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...a decent-enough premise that’s employed to tedious and frustratingly half-baked effect...
Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 18, 2022
Just you try and get a romantic comedy called The Wedding Date to the church on time without escorting a cliche or three down the aisle.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 15, 2020
The only positive thing that can be said for The Wedding Date is that for some completely inexplicable reason it is set in England and so includes some lovely pastoral scenery and some interesting looking hats.
Full Review | Feb 6, 2018
The Wedding Date is aiming for Adam's Rib material (the Hepburn/Tracey classic that is one the all-time greatest man versus women films), but its makers are not fit to buff Ms. Hepburn's patent pumps.
Full Review | Aug 24, 2017
As stale as last week's wedding cake.
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Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 7, 2008
As predictable as a church ceremony and witless as the pastor's blessings, leaving one to ponder this wedding's "reception."
Full Review | Mar 1, 2007
While there are many of the right ingredients here -- a likable cast, plot potential, a dreamy English countryside setting -- I still can't say "I do" to this fluffy flick.
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A dupla principal até que se esforça (principalmente Mulroney, que vem se especializando neste tipo de personagem), mas o roteiro repleto de clichês frustra suas tentativas.
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The main problem with the film is that it seems to be missing a sequence where we see Kat and Nick actually falling for each other - the script pretty much expects us to take it for granted just because they're the leads.
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As forgettable as a Hollywood couple's marriage vows.
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Perfectly watchable even if it's deeply lazy filmmaking.
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Messing-Mulroney romantic comedy has "something borrowed" in its plot -- and a sense of missed opportunity that'll leave you blue.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 14, 2005
The Wedding Date reveals no trace of recognizable human behavior in it.
Full Review | Original Score: F | Apr 13, 2005
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Seldom has a movie so blatantly illustrated the need for genuine star power in the lead, especially considering The Wedding Date's obvious comparisons to not one, but three more successful Julia Roberts movies.
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As stale as last week's wedding cake.
Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that this movie includes some strong material for a PG-13, including brief partial nudity, explicit sexual references (including prostitution, infidelity, a joke about an orgasm, the idea that "the best sex is make-up sex," and a drunken sexual encounter that is supposed to be romantic),…
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Pretty Man goes to a Wedding in London!
Classic but not too cheesy rom-com, what's the story.
THE WEDDING DATE stars Debra Messing as Kat, an insecure young woman who has just seen two of the most terrifying words in the English language on her sister's wedding invitation. They are: "and guest." Her younger sister Amy (Amy Adams) is getting married. And Kat's ex-fiance is the best man. She needs a date to bring to the wedding so that "the ex-fiance will be sorry that he left you and your family will think we are in love." With $6000 from her retirement account, Kat hires Nick (Dermot Mulroney), a male escort she read about in the New York Times Magazine. Kat and Nick pretend to be in love to reassure the family and torture the ex. But there is an undeniable attraction between them as well.
Is It Any Good?
All the romantic comedy gloss in the world can't save a script as stale as last week's wedding cake. Despite a promising set-up and talented performers, it leaks air like a tire that ran over a tack. The movie wants us to find Kat adorable and endearing. She is just fluttery, self-centered, and insecure. The movie wants us to find Nick desirable. But we hear about it more than we feel it. Kat's cousin is supposed to be delightfully outrageous. But raunchy is not the same thing as outrageous, even if a few supportive comments are tossed in, and it is especially not the same thing as delightfully outrageous. Give us something specific, people! That's why they call it "writing."
Then there is the troubling problem of having a light romantic comedy with characters whose behavior is unsavory. This lends a sour tinge to the purported hijinks. Most of the people behind this movie are women. They show some sensitivity to just what it is that someone like Kat would want from Nick, but, regrettably, they don't show any more wit, insight, heart, or imagination than we find in the dozens of dull movies about female characters made by men.
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Families can talk about whether it is true that people get the love life that they want. Why does it take courage to let someone love you?
Movie Details
- In theaters : February 4, 2005
- On DVD or streaming : August 16, 2005
- Cast : Amy Adams , Debra Messing , Dermot Mulroney
- Director : Clare Kilner
- Inclusion Information : Female directors, Female actors
- Studio : Universal Pictures
- Genre : Comedy
- Run time : 100 minutes
- MPAA rating : PG-13
- MPAA explanation : sexual content including dialogue
- Last updated : September 7, 2024
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