If you see anyone trying to flog this as a dodgy DVD in the pub, report them to the police. It really is criminal.
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01/09/09
Bride Wars (2009)
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Reviews Counted:129
Fresh:16
Rotten:113
Average Rating:3.4/10
Consensus: Bride Wars takes the already wearisome concept of battling bridezillas, and makes it thoroughly insufferable via a lazy script and wholly detestable characters.
Theatrical Release:09-01-2009
Synopsis: Liv (Kate Hudson) and Emma (Anne Hathaway) are best friends who since childhood have planned every detail of their respective weddings. At the top of their bridal "must have" list: a ceremony at... [More]
Starring: Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Kristen Johnson, Bryan Greenberg
Director: Gary Winick
Reviews for Bride Wars
It’s hard to warm to these superficial women who learn the error of their ways in such an unconvincingly hasty fashion.
01/09/09
Top CriticEven at this early stage of the year, Bride Wars is certain to rank among the ten worst releases of 2009.
01/09/09
A story so ludicrous and soft-centred that none of the actors has much of a chance, and both comedy and romance seem stifled at birth. Everyone concerned seems to have given up halfway through. You can’t blame them.
01/09/09
A jaw-clenchingly unfunny insult to both sexes and everyone’s intelligence, it redefines the term ‘bridal shower’.
01/09/09
Anne Hathaway has a few shining moments in this bridal face-off but getting to the altar is still a tiring slog.
01/09/09
Top CriticThis comedy about female best friends whose bond is shattered when their weddings fall on the same date occasionally displays a desire to explore the nature of friendship and love, but unfortunately such moments of insight take a backseat to increasingly
01/10/09
The movie makes a ridiculous ass of itself, but as a run-for-the-hills endurance test for straight men everywhere, it’s almost fascinating.
01/09/09
Top CriticOne week into 2009 and we already have a contender for worst film of the year.
01/08/09
When did chick flicks become so suffused with hatred for womankind? Surely a movie about girls and aimed at girls shouldn’t make us feel so bad about being girls?
01/09/09
Top CriticOur deepest condolences to Hudson as the ironically named "Liv". Her dead eyes and rouged cheeks suggest she's bypassed the wedding and gone straight to the funeral.
01/09/09
Top CriticImaginative it ain’t but, in all, it’s an agreeably girly accompaniment to a box of Maltesers. You might also want to take along some earplugs.
01/09/09
Watchable comedy, enlivened by strong performances from Hudson and Hathaway and a decent script that isn't afraid to make the central friendship the most important relationship in the movie.
01/09/09
A lively tone and sharp performances help bring this rather thin comedy to life
01/09/09
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08/19/09
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04/23/09
I now pronounce you mildly amused!
01/14/09
As if to assuage the anxieties of the millions of same-sex couples deprived of the right to wed in this nation, here comes Bride Wars to make the entire institution of marriage look almost as awful as last year's dreadful 27 Dresses did.
01/09/09
a stale story badly told
01/08/09
With artifice as layered as the tiers of a marzipan cake, this resembles nothing so much as a stale Rock Hudson-Doris Day comedy: you know that eventually the combatants will recognize they love each other the most.
01/09/09
Latest News for Bride Wars
January 19, 2009:
Having its wedding cake and eating it too, this malevolent catfight catastrophe in chick flick lite clothing, satirizes that nuptial consumer orgy, while gorging on the excesses of matrimonial materialism. 
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January 17, 2009:
Rotten Meta Better Movie Reviews: Having its wedding cake and eating it too, this malevolent catfight catastrophe in chick flick lite clothing, satirizes that nuptial consumer orgy, while gorging on the excesses of matrimonial materialism.
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January 14, 2009:
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January 09, 2009:
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