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How important is the perfect wedding? Emma (Anne Hathaway) and Liv (Kate Hudson) have been best friends since childhood and each has always dreamed of an extravagant wedding at the Plaza hotel. When both friends get engaged in the same week, they rush to the exclusive wedding planner Marion St. Claire (Candice Bergen) to book the perfect weddings at the Plaza hotel. The reservations get mixed up and both weddings end up scheduled on the same day and, since there are no other suitable openings available at the Plaza, the friends find themselves in the impossible situation of having to decide who will sacrifice her long-held dream and change venues. It turns out that neither woman is willing to give up her plans for a perfect wedding and the friends turn against one another in a hilarious battle that results in everything from blue hair to rumours of pregnancy and embarrassing home videos accompanying one bride's walk down the aisle. Can even a life-long friendship survive the emotional turmoil of two weddings gone wrong? Bride Wars is an amusing look at the trials of friendship and love that's sure to inspire laughter and perhaps even a tear or two. --Tami Horiuchi, Amazon.com
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Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway go veiled head to veiled head in this bridal comedy. Childhood friends Liv (Hudson) and Anne (Hathaway) have dreamed of June weddings at the Plaza since they were kids, and now their fantasy is finally within reach. Both young women have gotten proposals, and they've booked their dates at the famed Manhattan landmark. But a mistake in the office of their wedding planner, Marion St. Claire (Candice Bergen), causes their weddings to be scheduled on the same day, and neither woman will budge. Harsh words escalate into sabotage and each woman craftily plots the demise of the other's wedding until events reach a screeching, squealing pitch on a sunny June day.
With roles in films such as How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days and My Best Friend's Girl, Hudson has perfected starring in light comedies. In Bride Wars, she doesn't take her usual romantic route, and she displays good chemistry with the always fine Hathaway. The romances between the brides and their respective grooms (Everwood's Chris Pratt and Reba's Steve Howey) aren't the point; instead, it's the creative one-upmanship that Liv and Emma engage in to the detriment of their lifelong friendship. For those who mark pages in bridal magazines, Bride Wars may provide escapist fare a la Bridezillas or the romantic comedy 27 Dresses.
With roles in films such as How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days and My Best Friend's Girl, Hudson has perfected starring in light comedies. In Bride Wars, she doesn't take her usual romantic route, and she displays good chemistry with the always fine Hathaway. The romances between the brides and their respective grooms (Everwood's Chris Pratt and Reba's Steve Howey) aren't the point; instead, it's the creative one-upmanship that Liv and Emma engage in to the detriment of their lifelong friendship. For those who mark pages in bridal magazines, Bride Wars may provide escapist fare a la Bridezillas or the romantic comedy 27 Dresses.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a chick-flick that is worth seeing if you having nothing else to do one day. Although it is very predictable as to what will happen throughout the film especially at the end, it does bring some funny moments into it that will cheer you up none the less.
The funny, sarcastic moments that occur throughout this wedding fight film does make it worth seeing but for me, it wasn't amazing.
Overall, good funny chick flick for a rainy day, but have seen better. :-)
The funny, sarcastic moments that occur throughout this wedding fight film does make it worth seeing but for me, it wasn't amazing.
Overall, good funny chick flick for a rainy day, but have seen better. :-)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
appalling storyline, hopeless acting, and a film with such character inconsistencies, that it is almost impossible to believe it. I wonder why I didn't just switch it off? there is absolutely no saving grace in this film
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Liv the Lawyer (Kate Hudson) and School Teacher Emma (Anne Hathaway) have been best friends since they were children. When their boyfriends propose on the same day, the girls become one another's maid of honour, and go about planning their wedding. Their chosen location for the wedding is The Plaza, the place they have dreamed of since they were little girls. When they both get the dates of their choice as well as the location of their choice, it all seems too good to be true. And it is. The secretary manages to confuse the dates, so that the girls are planned to get married on the same day. They chase after the bride with the other spare date, but she refuses to give it to them. When neither of them agree to change their wedding day to a later date, they both become enemies spending most of their days prior to the wedding, not planning but sabotaging.
When I first went to see this film at the cinema, both me and my best friend really didn't enjoy it. But as I've 'matured' (ha!) over the years I've grown to enjoy chick flicks, but sadly this isn't one of those enjoyable films.
I'm not saying it's terrible, some parts are quite funny, and the actual plot is rather interesting and believable. Sadly though, the script is let down by the acting on Anne's part. I'm not sure why, but she doesn't feel believable to me while on the other hand Kate does.
I would suggest this film to someone for rainy day viewing, something to pass by the hours.
When I first went to see this film at the cinema, both me and my best friend really didn't enjoy it. But as I've 'matured' (ha!) over the years I've grown to enjoy chick flicks, but sadly this isn't one of those enjoyable films.
I'm not saying it's terrible, some parts are quite funny, and the actual plot is rather interesting and believable. Sadly though, the script is let down by the acting on Anne's part. I'm not sure why, but she doesn't feel believable to me while on the other hand Kate does.
I would suggest this film to someone for rainy day viewing, something to pass by the hours.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Exactly what I was looking for : )
Great film, arrived undamaged and in the projected time frame. Have purchased previous DVDs and have had a similar experience each time. Good stuff all around!
Published 4 days ago by Andie
its a film
got this as another part of my daughters christmas present good price delivered on time can't actually review it as such as its not my thing but she's happy with it again sent from... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Peter Capper
Good movie, fun way to pass a couple of hours
I got this DVD because I love both Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson as actors. The story is set in New York and is about two best friends who decide to have their weddings on the same... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Marie Jones
Bride wars DVD
Light hearted comedy kept me laughing. Typing more words despite not having much more to say to keep the word count right
Published 6 months ago by Amozon buyer
Great Fun
I don't actually like romantic comedies, or the type of films a 'girls night in' would consist of - but I thoroughly enjoyed this. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr. B. R. Good
HILARIOUS!
This hilarious comedy is original and witty which is just how i like it! BRIDE WARS has a great plot that contains slapstick, sadness and general humour! Read more
Published 12 months ago by G. Stephenson
HAPPY BUY!
Review from 15 year old!:
I bought this because it was something I had been looking for, for a while and was going to watch it on my laptop but when I bought it I was unsure... Read more
I bought this because it was something I had been looking for, for a while and was going to watch it on my laptop but when I bought it I was unsure... Read more
Published 12 months ago by hp
Good all rounded chick flick
Bride Wars is a great cheap and cheerful "chick flick". A welcome additional to my ever growing shelf of girly movies. Read more
Published 13 months ago by CATHERINE A. MCCALLUM
Not so much of a war
As a romcom, I always expect a fair amount of predictability so that isn't something that I am going to complain about too much in this review. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Fiction_Fan
Warning, Wobbly-Cam Movie
I can't actually say whether this is a good movie or not. Normally I would love seeing Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson together. Read more
Published 16 months ago by J. A. Thompson
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