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The Wedding Planner (2001)

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Reviews Counted:101

Fresh:16

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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The Wedding Planner is a bit of fluff, but fluff can be entertaining taken in light doses.

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
12/17/02
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

This is exactly the kind of movie that thinks it's funny for someone to be demolished by a speeding dumpster.

Full Review Source: Aisle Seat | comment Comment
03/19/01
Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

... so short of substance, so lacking in vigour and so forgettable that it’s just not possible to work up a good hatred.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
02/13/01
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

Works oh-so-hard to make everyone in it oh-so-likable that at times the audience is going to feel oh-so-nauseated.

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01/26/01
David Germain
David Germain
Associated Press
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On its own flyweight terms, The Wedding Planner is an appealing movie.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
01/25/01
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
06/11/01
Kimberly Jones
Kimberly Jones
Austin Chronicle

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Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
04/16/01
Michael Thomson
Michael Thomson
BBC

Begins brightly, then wears on too long and too predictably.

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01/26/01
Jay Carr
Jay Carr
Boston Globe
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
03/24/02
Boston Phoenix

Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey have no chemistry. None.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
01/26/01
Tim Cogshell
Tim Cogshell
Boxoffice Magazine

The screenplay has insurmountable problems.

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01/25/01
Lawrence Toppman
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer
N/R

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Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
02/07/01
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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There are times when the movie's contrivance is agonizing.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
01/26/01
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Lopez and McConaughey aren't the kind of pairing that makes you think these two fit.

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01/25/01
Mark Caro
Mark Caro
Chicago Tribune
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N/R

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Full Review Source: Cincinnati Enquirer | comment Comment
10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer

Una cinta más de las que podremos olvidar pronto.

Full Review Source: Cinenganos | comment Comment
07/11/01
Alex Ramirez
Alex Ramirez
Cinenganos

Anyone who's read one romance novel knows how this will end, so the only suspense remaining is whose butt will be more fetishized by movie's end.

Full Review Source: Citysearch | comment Comment
01/25/01
Arne Johnson
Arne Johnson
Citysearch
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Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
02/07/01
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Another elaborately nut-filled but unsatisfying confection.

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01/01/00
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

Considering how the Silicon Valley boom has made this the most romantic of cities also the most expensive, you have to admire The Wedding Planner for sustaining the ultimate fairy tale.

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01/25/01
Vera H-C Chan
Vera H-C Chan
Contra Costa Times
 
 
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