The Wedding Date [2005]

I didn't expect the big twist in the film and upon watching it for the second time some of the earlier scenes in the film took on a whole new meaning.

As many other reviewers have said this is a warm, funny and thoroughly enjoyable movie that i recommend highly.


One wedding and lots of promiscuity   May 23, 2005
Meerkat (Dereham, Norfolk)
24 out of 30 found this review helpful

This tries to cash in on the 'Four Weddings' formula, tangling up a group of sisters/friends and untangling them all satisfactorily at the end. Shades of 'Pretty Woman', too, only this is 'Pretty Man': the tart with a heart this time is a male escort who (predictably) falls in love with his client. Also think 'My Best Friend's Wedding', as Kat has to import a man to prove she's something she's not - successful with men and 'over' her ex-fiance.
It's glossy and pretty but doesn't hang together well if you actually think about the story line ... so don't. Just enjoy Dermot's rather frequent nakedness, Debra Messing's 'Grace' reprise, and Jack Davenport being rather dim but handsome. No-one's mentioned him but I think our own Paul Egan came out of the film with the most integrity; everyone else's behaviour doesn't bear close examination.
I would not let a child under 15 see this film as it is rather explicit about sex from some rather seedy angles - it's 'adults behaving badly' and not something I would want my children to see.
I would like to see film makers stop assuming that every adult relationship has to start with steamy sex and that adultery with your fiance's best friend (who is also your sister's fiance) is something you can just forgive and forget.
Also what happened to women's lib? Why do all these women in modern films need an impossibly good-looking man in order to prove to everyone that their lives are not worthless? Why do they not feel strong and independent and worthy women in their own right?
This film is fine if you suspend your brain and revel in the eye candy (for both sexes), but otherwise it leaves a nasty taste in the mouth.


The Wedding Date   February 24, 2006
15 out of 17 found this review helpful

A fantastically entertaining, funny, feel good film with a wonderful cast and soundtrack. Such a shame that the soundtrack doesn't seem to be available on CD. Certainly a film to watch and enjoy over and over again.


The Wedding Date   July 8, 2005
13 out of 15 found this review helpful

After receiving an invitation to her sister's wedding in London, single New Yorker Kat Ellis (Will and Grace's Debra Messing) hires a male escort (Mulroney) as her date to get back at her ex-boyfriend who just happens to be the best man.

Here we have a rom-com with all of the typical elements - the nice girl who gets her heart broken, the chase sequence in the climax of the film plus a re-creation of the pathetic guy fight made popular in the Bridget Jones films. Of course, seeing as the majority of the film is set in London, it is full of stereotypes and cliches - dodgy accents, red double decker buses, long country roads and no romantic comedy is complete without the floppy haired, naive, bumbling idiot. Hugh Grant, eat your heart out.

Messing is great as the insecure Kat but it is nothing we haven't seen before. It's just Grace in London. Like Jennifer Aniston, she is sticking to roles that she knows work for her rather than experimenting with something different.

The characters are genuine, the countryside is ideallic and there is the odd moment that leaves a goosebump or two. That being said, The Wedding Date is predictable and brings nothing new to the genre. This film is for die-hard rom-com fans only.