The Wedding Planner
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) | Release Date: January 26, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
33
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
14
Negative:
13
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
63
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
At its best when it employs the conventions of romantic comedies to satirize them through the eyes of an anti-romantic wedding planner. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeJay Carr
The unevenness of what surrounds the star couple is indicative of the script's inability to muster anything more than intermittent sophistication.
60
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
The picture is never less than pleasant -- but it's not more than that often enough. Read full review
60
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
A chaste, lively and mildly goofy romance to dispel the winter blahs. Read full review
50
SlateDavid Edelstein
The preview—if that's truly what it is—has a beginning, a middle, and an end; a host of good lines; and so many goofy surprises that it's hard to believe that there's anything more to see in the picture itself. I mean … they wouldn't show you the entire movie in the coming attraction, would they? Read full review
50
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
The Wedding Planner dissolves into a mopey, leaden romance that piles on the contrivances before limping to its foregone -- and rote -- conclusion. Read full review
50
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Simply not up to the task.
50
San Francisco ChronicleBob Graham
Manages to do the impossible: It makes Lopez bland. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
A plot like this is so hopeless that only acting can redeem it. Lopez pulls her share of the load, looking geuninely smitten by this guy and convincingly crushed when his secret is revealed. But McConaughey is not the right actor for this material. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
An out of date 1950s movie. Read full review
42
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
Lopez is fine, sometimes quite funny, but she's better playing the take-no-prisoners planner than a goofy, insecure dork. Read full review
42
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
As weak a star vehicle as Hollywood has cranked out this millennium. Read full review
40
Film.comRobert Horton
She (Lopez) wipes away the unpleasant memories of "The Cell," and serves notice to Julia and Sandra that there's another girl out there who can do romantic comedy-even of the half-baked variety. Read full review
40
Village VoiceJessica Winter
The Wedding Planner achieves the dubious but perversely impressive feat, for its 90-minute duration, of neutering Jennifer Lopez. Read full review
40
Washington PostDesson Thomson
I suggest you RSVP in the negative to this "Wedding" invitation, unless you consider yourself a friend of the obvious bride to be, Ms. Lopez. But even then, you'll have to focus on her presence, rather than the silly ceremony around her. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Dopey but charming. Read full review
38
USA TodayMike Clark
Don't buy a ticket for this one, even if the theater is having a fire sale on Raisinets. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMark Caro
Stumbles from cliche to cliche: Read full review
38
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Writers Pamela Falk and Michael Ellis aim for the soufflé-style comedy audiences ate up greedily 40 years ago, but the film falls flat. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Has a lot of nerve making fun of Olivia Newton-John's "I Honestly Love You," as the choice of newlyweds fated for divorce in 12 to 14 months. The Wedding Planner should have such a shelf life. Read full review
35
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
The film's greatest flaw is its miscast leads, who conjure up zero dewy-eyed, wish-fulfillment magic. Read full review
30
The New York TimesDana Stevens
It's like watching two superbly conditioned rowers try to race a boat made of folded newspaper. Hard as they work, they just can't make it go any faster. Read full review
30
VarietyRobert Koehler
This tale of mismatched lovebirds begins with considerable charm but eventually loses its winning ways with an excess of ridiculous elements. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
The blandness of The Wedding Planner burlap-sacks their appeal in an altogether dowdy outing for two stars who deserve much snazzier threads. Read full review
20
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
The best thing about a movie as silly as this is that it makes such modest demands on your attention. As the story unfolded with all the energy of California in a Stage 3 alert, I staved off brain death by trying to imagine an alternate version.
20
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
Think "My Best Friend's Wedding," subtract gay best friend, dorky karaoke scene, charm, and any hint of malice or conflict, and you've got it. Read full review
20
TV Guide MagazineFrank Lovece
That rare, unfortunate thing, a total misfire of a movie. Read full review
20
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Director Shankman has diligently studied the forms and reproduced the moves of the screwball romances he so clearly loves, but he simply hasn't the chops to put together even a decent rip-off of those glittering jewels of the '30s and '40s, which depend on great writing, classy situation comedy and, above all, chemistry. Read full review
0
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Frankly, it's excruciating to watch. Read full review
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