My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
Front Cover Actor
Julia Roberts Julianne Potter
Dermot Mulroney Michael O'Neal
Cameron Diaz Kimberly Wallace
Rupert Everett George Downes
Philip Bosco Walter Wallace
M. Emmet Walsh Joe O'Neal
Rachel Griffiths Samantha Newhouse
Carrie Preston Mandy Newhouse
Susan Sullivan Isabelle Wallace
Christopher Masterson Scotty O'Neal (as Chris Masterson)
Movie Details
Genre Comedy; Romance
Director P.J. Hogan
Producer Ronald Bass; Jerry Zucker
Writer Ronald Bass
Studio TriStar
Language English
Audience Rating PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time 105 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
When a woman's long-time friend says he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself... and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding.

One of the best romantic comedies of the 1990s, My Best Friend's Wedding not only gave Julia Roberts a delightful vehicle for her crowd-pleasing comeback, but it further distinguished itself by avoiding the conventional plotting of the genre. Julia plays a prominent Chicago restaurant critic whose best friend (Dermot Mulroney) is a former lover from her college days with whom she'd made a binding pact: if neither of them were married by the age of 28, they'd marry each other. Just when they're about to reach the deadline of their agreement, Mulroney arrives in Chicago to introduce Roberts to his seemingly perfect fiancée (Cameron Diaz) and announce their wedding in just three days. That leaves the shocked Julia with just three short days to sabotage the wedding and marry the man she now realizes she's loved all along. With potential heartbreak waiting in the wings, she'll either get what she wants or pay the price for her selfish behavior, and Ronald Bass's cleverly constructed screenplay keeps us guessing to the very end. Rupert Everett scored rave reviews for his scene-stealing performance as Robert's gay friend who goes along with her scheming (but only so far), and even as she makes her character's needy desperation disarmingly appealing, Roberts wisely allows Diaz to capitalize on her charming time in the spotlight. As the romantic outcome remains uncertain, the viewer is held in a state of giddy suspense, and director P.J. Hogan pulls off some hilarious scenes (like a restaurant full of people singing the Dionne Warwick hit "I Say a Little Prayer") that could easily have fallen flat in the hands of a less talented filmmaker. It's no surprise that this was one of the box-office smashes of 1997. --Jeff Shannon
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 65
In Collection Yes
Links IMDB
Product Details
Format DVD
Region Any Region
Screen Ratio 1.85 (16:9) Letterboxed
Layers Single side, Single layer
UPC 043396827295
Chapters 35
Release Date 2000
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital Surround 2.0 - English
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby