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Bride Wars (2009): Dir: Gary Winick / Cast: Anne Hathaway, Kate Hudson, Kristen Johnston, Candace Bergen, Chris Pratt: Idiotic romantic comedy about the ugliness of beauty. Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson play life long best friends whom get engaged and schedule June weddings until a screw up leaves only one opening. This threatens their friendship causing tension and revenge. Totally contrived dog show directed by Gary Winick who has made far better films than this such as Charlotte's Web and 13 Going on 30. Perhaps Charlotte didn't spin a big enough message to warn Winick away from this project. Hathaway and Hudson bicker and scheme before they predictably kiss and make up. Why are we suppose to care? Is the June wedding really that important? Aren't there other months that will do? There are eleven other months so certainly some place on the calendar can hold a wedding. Millions go on every year and not necessarily in June, so perhaps these two airheads can take a clue. Kristen Johnston and Candace Bergen appear in lifeless supporting roles. In fact Bergen is the deliverer of the bad news mix-up on wedding dates. Chris Pratt plays one of the fiancés and the role is about as interesting as reading the phone book. The film is ultimately phony with everyone acting like a total moron. This film fails even on the comedic level and should be used as target practise. Score: 2 / 10

I'm watching the film on DVD a 2nd time so I can stay focused & motivated when writing this review. Many reviews of "Bride Wars" were negative although I don't think this comedy is as offensive to critics as such a movie starring Adam Sandler. I had some interest in this movie because I find Anne Hathaway & Kate Hudson 2 b attractive, & the idea of them sharing a movie also sounded attractive. The problem was that the other rudimentary elements of the movie (e.g. writing & directing) fell flat. Honestly, I watched the entire movie w/ Spanish subtitles & French dubbing because I heeded those bad reviews. I did notice the hackneyed tropes such as Motown music in the score, the sitcomish pranks like the blue hair & the "broken Aesop" of Emma & Liv walkin' down the aisle proudly in spite of one of the brides becoming a ex-fiancée in front of many silent witnesses. (Why the hell was the place that quiet?) & the notion of the protagonists sharing a do d8 4 their children was an obvious sequel bait that nobody chose to byte. Notable actors include many who were in sitcoms, starting w/ 5x-Emmy winner Candice Bergen of "Murphy Brown," Kristen Johnston of "3rd Rock from the Sun," John Pankow of "Mad About You," Casey Wilson of "Happy Endings," & a pre-famous Chris Pratt from "Parks & Recreation"; he plays one of the grooms, but his role as the groom seems to be a plot placeholder. I think when he did become well-known, what should've been in this movie would be equal to Chris' appearance in "The Five-Year Engagement." Oh yes; "Bride Wars" is rated PG. I think that also seriously hurt audiences by depriving the movie of its bite by lessening any S-words & partial nudity. In conclusion, I rate "Bride Wars" 6 outta 10. I normally rate worse A-movie comedies at 4 or 5, but for just looking at the two stars Kate and Anne, I allow a 6th star. If I genuinely liked this film, I'd rate it 7; 8 would be ludicrous.

Bride wars is a movie about two best friends, Liv and Emma, who happen to have their weddings at the same day at the same place. And as they are planning their weddings, they drift apart and they start battling till the end. The movie is a romantic comedy, mainly about friendships however and not all about romantic love. The battle between the two friends is entertaining and gets better and better as the rivalry develops. Kate Hudson is great in the role of the controlling, competitive business woman, however Anne Hathaway seem a little out of her comfort zone. The two couples too have no chemistry between them. The theme is interesting, but its still the usual romantic comedy plot, with no surprises or twists till the end. All in all, a nice movie about weddings.

Bride Wars stars Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway as two brides-to-be who go to great lengths to have a wedding in June. This is the setup for a dirty war between the two friends in which they try sabotage each other's wedding. It's a cliché but then again this is obviously what people call a chick flick. Unfortunately, this war turns out to be rather uneventful. There's nothing too mean here so the worst thing that Hudson's Olivia does to Hathaway's Emma is to make her tan turn bright orange. Emma then tampers with Olivia's hair dye to turn her hair a shocking blue-white colour. The film is actually appealing though it's at best average on all fronts. Forgettable Hollywood products like Bride Wars usually get released in January. I guess the one reason to watch the film is to see Hudson and Hathaway working together. In addition, the relationships that the two women have with their fiances are handled well. One should watch the interesting Unscripted video with the two actresses on the internet in which they ask each other questions. Hathaway mentioned that she starred in Bride Wars because it includes a fight between the two brides. In conclusion, the film is light entertainment. There's nothing original about it, and it's a chick flick through and through. I must admit that I watched it because of Anne Hathaway.