A movie best left at the altar.
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01/22/09
Bride Wars (2009)
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Reviews Counted:129
Fresh:16
Rotten:113
Average Rating:3.4/10
Consensus: Bride Wars takes the already wearisome concept of battling bridezillas, and makes it thoroughly insufferable via a lazy script and wholly detestable characters.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Jan 15, 2009 Wide
US Box Office: $58,637,818
Synopsis: Liv (Kate Hudson) and Emma (Anne Hathaway) are best friends who since childhood have planned every detail of their respective weddings. At the top of their bridal "must have" list: a ceremony at... [More]
Starring: Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Kristen Johnson, Bryan Greenberg
Director: Gary Winick
Reviews for Bride Wars
Top CriticThere's a good deal of potential squandered in this strained comedy, which suffers from lazy writing, miscalculated acting, perfunctory directing and general bad timing.
01/16/09
Top Critic[A] funny, self-consciously frothy piece of good-natured escapism.
01/16/09
Top CriticEighty-eight minutes and 14 seconds of pure, unadulterated piffle.
01/15/09
Top CriticI now pronounce you mildly amused!
01/14/09
Top CriticWhile the premise is as flimsy as a brides' veil, Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway make this girls-only comedy about two girls, two weddings and a friendship in crisis, into a moderately enjoyable, if forgettable affair
01/09/09
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08/19/09
reptilian, hateful stuff, biologically engineered to disrespect--with maximum efficiency--the precise demographic to which it targets itself.
07/12/09
It's like the Whack-a-Mole of everything reasonable people hate about so-called 'chick flicks.' [Blu-ray]
05/25/09
Guys, this one's for the ladies.
05/15/09
Enough to make one yearn for the rich complexity of Home Improvement.
05/01/09
It's a movie that mistakenly believes that we should want to like these people.
05/01/09
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04/23/09
The movie shows that life can be messy and how unrealistic it is to expect everything to be perfect on "the biggest day in a girl's life"
03/21/09
the leading ladies don't provide any memorable moments other than the obvious visual gag of a cat fight between two women in wedding dresses.
03/01/09
If Bride Wars is any indication of what's to come, please let last year linger a little longer.
02/19/09
You want to see Anne Hathaway in a worthy vehicle? Check out "Rachel Getting Married." You want to see Kate Hudson in a worthy vehicle?Rent a time machine.
02/08/09
Often unimaginative, asinine and bland, even if you're willing to check your brain at the door and suspend your disbelief for 90 minutes.
01/30/09
Don't bother to RSVP to Bride Wars.
01/19/09
Shrill and shallow, 'Bride Wars' would make anyone wince at the thought of matrimony.
01/17/09
Latest News for Bride Wars
January 19, 2009:
Having its wedding cake and eating it too, this malevolent catfight catastrophe in chick flick lite clothing, satirizes that nuptial consumer orgy, while gorging on the excesses of matrimonial materialism. 
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January 17, 2009:
Rotten Meta Better Movie Reviews: Having its wedding cake and eating it too, this malevolent catfight catastrophe in chick flick lite clothing, satirizes that nuptial consumer orgy, while gorging on the excesses of matrimonial materialism.
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January 14, 2009:
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January 09, 2009:
UK Critics Consensus: Indifference For Defiance, Whilst Slumdog Millionaire Shines
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