Directed by:
Gary WinickCinematography:
Frederick ElmesComposer:
Edward ShearmurCast:
Anne Hathaway, Kate Hudson, Candice Bergen, Steve Howey, Bryan Greenberg, Chris Pratt, Kristen Johnston, Michael Arden, John Pankow, Paul Scheer (more)VOD (3)
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Liv and Emma 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. (official distributor synopsis)
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All it would have taken was to reduce the screaming, make the whole game into fairy tales for adults, and most importantly, explain a little more why some relationships are obvious and some have a really thorny path to happiness. Without that, we're left with a film which most guys will resist with the code name "a film just for girls" and will still puzzle over why the double wedding is actually a bad idea. With more space for the first-class Bryan Greenberg in yet another role as the nice guy next door, it could have turned out completely differently.
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If you buy the DVD or the movie ticket, you certainly won't be expecting the movie to change your outlook on life. You're going to relax, have fun, and see a little piece of America again. This piece looks okay to me. For once this is not about a relationship between a man and a woman, but about two friends who share the same wedding date. Gimmicks and jokes you've heard and seen before somewhere, but it simply entertains you anyway, so when the next Kate Hudson romcom comes to the cinema, you'll grab your other half and go again. Because that's how it goes...
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In a healthy competitive environment, Bride Wars is an ordinary romantic comedy, but for Czech filmmakers, it is unattainable.
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A comedy about weddings probably shouldn't have the effect of discouraging a man from getting married. Based on this film, you might come to think that if you ask your girl to marry you, she will become such an insidious, evil, unsympathetic, hysterical and screaming bitch. Plus, it's unfunny, stupid, and arrogant.
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Oh God! This is truly one of the dumbest movies I have seen in recent years. When I compare it to the movie "Bridesmaids", I feel like crying. "Bride Wars" is an unbelievably unfunny movie, it's almost impossible. Casting Kate Hudson is suicide at first sight because she can act about as well as her costume designer (no offense to her costume designer, but she's not an actress), and she simply proves that she is a movie star just because she has a pretty face and is slim, even though the rest of her character is as interesting as a coffee stain on an old tablecloth in a lower-class restaurant. I like Anne Hathaway, but even her role is as annoying as a group of Germans who have a room next to yours on vacation. In the end, the grooms come out as the most unbearable. Everything is wrong here. The poor screenplay tries to impress us with a final twist that someone would need to slap. It only needed the main heroines to hold hands and giggle stupidly. And the complete finale? Leave it alone. This "Happily Ever After" is truly terrible. The movie had a crazy budget of 30 million dollars, but on TV, you can see similar craziness every day for less money and possibly even better quality. Dreadful and horrifying. This is definitely not the direction that wedding comedies should take. Long live "Bridesmaids". More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2012/05/kocour-v-botach-jedna-hodne-blba-svatba.html
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