The Wedding Planner(2001)
"A romantic comedy about love, destiny and other events you just can't plan for."
Overview
San Francisco's premiere wedding planner, Mary Fiore is rescued from an accident by the man of her dreams, pediatrician Steve Edison, only to find he is the fiancé of her latest client. As Mary continues making their wedding arrangements, she and Steve are put into a string of uncomfortable situations that force them to face their mutual attraction.
Pamela Falk
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Adam Shankman
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Michael Ellis
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Top Billed Cast
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Official UK Re-Release Trailer
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"Why Do You Want To Marry Me?"
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Mary Runs Into Her Ex
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"She Met A Guy"
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Massimo's Proposal
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Magnet For Unavailable Men
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Statue Shopping Goes Wrong
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"The Doctor Is The Groom"
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Asking Steve To The Movies
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Steve Saves Mary....Again
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Manly Bonding
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Mary Meets Fran's Fiancé
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Steve Rescues Mary
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Deleted Scene: Massimo's Apology
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Written on November 12, 2020
I think my biggest problems with this are that I can't honestly appreciate Matthew McConaughey or Bridgette Wilson-Sampras despite the quality of their acting: it's like a really well made pie in a flavor you don't like. As much as I like Jennifer Lopez as an actor, we start on the end of a movie I'd rather see with Bree Turner, and I feel like I would have rather seen Judy Greer in the lead, she seems about as Italian as Jennifer Lopez.
I understand when the meet-cute is a life-threatening situation where adrenaline causes chemical confusion, but this is sort of a head injury causes an almost "love at first sight" cliche, but mixed with an "unavailable romance" cliche.
Once we establish that she loves weddings and it's important to her for some reason, it's a lot of him (not) pursuing her because he's getting married, and her trying to be respectful, but honest.
The movie highlights more societal problems for people that can afford big weddings, or, in short, there is more dumb than funny in this.
I'm not even going to say this is a bad movie, but it's not impressive, and just not for me.
