The Wedding Date
Universal Pictures | Release Date: February 4, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
32
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
16
Negative:
17
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The curious case of two appealing performances surviving a bombardment of schlock. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden
Familiar but never overly broad, this well-cast, crowd-pleasing comedy benefits from a low-key emphasis on character over high jinks. Read full review
60
Film ThreatStina Chyn
A decent film, but not a great romantic comedy. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Kilner's light touch keeps the romantic pair dancing around their romance without tripping, but as the film reaches the inevitable happy ending, the steps look all too familiar. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
A vaguely creepy and mildly diverting rom-com. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
A fairly mediocre film, not nearly as funny as it should be, nor as heartfelt. On the plus side, it's only 85 minutes long and isn't boring. On the downside, it has an intrusive pop soundtrack and a screenplay full of fake conflicts. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
This is a charmless, lifeless affair that had me leaving the theater in a mood more appropriate to a funeral than a wedding. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
The lucky Mulroney gets to play the kind of sensitive hunk that women want and men want to be, but he's the only one who can be heard over the tired wheezing of the romantic-comedy machinery. Read full review
50
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
It seems like a slam-dunk pitch -- "Pretty Woman" with the genders reversed -- but there's one major problem: The whole hooker-fantasy bit is much more of a guy thing. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
So many body parts from other engineered romantic comedies have been crudely harvested and stitched together in the making of this weird robotic lark that "Maid of Honor of Frankenstein" might be more useful a nickname. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
Anemic. Read full review
40
VarietyJustin Chang
An intriguingly racy premise -- plays out to listless, unsatisfying effect. Read full review
40
The New York TimesAnita Gates
Struggles from beginning to end to capture the charm and ebullience of "Four Weddings." The new movie's effort is mostly unsuccessful, but there are bright spots. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Nicely paced but so fluffy it threatens to waft away. Read full review
40
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Dermot Mulroney is the movie's only genuinely romantic lead. And he's so good that he nearly carries The Wedding Date single-handedly. Read full review
40
Village VoiceJennifer Snow
Clare Kilner's cast frolics in the countryside in an appropriately British-romantic-comedy fashion, and at times the characters trade silly snaps, but Dana Fox's screenplay is structurally shaky. Read full review
40
EmpireCaroline Westbrook
This is a leaden mess that offers only brief moments of respite. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Wedding Date is neither good art, good entertainment nor even good trash. Read full review
38
USA TodayMike Clark
The movie goes wrong from the start. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Oddly enough, though, only the finale is predictable in a movie that appears to have been edited in an early-model blender. Not a single scene connects smoothly with the next. Read full review
38
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
There's nothing about The Wedding Date that isn't forced or labored; there's only a stubborn determination to embrace every cliche and make sure the stars photograph well. Read full review
38
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
It's an hour longer than the average sitcom, but The Wedding Date isn't much different from what you see crammed into any TV comedy lineup, minus the laugh track. Read full review
38
PremierePeter Debruge
A relatively harmless (and thankfully, not entirely laughless) trifle. Read full review
33
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
A movie of utter inconsequence -- a cinematic Listerine Strip that evaporates from the brain before you even get your popcorn tub to the trash. Read full review
30
Washington PostDesson Thomson
This movie is all pretty faces and six-pack abs, but no characters. All surface and no soul. Come to think of it, the surface isn't so darned hot either. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineAngel Cohn
It might be best to discreetly misplace your invitation to these strained festivities. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
Winds up an oddly depressing, lost, little movie that eventually caves in on itself. Read full review
30
Washington PostTeresa Wiltz
Amusing premise, not-so-amusing execution. Read full review
25
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Messing may simply be one of those actresses who's the right size for TV and the wrong size for the big screen. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Suffers from a lack of chemistry. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
Imagine, if you dare, the outtakes from all those merely bad romantic comedies. Now further imagine that these discarded bits, the stuff that failed to make even the failures, found their way out of the waste bin and into a splicing machine and onto a projector. Do that and you're inching toward a full appreciation of this particular barrel, and the bottom it so brazenly scrapes. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Messing should know this is precisely the kind of movie Grace would ridicule Will for dragging her to see. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Inexplicable Fantasy Romances for the Harried Modern Gal 101 is a more fitting title for this shameless mediocrity. Read full review
0
New York PostLou Lumenick
A witless, stale and half-hearted rehash of cliches borrowed from the likes of "The Wedding Planner," "The Wedding Singer" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral," this pathetic, alleged comedy certainly wasn't improved by clueless direction by Clare Kilner. Read full review
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