My Best Friend's Wedding: Critic Reviews

We don't feel much of anything.

[An] obtuse, prettily decorative comedy.

A misbegotten attempt to update the genre that only proves the enduring -- if not downright inviolable -- appeal of the boy-meets-girl scenario.

A romantic comedy conspicuously lacking either romance or comedy.

The screenplay has never been on autopilot; it just fooled us into thinking it was, in order to sneak up on the unpredictability.

The draggy narrative of this 1997 comedy is tough to sit through -- there are even several overproduced musical numbers -- but it does have an intriguing subversive element that I don't want to give away.

In the eleventh hour, a little romance creeps into this distinctly unromantic comedy.

Emotionally, this is a movie that just doesn't compute. You leave feeling cross, as if you've been tricked.

Anchored by skilled comedienne Julia Roberts, this skewered variation on jealousy and the wrong woman doing battle in the aisles is a winning balance of the familiar and the novel.

Every once in a long while, along comes a refreshing change like My Best Friend's Wedding, a movie whose appeal rests largely on its knack for defying our expectations by riffing off, even undermining, a familiar genre.

Roberts puts her heart into this one. Audiences are likely to return the favor.

My Best Friend's Wedding feels repetitive at times, but its star power and willingness to undercut convention come through at the end.

A poor imitation of a screwball comedy.

This amiable comedy may not be hugely sophisticated, but Hogan does manage to make his attractive leads look like complete idiots, no mean achievement in image-obsessed Hollywood.

Hogan's follow-up to Muriel's Wedding rolls smoothly over the bumps in the plot, oiled by a witty acerbic script and strong central performances.

The Roberts audiences knew and loved is back--not only has the smile returned, but also the glow, the joy of performance.

The film's brazen amorality gradually freezes the smile on your face.

For those of us not so enthralled with Ms. Roberts, you'll have to endure the movie, but will be mildly entertained with good, old music and some stellar comedy provided almost entirely by Rupert Everett.

A romantic comedy that is both mawkish and subversive.

A cheeky comedy that rates at least three bouquets.

A romantic comedy significantly darker, more realistic and more intelligent than Hollywood examples of the same genre.

This delightful comedy about love, friendship and the hazards of lying comes not a moment too soon for anyone overwhelmed by the current glut of summer movie mayhem.

[The film's] virtues...make such a vivid and appealing impression that we forget, ignore, or fail even to notice those elements that are less successful.

Not only does this modern-day screwball romp manage to be romantic and comical, it also offers Julia Roberts a chance to shine again in the kind of movie that she does best.

Hey, I actually really liked this picture.