Product Details

• Actors: Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz
• Directors: Adam Shankman, P.J. Hogan
• Writers: Michael Ellis, Pamela Falk, Ronald Bass
• Producers: Anne Fletcher, Bill Johnson, Carrie Morrow
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English, French, Italian
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: July 3, 2001
• Run Time: 209 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005LKHM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #365,536 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Wedding Planner (Special Edition) / My Best Friend's Wedding (Movie-Only Edition)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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The Wedding Planner
The good news is, yes, Jennifer Lopez can do comedy. In The Wedding Planner Lopez is Mary, a lovable woman who believes "those who can't do, teach. Those who can't wed, plan!" Her slapstick moments are lighthearted and she is spot-on as the controlling, compulsive-yet-sweet planner. The bad news is Lopez didn't get much of a vehicle in which to test drive her newfound comedic skills. Mary's life is her career. Planning other people's weddings takes all of her time, leaving no room for a love life of her own. Her only personal life is a Scrabble club, to which she and her father (Alex Rocco, whose wandering Italian accent is painful to listen to) belong. When a handsome young doctor (Matthew McConaughey) saves her from a collision with a runaway dumpster (really, it works), she is instantly wooed by his quiet charm. Too bad he's the fiancé of Mary's biggest client, Fran (played winningly by Bridgette Wilson-Sampras), the job that will launch Mary as a partner in her firm. The main problem with this film is that no one wants to hurt anyone else's feelings. Everyone is just so gosh-darn nice. In a subplot, Mary's father is trying to arrange her marriage to just the nicest Italian boy. Gee, he's sweet. Golly, Fran is nice. Is there ever a way out of this mess and to leave everyone smiling? Yet, there is a touch of old-fashioned romance to this wholesome film, which can only be described as "cute." And while things may unfold in a predictable manner, The Wedding Planner is still lighthearted fun of the sort that inspires dreamy romantic thoughts. --Jenny Brown

My Best Friend's Wedding
One of the best romantic comedies of the 1990s, My Best Friend's Wedding not only gave Julia Roberts a delightful vehicle for her crowd-pleasing comeback, but it further distinguished itself by avoiding the conventional plotting of the genre. Julia plays a prominent Chicago restaurant critic whose best friend (Dermot Mulroney) is a former lover from her college days with whom she'd made a binding pact: if neither of them were married by the age of 28, they'd marry each other. Just when they're about to reach the deadline of their agreement, Mulroney arrives in Chicago to introduce Roberts to his seemingly perfect fiancée (Cameron Diaz) and announce their wedding in just three days. That leaves the shocked Julia with just three short days to sabotage the wedding and marry the man she now realizes she's loved all along. With potential heartbreak waiting in the wings, she'll either get what she wants or pay the price for her selfish behavior, and Ronald Bass's cleverly constructed screenplay keeps us guessing to the very end. Rupert Everett scored rave reviews for his scene-stealing performance as Robert's gay friend who goes along with her scheming (but only so far), and even as she makes her character's needy desperation disarmingly appealing, Roberts wisely allows Diaz to capitalize on her charming time in the spotlight. As the romantic outcome remains uncertain, the viewer is held in a state of giddy suspense, and director P.J. Hogan pulls off some hilarious scenes (like a restaurant full of people singing the Dionne Warwick hit "I Say a Little Prayer") that could easily have fallen flat in the hands of a less talented filmmaker. It's no surprise that this was one of the box-office smashes of 1997. --Jeff Shannon

Product Description

WEDDING PLANNER/MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDD - DVD Movie

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars really fun movies!!, March 22, 2007

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This review is from: The Wedding Planner / My Best Friend's Wedding / Maid in Manhattan (DVD)

these movies were a 14th birthday present for my daughter. 2 great "chick flicks" just fun, happy movies to sit down and enjoy together over a bowl of popcorn!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, March 25, 2010

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This review is from: Wedding Planner/My Best Friend's Wedding (DVD)

this movie is worth everypenny and of course you cant forget Julia roberts over all its a great movie

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars 2 Chick Flicks that Fall Flat, March 1, 2010

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Kenmore Girl (Buffalo, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wedding Planner / My Best Friend's Wedding / Maid in Manhattan (DVD)

UGH - I don't really get why people think Julia Roberts is so great at Chick Flicks. This movie is awful - her character is mean spirited and selfish. She is not at all sympathetic so when she loses (as she should) I felt vidicated. The best part of this movie was Cameron Diaz who just let it all hang out there and didn't care how foolish she looked.
On to the Wedding Planner. At lease J Lo is somewhat sympathetic, but again, she is not great in these movies. She is a only a sub par actress and I don't quite get her appeal. This movie is lacking in any real chemistry, but it's cute at the very best.
For a really good Chick Flick, try Bridget Jones' Diary or An Affair to Remember with Cary Grant. You will see what chemistry, good casting, good acting and sympathetic characters look like.