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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 Rating: TBC

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Comedies

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... 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 New York's ultimate bridal destination, the Plaza Hotel.

Now, at age 26, they're both about to get married; they're about to realize their dreams; and they're about to live happily ever after.

Or maybe not...

When a clerical error causes a clash in wedding dates - they're now to be married on the same date! - Liv, Emma and their lifelong friendship are put to the ultimate test. Liv, a successful lawyer who is used to getting what she wants, including the perfect job and the perfect man, won't settle for anything less than the perfect wedding she has dreamed of for years. Emma, a schoolteacher who has always been good at taking care of others, but not so much in looking after herself, discovers her inner Bridezilla and comes out swinging when her own dream wedding is imperiled.

Now, the two best friends who'd do anything for each other, find themselves in a no-holds-barred, take-no-prisoners struggle that threatens to erupt into all-out war. --© 20th Century Fox [More]

Starring: Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Kristen Johnson, Bryan Greenberg

Starring: Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Kristen Johnson, Bryan Greenberg, Candice Bergen

Director: Gary Winick

Director: Gary Winick
Screenwriter: Greg DePaul, Casey Wilson, June Diane Raphael
Story: Greg DePaul
Producer: Julie Yorn, Kate Hudson, Alan Riche
Composer: Edward Shearmur
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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[A] shiny sitcom pilot that looks like something yanked from NBC’s shelves circa 1989.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
01/08/09
Robert Wilonsky
Robert Wilonsky
L.A. Weekly

Hudson's performance is so distractingly rigid you'd think she were impersonating Keanu Reeves in The Day the Earth Stood Still.

Full Review Source: Metromix.com | comment Comment
01/08/09
Matt Pais
Matt Pais
Metromix.com

The most lamentable thing about the dismal Bride Wars is the total absence of fatalities.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
01/08/09
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Slant Magazine

One week into 2009 and we already have a contender for worst film of the year.

Full Review Source: Teletext | comment Comment
01/08/09
Victor Olliver
Victor Olliver
Teletext

A crass, despicably sexist piece of Hollywood trash.

Full Review Source: Las Vegas Weekly | comment Comment
01/08/09
Josh Bell
Josh Bell
Las Vegas Weekly

Will make you hate brides.

Full Review Source: FilmsInReview.com | comment Comment
01/07/09
Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander
FilmsInReview.com

Bride Wars tosses out stereotypes about female materialism and cattiness with all the giddy gusto of a newly married woman flinging the bouquet at her single girlfriends.

Full Review Source: Associated Press | comment Comment
01/07/09
Christy Lemire
Christy Lemire
Associated Press

As romantic as the dollar dance and as funny as the quips from a hokey wedding DJ.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
01/07/09
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

Bride Wars pretends to be a satire of wedding mania, but since there's virtually nothing else to the movie, the satire comes depressingly close to endorsement.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
01/07/09
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

Bride Wars wants to have its five-tiered cake and eat it too, making toothless jokes about the absurdity of the multibillion dollar wedding industry while never letting us forget that no woman is complete without one.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
01/07/09
Melissa Anderson
Melissa Anderson
Time Out New York

It's a picture that never comes to life before the "death do us part."

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment 1 Comment
01/07/09
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel
 
 
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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. Opens in new window
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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. Opens in new window
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