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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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Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney star in a romantic comedy that struggles to capture the charm and ebullience of Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
02/03/05
Anita Gates
Anita Gates
New York Times

This is a wedding date that would have benefited from a different designer, a more knowing caterer, and -- most of all -- a whole new guest list.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
02/03/05
David Sterritt
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor

Mulroney, best known as the title character in Roberts' comedy My Best Friend's Wedding, is by far the best thing about this gaggingly unromantic comedy. His character's bio, divulged in a thumbnail, is the least convincing thing.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
02/03/05
Carrie Rickey
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer
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It's all the actors can do to race through their lines before their gag reflexes kick in.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
02/03/05
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

It’s telling that we don’t find Messing’s character worthy of a male prostitute’s love.

Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
02/03/05
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Scenes don't build momentum, and I don't think I've ever seen a feature where so many lines of dialogue were delivered by actors hovering off-screen or standing with their backs to the camera.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
02/03/05
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune

Dana Fox's script is all setup, skimping on the quirky character touches and comedic flourishes that could make a predictable outcome gratifying.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
02/03/05
Jan Stuart
Jan Stuart
Newsday
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All the romantic comedy gloss in the world can't save a script as stale as last week's wedding cake.

Full Review Source: Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
02/03/05
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

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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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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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

Messing and Mulroney have wonderful chemistry -- too bad they frequently have it long before their characters should.

Full Review Source: Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) | comment Comment
02/03/05
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)

The film is made by women, which just goes to show female moviemakers are equally capable of insulting female audiences.

Full Review Source: Las Vegas Mercury | comment Comment
02/03/05
Anthony Del Valle
Anthony Del Valle
Las Vegas Mercury

...plays like a hollow and manipulative gimmicky Lifetime channel television movie. Alertly, one should decline the cheeky invitation to this senseless ceremonial event

Full Review Source: Movie Eye | comment Comment
02/03/05
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
Movie Eye

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

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

The shenanigans that first-time screenwriter Dana Cox concocts from this lame scenario fluctuate from stupid to lazy and back to dull

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
02/02/05
Sean O'Connell
Sean O'Connell
Filmcritic.com

There’s no cliché from any romantic comedy of the past twenty years that this movie isn’t afraid to borrow, water down, and then recycle.

Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs | comment Comment
02/02/05
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs

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

So many body parts from other engineered romantic comedies have been crudely harvested and stitched together in the making of this weird robotic lark that Maid of Honor of Frankenstein might be more useful a nickname.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
02/02/05
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
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