great but watch out for the dvd type
Added 11/3/2009
love the movie, so i purchased the dvd. didn't realize until i received it that it's an HD dvd and my HDMI dvd player won't play it. just a heads up.
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Romantic womens fav
Added 10/29/2009
My wife is a BIG Dermot Mulroney fan and pretty much has any movie he is in. This was on her wish list so I got it as a little out of the blue gift. Good "date night" movie to watch.
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More like a really unfunny, sweaty and uncomfortable blind date...
Added 10/7/2009
Okay, so I like the brainless romantic comedy as much as the next person. I like to sit back and shut off and soak in all the delightful predictable goodness. I have no qualms with a simple plot, no matter how rehashed and generic it may be AS LONG AS THE ELEMENTS ALL COME TOGETHER and sadly, in `The Wedding Date', they do not.
The first requirement to any successful romantic comedy is chemistry. It is not `good looks' as some may believe. Those may be the second most important requirement, it is not the first. Before any romantic comedy can be worth watching it has to sport some amazing chemistry. This film lacks that immensely.
In fact, no one in this film is even remotely memorable, engaging or exciting.
Amy Adams, who has made a career out of her mousy loveliness, is so far removed from everything I love about her. Sure, she does the same hyper-sensitive quip that made her famous, but there is not emotion here to make it even borderline interesting. She's just annoying, with no real depth to her shtick (and this pains me because I absolutely adore her). Debra Messing is not really my cup of tea to begin with, but she meshed so well with Eric McCormack on `Will & Grace' that I kind of fell for her on the show. Here she has her moments (and she carries her character well) but she doesn't have any spark with that charmless hack known as Dermot Mulroney (yes, I said charmLESS).
The film's premise is simple. Kat is going to her sisters wedding in England but she has a dilemma. Her sister's husbands `best man' is Kat's ex-fiancé and she wants him to realize what he lost out on, so, despite the fact that she is desperate and alone she hires a male escort to pretend to be her boyfriend and accompany her to the wedding. Even in all its predictable clichéd construction, a good romantic comedy at least establishes an interesting premise. Thankfully `The Wedding Date' does that to a degree, but its failure to create any chemistry destroys all promise it had in the original prose.
The film is really poorly constructed as well. There is no real character development (there is no reason for Kat and Nick to fall in love, at all, yet they do as expected) and there is no real believability here either. I remember thinking "no one talks this way to their friends and family" especially during Kat's mothers rather insulting speech at the initial party. It's just not believable at all, especially not for this brand of comedy.
Oh yeah, and as far as the whole `good looking' thing goes; well I know I'm just one person but neither of these two do anything for me, and Adams (who I normally find gorgeous) looks kind of cheap here.
In the end I have to say that watching this film would be constituted highly unnecessary beings that there are many, many films in this same genre that topple over it. Every year Hollywood churns out boatloads of worthless drivel. This is one of those films.
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Feel good romantic comedy
Added 9/29/2009
This is a fun & feel good romantic comedy that any woman can watch on a lazy afternoon to relax, laugh and drool over Dermot Mulroney's body. I think the acting is very good and it's one of those movies that you can watch over and over again.
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A Movie You Will Watch Over and Over
Added 9/22/2009
I have watched this movie several times now and every time I seem to pick up something new I missed the last time I watched it. It is a great romantic movie that will put a smile on your face after each viewing.
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Good quality, long wait
Added 10/27/2009
Great condition for a used DVD. Shipment took longer to arrive than I would have liked.
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THE FAMILY STONE
Added 9/25/2009
THE FAMILY STONE IS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST YET HEARTWARMING STORIES I HAVE EVER SEEN. MY MOTHER DIED OF BREAST CANCER AND SHE SO LOVED SNOW AS THE MAIN CHARACTER IN THIS MOVIE DID. THE MOVIE DEPICTS A "TYPICAL" DISFUNCTIONAL FAMILY WHO USES THEIR HUMOR TO SURVIVE. AS SYBIL SAYS IN THE MOVIE...."WE ARE ALL WE HAVE". MOVIE WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND AFFORDABLE. THANKS AMAZON FOR PROVIDING THE PUBLIC WITH SUCH GREAT PRODUCTS.
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Tea: I do believe just a half cup..
Added 9/12/2009
Overall not as bad as it could have been, but it wasn't a great movie. I liked it enough though, that I would buy it for my DVD collection.
When I saw the trailers for this movie, I had hoped it was going to be really funny (it's amazing how great they can make a movie look just from a trailer). However, it failed to fulfill my hopes. It had some funny moments in it (one of which for me, was not the kitchen fridge scene) that saved it. And it had some very touching moments in it too. Between some of the funny and some of touching, there was a reason for me to finish the movie.
It's the story of a son, who brings his Type A personality to the extreme girlfriend home, for his whole family (two sisters and two brothers) to meet for the very first time, during the Christmas holiday. Little does his family know, which they soon discover, that he plans on proposing to her, when he requests the heirloom ring from his mother. Well, some of the family is against the match, and then there's the secret health issue (of one member of the family) that hasn't been revealed to all the family yet, making for lots of drama.
It's a sweet sometimes funny movie that could have been great, but unfortunately just fell short of the mark.
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