Hogan's follow-up to Muriel's Wedding rolls smoothly over the bumps in the plot, oiled by a witty acerbic script and strong central performances.
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02/03/09
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
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Reviews Counted:53
Fresh:39
Rotten:14
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: Julia Roberts and Rupert Everett dazzle in this screwball comedy.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: When Julianne made a deal with her best friend Michael to marry each other if, by the ripe old age of 28, they had not yet found their true love, she never really doubted it would come to pass. But... [More]
Starring: Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett
Director: P.J. Hogan
Reviews for My Best Friend's Wedding
Top CriticThe film's brazen amorality gradually freezes the smile on your face.
02/09/06
Top CriticRoberts, despite being required to fall through doors and tumble from chairs more often than is truly necessary, handles the material with exactly the right level of skill and charm.
01/01/00
Top CriticWe don't feel much of anything.
02/03/09
The draggy narrative of this 1997 comedy is tough to sit through -- there are even several overproduced musical numbers -- but it does have an intriguing subversive element that I don't want to give away.
02/03/09
This amiable comedy may not be hugely sophisticated, but Hogan does manage to make his attractive leads look like complete idiots, no mean achievement in image-obsessed Hollywood.
02/03/09
Top CriticAnchored by skilled comedienne Julia Roberts, this skewered variation on jealousy and the wrong woman doing battle in the aisles is a winning balance of the familiar and the novel.
02/03/09
Top CriticThe Roberts audiences knew and loved is back--not only has the smile returned, but also the glow, the joy of performance.
10/13/07
For those of us not so enthralled with Ms. Roberts, you'll have to endure the movie, but will be mildly entertained with good, old music and some stellar comedy provided almost entirely by Rupert Everett.
04/09/05
A romantic comedy that is both mawkish and subversive.
03/10/04
A cheeky comedy that rates at least three bouquets.
02/27/04
A romantic comedy significantly darker, more realistic and more intelligent than Hollywood examples of the same genre.
01/22/04
This delightful comedy about love, friendship and the hazards of lying comes not a moment too soon for anyone overwhelmed by the current glut of summer movie mayhem.
05/20/03
[The film's] virtues...make such a vivid and appealing impression that we forget, ignore, or fail even to notice those elements that are less successful.
01/10/03
Not only does this modern-day screwball romp manage to be romantic and comical, it also offers Julia Roberts a chance to shine again in the kind of movie that she does best.
10/15/02
Hey, I actually really liked this picture.
09/10/02
A misbegotten attempt to update the genre that only proves the enduring -- if not downright inviolable -- appeal of the boy-meets-girl scenario.
08/29/02
[Julia Roberts] is at her vibrant best.
06/18/02
There are many humorous moments throughout, though some of the more outrageous segments seem too contrivedly wacky.
06/05/02
My Best Friend's Wedding is a well-paced fun flick that women will enjoy and men will too if they are on a date.
04/17/02
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