Bride Wars

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Bride Wars

PG

Released Jan 9, 2009

1h 29m

Comedy

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Since the time they were little girls, best friends Liv (Kate Hudson) and Emma (Anne Hathaway) have been planning every aspect of their future weddings, including choosing the same destination: New York's famed Plaza Hotel. But when a clerical error causes a clash in wedding dates, Liv and Kate discover their inner demons -- with their lifelong friendship as a possible casualty.

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Critics Consensus

Bride Wars takes the already wearisome concept of battling bridezillas, and makes it thoroughly insufferable via a lazy script and wholly detestable characters.

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Tammy Oler

Bitch Media

Women, on-screen and in the audience, deserve better.

Dec 18, 2020

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Rated: C

Feb 18, 2012

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Melissa Anderson

Time Out

Rated: 2/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

The result hardly lives up to the title's promise or potential and resolves to be a safe little dud.

Rated: 1/4

Mar 3, 2024

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Little more than a sitcom premise stretched to feature length.

Rated: 1/5

Jan 31, 2021

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

The tragic outcomes and easy clean-up of a far too messy situation will leave viewers wishing for a more comfortably predictable plotline.

Rated: 3/10

Nov 28, 2020

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Frederick T

The whole story is missing substance, where is the character development? And let's not talk about the ending...

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/25/24

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Thipa a

The main character behaved like a pre-teen with adult powers and responsibilities. The movie could have been a passable time-killer with its unrealistic premise, but it failed to deliver even that. It made poor decisions in engaging the audience, leaving them without any satisfaction. Just disappointing.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

05/23/24

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Eye C

This is so vain, I really don't think that an important event as a wedding should take it so vain. I don't like it, Mrs. Hathaway can't act angry, she looks so fake when it shout.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/12/24

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Hargie M

No character development.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/04/24

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Roasting N

A cliched mess of a chick flick, all the relationships in the movie are thoroughly unexplored, even the dynamics of the 2 main characters are not delved unto well. But the most grating thing about this movie that a lot of people skim over, is the fact that Emma basically left her 10+ year relationship over a stupid film with no proper build up to the breakup, and then she suddenly catches feels for Liv's brother? Early on in the movie, that is not even explored nor even hinted on, Emma and Flitcher (her prior partner) had a somewhat healthy and wholesome relationship, also Emma and Liv's brother had a more of a Sister to Brother dynamic which felt sour to the taste once their romance began. I also felt that there would be more to Deb's character and why she is the way she is, but ultimately nearly all the characters are undefined because the runtime wants to prioritize stupid and honestly unfunny skits. Only saving grace to me are Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson's performance tgat somehow sold me their Best Friends For Life dynamic. Overall a cliche film with zero to no character.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/21/24

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Joshua C

I didn't expect much from this one, just a half decent time with a few laughs, and I still feel disappointed. Apart from some comedic scenes, this film is a real nothing burger. Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway's charisma can't save this bland, unfunny, and painfully predictable movie. While it has a good message, the story which is used to convey it isn't.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/17/24

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Synopsis

Since the time they were little girls, best friends Liv (Kate Hudson) and Emma (Anne Hathaway) have been planning every aspect of their future weddings, including choosing the same destination: New York's famed Plaza Hotel. But when a clerical error causes a clash in wedding dates, Liv and Kate discover their inner demons -- with their lifelong friendship as a possible casualty.

Director: Gary Winick
Producer: Julie Yorn, Kate Hudson, Alan Riche
Screenwriter: Greg DePaul, Casey Wilson, June Diane Raphael
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: New Regency Pictures, Birdie, Riche-Ludwig Productions
Rating: PG (Some Rude Behavior|Language|Suggestive Content)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 9, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $58.7M
Runtime: 1h 29m

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