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Runaway Bride (1999)
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Reviews Counted:82
Fresh:37
Rotten:45
Average Rating:5.3/10
Consensus: Cliche story with lack of chemistry between Richard Gere and Julia Roberts.
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Ike Graham (Richard Gere) is a New York newspaper columnist with a problem - his deadline is an hour away, his ex-wife is his boss and his writer's block is working overtime. Retreating to his... [More]
Starring: Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Joan Cusack, Hector Elizondo
Director: Garry Marshall
Reviews for Runaway Bride
Immensely likable!
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Doesn't generate enough laughs to make up for the fact that you never figure out what he (a misogynistic USA Today columnist) sees in her (a dizzy hardware-store manager).
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Julia Roberts es la única razón por la que vale la pena verla
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Flawed and unpleasant!
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Top CriticBreezily funny and entertaining!
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There's no question the chemistry between them still works for a light romantic comedy. But an overcalculated, undernourished screenplay undermines much of the effort.
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Top CriticThe film has a lot of sweetness, some honest emotion and one scene between Cusack and Roberts that can stand with the best drama Hollywood produces nowadays.
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Simply isn't as good as its antecedent.
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Lack of chemistry between Richard Gere and Julia Roberts sinks this souffle!
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Roberts and Gere try gamely to look at each other as if there's a scintilla of frisson between them, but often as not they're forced to eschew the drama and go for absurd overacting.
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The well-matched stars pick up where they left off on that Hollywood fire escape nine years ago.
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A shiny bauble full of dead weight, gloppy good feeling and airless cliches!
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