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The Wedding Planner (2001)
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Reviews Counted: 100
Fresh: 15
Rotten:85
Average Rating: 3.8/10
Consensus: Instead of being light and charming, this romantic comedy is heavy-handed and contrived in its execution. Also, it's too unoriginal.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for language and some sexual humor
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Jan 26, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $59,900,022
Synopsis: Jennifer Lopez is Mary, a peppy career woman who is great at what she does: she can turn any wedding into the perfect romantic event. Incurably single, she feels she's hit the jackpot when a chance... Jennifer Lopez is Mary, a peppy career woman who is great at what she does: she can turn any wedding into the perfect romantic event. Incurably single, she feels she's hit the jackpot when a chance encounter introduces her to Steve (Matthew McConaughey), a doctor. What she doesn't know--and what Steve doesn't reveal--is that he is soon to marry Fran (Bridgette Wilson-Sampras), one of her high-powered clients. As the attraction between Mary and Steve grows stronger, they are thrust into a series of comically unpleasant situations which force them to confront their feelings for one another. Custom-built for Lopez's undeniable star power, THE WEDDING PLANNER is an easygoing crowd pleaser. [More]
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Justin Chambers
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Justin Chambers, Judy Greer, Alex Rocco, Joanna Gleason, Charles Kimbrough, Kevin Pollak
Director: Adam Shankman
Director: Adam Shankman
Screenwriter: Michael Ellis, Andrea King, Pamela Falk
Producer: Peter Abrams, Robert L. Levy, Jennifer Gibgot
Studio: Columbia Pictures
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Reviews for The Wedding Planner
The script recycles every cliché you could possibly imagine (and then some).
The Wedding Planner is a bit of fluff, but fluff can be entertaining taken in light doses.
Its manner is as light as wedding cake frosting and its lead performances are as poised as the bride and groom at the top of the cake.
Although Lopez projects her usual charisma here, McConaughey seems as out of place as Will Rogers playing Rhett Butler.
when J-Lo tries to be J-Ro (as in Julia Roberts), the results are no-go. Obnoxious and unfunny from start to finish, "Planner" is about as tender and comforting as a fairy tale shouted through a bullhorn.
It's a modestly successful romantic comedy, much like those old-fashioned fluff films of yesterday.
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