver on all counts.

Full Review Source: Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) | comment Comment
02/11/05
John Wirt
John Wirt
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

You know how some movies just ring so utterly true that they defy your expectations and take a predictable genre to new and unexpected places? This is not one of those movies.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
01/31/05
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

Yearn, dammit! the movie screams at you, as you turn your eyes to the wristwatch and lament that, like Kat, you've just wasted your money.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
02/03/05
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

As far as Big Day experiences go, a drunken speech from a distant relative would be far more entertaining -- and funnier -- than The Wedding Date.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
02/03/05
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
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Too bad the filmmakers felt compelled to give this sufficiently charming doodle some emotional heft by veering into Four Weddings and a Funeral territory. It only distracts you from The Wedding Date's own modest charms.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
02/03/05
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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With blinders on to deflect the obvious — that this movie isn’t remotely believable — The Wedding Date skates by on the charm of its actors.

Full Review Source: Atlantic City Weekly | comment Comment
02/17/05
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

Inexplicable Fantasy Romances for the Harried Modern Gal 101 is a more fitting title for this shameless mediocrity.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
02/19/05
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
N/R

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09/26/05
AV Club

"The Wedding Date" is slight and it knows it. It has no pretentions. It's an odd little fairy tale about a single woman and her paid stud. Messing is a movie star.

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment Comment
02/16/05
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

As forgettable as a Hollywood couple's marriage vows.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
04/20/05
Stella Papamichael
Stella Papamichael
BBC

Mulroney is like a young Stallone – and he’s got half the acting ability to prove it.

Full Review Source: Beaumont Journal | comment Comment
02/07/05
Danny Minton
Danny Minton
Beaumont Journal

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

Messing should know this is precisely the kind of movie Grace would ridicule Will for dragging her to see.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
02/04/05
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
02/19/05
Boston Phoenix

You could call this horrid romantic comedy One Wedding and a Funeral, with stress on the funeral.

Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | comment Comment
02/10/05
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

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

The film's generic nature extends to everything about it: the unengaging cinematography, haphazard editing, emptily jaunty score, even use of locations.

Full Review Source: Charlotte Observer | comment Comment
02/04/05
Lawrence Toppman
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer

The Wedding Date presents the curious case of two appealing performances surviving a bombardment of schlock.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
02/04/05
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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A tossed bouquet full of dead flowers and bad jokes that belongs in the nearest trash receptacle.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
02/03/05
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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