Bride Wars
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Two best friends become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally booked for the same day.
What critics thought
One of the most critically reviled comedies of its era, Bride Wars was savaged for wasting two likable leads on characters critics found actively obnoxious. The curious wrinkle: audiences who actually saw it rated it far more warmly than critics did, suggesting a straightforward crowd-pleaser that reviewers simply weren't the target for — though even that defense is complicated by critics who argued the film insulted the very women it was made for.
“a chick flick that makes its chick characters — and by extension its chick audience — look like hateful, backward toddlers, and there is something wrong with that.”
Ty Burr·The Boston Globe
“How bad can a movie be, with Goldilocks Hudson and Cinderella Hathaway? So excruciating that Hudson's sunshine can't warm it and Hathaway's rose redolence can't mask its stink.”
Carrie Rickey·The Philadelphia Inquirer
“dopey, if largely painless”
Manohla Dargis·The New York Times
“At least, and this is something to be grateful for, Bride Wars deviates from the usual wedding-flick routine of maids of honor who should be the bride (or groom). And even though the catfighting goes over the top, the notion that a passionate female friendship can turn ugly in a heartbeat is, sadly, realistic.”
Mary Pols·Time
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Cast & Crew
DirectorGary Winick
StarringKate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Bryan Greenberg, Chris Pratt, Steve Howey
ComposerEdward Shearmur
Bride Wars
Two best friends become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally booked for the same day.
What critics thought
One of the most critically reviled comedies of its era, Bride Wars was savaged for wasting two likable leads on characters critics found actively obnoxious. The curious wrinkle: audiences who actually saw it rated it far more warmly than critics did, suggesting a straightforward crowd-pleaser that reviewers simply weren't the target for — though even that defense is complicated by critics who argued the film insulted the very women it was made for.
“a chick flick that makes its chick characters — and by extension its chick audience — look like hateful, backward toddlers, and there is something wrong with that.”
Ty Burr·The Boston Globe
“How bad can a movie be, with Goldilocks Hudson and Cinderella Hathaway? So excruciating that Hudson's sunshine can't warm it and Hathaway's rose redolence can't mask its stink.”
Carrie Rickey·The Philadelphia Inquirer
“dopey, if largely painless”
Manohla Dargis·The New York Times
“At least, and this is something to be grateful for, Bride Wars deviates from the usual wedding-flick routine of maids of honor who should be the bride (or groom). And even though the catfighting goes over the top, the notion that a passionate female friendship can turn ugly in a heartbeat is, sadly, realistic.”
Mary Pols·Time
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Cast & Crew
DirectorGary Winick
StarringKate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Bryan Greenberg, Chris Pratt, Steve Howey
ComposerEdward Shearmur
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