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The Wedding Planner/My Best Friend's Wedding
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Julia Roberts
Genres: Comedy, Drama

UR 2008 3hr 29min

The Wedding Planner — A featherweight romantic comedy that's purportedly set in San Francisco but takes place in a parallel universe where Jennifer Lopez is Sicilian and spends her Friday nights watching "Antiques Roadshow.... more »" Lopez's Mary, the wedding planner of the title, falls for one of her clients (Matthew McConaughey), and as he twangs his way into her heart, the movie's chief gag consists of an Italian suitor with a funny accent. --Michael Agger Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

My Best Friend's Wedding

One of the best romantic comedies of the 1990s, My Best Friend's Wedding not only gave Julia Roberts a delightful vehicle for her crowd-pleasing comeback, but it further distinguished itself by avoiding the conventional plotting of the genre. Julia plays a prominent Chicago restaurant critic whose best friend (Dermot Mulroney) is a former lover from her college days with whom she'd made a binding pact: if neither of them were married by the age of 28, they'd marry each other. Just when they're about to reach the deadline of their agreement, Mulroney arrives in Chicago to introduce Roberts to his seemingly perfect fiancée (Cameron Diaz) and announce their wedding in just three days. That leaves the shocked Julia with just three short days to sabotage the wedding and marry the man she now realizes she's loved all along. With potential heartbreak waiting in the wings, she'll either get what she wants or pay the price for her selfish behavior, and Ronald Bass's cleverly constructed screenplay keeps us guessing to the very end. Rupert Everett scored rave reviews for his scene-stealing performance as Robert's gay friend who goes along with her scheming (but only so far), and even as she makes her character's needy desperation disarmingly appealing, Roberts wisely allows Diaz to capitalize on her charming time in the spotlight. As the romantic outcome remains uncertain, the viewer is held in a state of giddy suspense, and director P.J. Hogan pulls off some hilarious scenes (like a restaurant full of people singing the Dionne Warwick hit "I Say a Little Prayer") that could easily have fallen flat in the hands of a less talented filmmaker. It's no surprise that this was one of the box-office smashes of 1997. --Jeff Shannon

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Movie Details

Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Julia Roberts
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Sub-Genres: Julia Roberts, Drama
Studio: Sony Pictures
Format: DVD - Color - Closed-captioned
DVD Release Date: 04/22/2008
Release Year: 2008
Run Time: 3hr 29min
Screens: Color
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaDVD Credits: 2
Total Copies: 1
Members Wishing: 0
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Languages: English
See Also:

The Wedding Planner (Special Edition) / My Best Friend's Wedding (Movie-Only Edition)

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Member Movie Reviews

K. K. (GAMER)
Reviewed on 8/24/2023...

My Best Friend's Wedding - Potential was there with all the a-listers but it never got there.

The Wedding Planner - Descent not great.

Movie Reviews

Really fun movies!!

B. Flinn | MI | 03/22/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"these movies were a 14th birthday present for my daughter. 2 great "chick flicks" just fun, happy movies to sit down and enjoy together over a bowl of popcorn!"

2 Chick Flicks that Fall Flat

Kenmore Girl | Buffalo, NY USA | 03/01/2010

(2 out of 5 stars)

"UGH - I don't really get why people think Julia Roberts is so great at Chick Flicks. This movie is awful - her character is mean spirited and selfish. She is not at all sympathetic so when she loses (as she should) I felt vidicated. The best part of this movie was Cameron Diaz who just let it all hang out there and didn't care how foolish she looked.

On to the Wedding Planner. At lease J Lo is somewhat sympathetic, but again, she is not great in these movies. She is a only a sub par actress and I don't quite get her appeal. This movie is lacking in any real chemistry, but it's cute at the very best.

For a really good Chick Flick, try Bridget Jones' Diary or An Affair to Remember with Cary Grant. You will see what chemistry, good casting, good acting and sympathetic characters look like."