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Bride Wars

Play trailer Poster for Bride Wars PG Released Jan 9, 2009 1h 29m Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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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 Full Review Nell Minow Movie Mom Rated: C Feb 18, 2012 Full Review Melissa Anderson Time Out Rated: 2/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review 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 Full Review Richard Crouse Richard Crouse Little more than a sitcom premise stretched to feature length. Rated: 1/5 Jan 31, 2021 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen C Too many *****es!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/26/25 Full Review Blu B It's harmless, not even close to good, but nothing is THAT bad about it. It's pretty much exactly what you would expect for better or for worse. The two leads got some decent chemistry, none of the locales are that memorable/romantic, basic direction, it gets a laugh a third of the time, and it goes exactly as you think it would. Weakest part is the middle where gags/stuff just happens. It's crazy how much the grooms are such an afterthought in this kind of. Overall it's ok all around, nothing stands out, typical 00's dumb romcom but you could do much worse. Skip this. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/26/25 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Hargie M No character development. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/04/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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