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

Critic scorePublicationBy date
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An out of date 1950s movie.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
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