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'''''Bride Wars''''' is a 2009 American [[ |
'''''Bride Wars''''' is a 2009 American [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Gary Winick]] and written by Greg DePaul, [[June Diane Raphael]], and [[Casey Wilson]].<ref name="siegel" /> Two childhood best friends, who have made many plans together for their respective weddings, turn into sworn enemies in a race to get married first. |
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The film stars [[Kate Hudson]] and [[Anne Hathaway]], with [[Kristen Johnston]], [[Steve Howey (actor)|Steve Howey]], [[Bryan Greenberg]] and [[Candice Bergen]] in supporting roles. It was theatrically released on January 9, 2009, by [[20th Century Fox]]. Though panned by critics, the film was a commercial success, grossing a worldwide total of $115.4 million against a production budget of $30 million. A Chinese remake [[Bride Wars (2015 film)|of the same name]] was released in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/bride-wars-review-1201576787/|title= Film Review: 'Bride Wars'|last= Lee|first= Maggie|date= August 24, 2015|access-date= October 10, 2015|work= [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|archive-date= October 5, 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151005121149/http://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/bride-wars-review-1201576787/|url-status= live}}</ref> |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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Emma Allan and Olivia "Liv" Lerner are childhood best friends who have planned every detail of their weddings, since first witnessing a wedding 20 years ago at the [[Plaza Hotel]]. They both have made it a priority to be married in the same location in June. While hanging out at Liv's place in the present day they find a Tiffany box hidden in the closet. Both friends are excited knowing that Liv will soon get a proposal from her boyfriend. That same night Emma's boyfriend proposes to her. Liv gets restless waiting for her boyfriend to pop the question and eventually confronts him. He replies he was planning on doing it that night but then asks her on the spot. |
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Emma Allan and Olivia "Liv" Lerner are childhood best friends. Ever since they witnessed a wedding 20 years ago at the [[Plaza Hotel]], they have dreamed of holding their own June weddings there. |
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Liv's parents died when she was a child. She grows up to be a successful attorney at [[Ropes & Gray]]. She's used to getting her way, and attempts to be perfect. Her boyfriend, Daniel Williams, is a hedge fund manager. |
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Emma becomes a middle school teacher who takes care of everyone, but sometimes forgets to take care of herself. Her boyfriend of ten years, Fletcher Flemson, is controlling, and takes advantage of her compliant, meek nature. |
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The two of them ask the 3rd bride, Stacey, to switch her date with Emma. Stacey refuses, resulting in Liv fighting with Stacey while she is registering for gifts and causing Liv and Emma to be escorted out of the store. A week of passive-aggressive hostility passes before the two women make it clear to each other that neither will compromise. Emma's fiancé, Fletcher, begins to show signs of being controlling. The two women declare war after a slight misunderstanding that Liv already announced her wedding date, outraging Emma who set her date as well, which Liv becomes aware of at their shared bridal shower. The two exchange threats and insults in front of their friends who decide not to take sides. |
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One day Emma and Liv find a [[Tiffany & Co.|Tiffany]] box concealed in Liv's closet. Both are excited, believing it means Liv's boyfriend Daniel is about to propose. But that night, it's Fletcher who proposes. Liv confronts Daniel at his office the next morning. It turns out he had planned to propose that night, but he then asks her on the spot. |
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⚫ | Emma and Liv schedule a meeting with New York's most famous [[wedding planner]], Marion St. Claire, who tells them there are only three spots open at The Plaza in June: two at the same time on June 6 and one on June 27. They each choose a different date so their big days will not clash. However, both are scheduled for June 6 by mistake. |
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Emma and Fletcher get into an argument regarding Emma's maniacal behavior, sabotaging Liv's wedding and their friendship, and how Emma has changed since they first met. The couple undergo strains in their relationship because of Emma's newfound outspokenness and self-confidence. In contrast, Liv has learned to be more sensitive and expressive. However, due to her stress about the wedding and strained friendship with Emma, she ends up being demoted at her job as an attorney. |
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They ask the third bride, Stacey, to switch her date with Emma, but she refuses. Liv fights with Stacey as she is registering for gifts, causing Liv and Emma to be escorted out of the store. After a week of passive-aggressive hostility, it is clear that neither will compromise. |
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The women declare war after a slight misunderstanding that Liv already announced her wedding date, outraging Emma who then sets her date as well, which Liv discovers at their shared bridal shower. They threaten and insult each other in front of their friends, who decide not to take sides. |
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⚫ | Both attempt to sabotage the other's wedding. Liv changes Emma's dance instructor; Emma secretly sends Liv candy so her dress won't fit; Liv makes Emma's spray tan bright orange; Emma changes Liv's hair dye to a shocking blue; Liv registers Emma on [[Babies R Us]] and spreads rumors that she is pregnant; Emma shows up to Liv's invite-only bachelorette party and outdances her. |
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Emma and Fletcher argue over her behavior. Fletcher cannot accept her newfound outspokenness and self-confidence. In contrast, Liv has learned to be more sensitive and expressive and has drawn closer to Daniel. However, her stress about the wedding causes her demotion at work. |
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⚫ | At the Plaza shortly before their ceremonies, Emma's father gives Liv his blessing, causing her to regret setting up a wild spring break DVD to play at Emma's ceremony. She sends her assistant Kevin to replace the DVD with the original one, filled with childhood memories. Believing it is a prank, he does not do it. |
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Before the brides enter their respective venues, they share a brief moment of reconciliation from afar, smiling at each other. Liv's smile is confident, but Emma's is tinged with tears, suggesting she is having second thoughts about her fiance. |
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⚫ | A year later, Liv and Emma meet up for drinks, where it's revealed that Emma married Nate. She offers a toast to marriage but Emma says she's not drinking. When Liv says she's not either, they realise they are both pregnant and their due dates are the same: March 3. The best friends squeal with excitement and hug happily. |
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==Cast== |
==Cast== |
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* [[Kate Hudson]] as Olivia "Liv" Lerner |
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* [[Kate Hudson]] as Olivia "Liv" Lerner, a successful attorney at [[Ropes & Gray]] who is used to getting her way, and won't settle for anything else. She attempts to be perfect instead of taking things lightly, ever since her parents died when she was a child. It was shown that she is protective and extremely caring of Emma. |
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** Zoe O'Grady as Young Liv |
** Zoe O'Grady as Young Liv |
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* [[Anne Hathaway]] as Emma Allan |
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* [[Anne Hathaway]] as Emma Allan, a middle school teacher who takes care of everyone, but forgets about having some time for herself due to her sweet but slightly meek nature. Liv remarked that she is the one who always "gives in" when they both have conflicts with each other. |
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** Shannon Ferber as Young Emma |
** Shannon Ferber as Young Emma |
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* [[Chris Pratt]] as Fletcher Flemson, Emma's fiancé. Fletcher is an accountant and the two of them met ten years prior to the film's events. Throughout the film, he is shown to be very controlling, becoming aggravated by Emma's assertive behavior, and begins to have a lot of differences with her. |
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* [[Steve Howey (actor)|Steve Howey]] as Daniel Williams, Liv's fiancé and a hedge fund manager. Unlike Fletcher and Emma, he became closer with Liv during the wedding planning process and embraced his fiancé's changes in her attitude particularly her newly discovered vulnerability. |
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* [[Bryan Greenberg]] as Nathan "Nate" Lerner, Liv's brother who is in love with Emma. |
* [[Bryan Greenberg]] as Nathan "Nate" Lerner, Liv's brother who is in love with Emma. |
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* [[Chris Pratt]] as Fletcher Flemson |
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* [[Steve Howey (actor)|Steve Howey]] as Daniel Williams |
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* [[Casey Wilson]] as Stacy Kindred, another bride and one of Marion St. Claire's clients. Liv and Emma tried to persuade her to give up her date, which ends up in a fiasco in a store. |
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* [[John Pankow]] as John Allan, Emma's dad. |
* [[John Pankow]] as John Allan, Emma's dad. |
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* [[Casey Wilson]] as Stacy Kindred, the third bride. |
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* [[Lauren Bittner]] as Amie, one of Emma and Liv's closest friends. She is seen getting romantically involved with Kevin near the end of the film. |
* [[Lauren Bittner]] as Amie, one of Emma and Liv's closest friends. She is seen getting romantically involved with Kevin near the end of the film. |
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* [[Dennis Parlato]] as Dance Instructor |
* [[Dennis Parlato]] as Dance Instructor |
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* [[Billy Unger]] as Additional voices |
* [[Billy Unger]] as Additional voices |
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==Production== |
==Production== |
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Raphael and Wilson completed the shooting script of ''Bride Wars'', from an original screenplay by [[Greg DePaul]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/bride-nears-the-altar-1117953809/ |title="Bride" nears the altar |last=Fleming |first=Michael |date=November 12, 2006 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |
Raphael and Wilson completed the shooting script of ''Bride Wars'', from an original screenplay by [[Greg DePaul]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/bride-nears-the-altar-1117953809/ |title="Bride" nears the altar |last=Fleming |first=Michael |date=November 12, 2006 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=2020-09-04 |url-status=live |archive-date=2020-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730031804/https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/bride-nears-the-altar-1117953809/ }}</ref> before the [[2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike]] began.<ref name="warpath">{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/hathaway-hops-on-war-path-2-1117977246/ |title=Hathaway hops on "War" path |last=Fleming |first=Michael |author2=Tatiana Siegel |date=December 6, 2007 |work=Variety |access-date=November 7, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116185420/https://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/hathaway-hops-on-war-path-2-1117977246/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith also contributed to the screenplay.<ref name="siegel">{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/bergen-hitches-bride-1117983597/ |title=Bergen hitches "Bride" |last=Siegel |first=Tatiana |date=April 6, 2008 |work=Variety |access-date=November 7, 2020 |archive-date=November 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110210534/https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/bergen-hitches-bride-1117983597/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="warpath"/> |
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Some principal photography took place at the Peabody Essex Museum in [[Salem, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_206233055.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206003442/http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_206233055.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 6, 2008 |title=Heard Around Town: The six degrees of Lizzie Borden |last=Cassidy |first=Chris |author2=Tom Dalton |date=July 25, 2008 |work=The Salem News |publisher=Eagle Tribune Publishing Company |access-date=2008-08-09 }}</ref> Most filming occurred in [[Boston]], [[New York City]], and in [[Salem, Massachusetts]].{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} |
Some principal photography took place at the Peabody Essex Museum in [[Salem, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_206233055.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206003442/http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_206233055.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 6, 2008 |title=Heard Around Town: The six degrees of Lizzie Borden |last=Cassidy |first=Chris |author2=Tom Dalton |date=July 25, 2008 |work=The Salem News |publisher=Eagle Tribune Publishing Company |access-date=2008-08-09 }}</ref> Most filming occurred in [[Boston]], [[New York City]], and in [[Salem, Massachusetts]].{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} |
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===Music=== |
===Music=== |
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The score to ''Bride Wars'' was composed by [[Edward Shearmur]], who recorded his score with a 77-piece ensemble of the [[Hollywood Studio Symphony]] at the Newman Scoring Stage at [[20th Century Fox]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Dan |last=Goldwasser |url=http://www.scoringsessions.com/news/167/ |title=Edward Shearmur scores ''Bride Wars'' |publisher=ScoringSessions.com |date=January 14, 2009 |access-date=2009-01-14}}</ref> |
The score to ''Bride Wars'' was composed by [[Edward Shearmur]], who recorded his score with a 77-piece ensemble of the [[Hollywood Studio Symphony]] at the Newman Scoring Stage at [[20th Century Fox]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Dan |last=Goldwasser |url=http://www.scoringsessions.com/news/167/ |title=Edward Shearmur scores ''Bride Wars'' |publisher=ScoringSessions.com |date=January 14, 2009 |access-date=2009-01-14 |archive-date=2009-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208231229/http://scoringsessions.com/news/167/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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In the beginning of the film, the song "[[Somethin' Special (Beijing Olympic Mix)|Somethin' Special]]" by [[Colbie Caillat]] was played, however this version had different lyrics than the Beijing Olympic Mix, suggesting that it was the original mix. As the film did not have a soundtrack, the original version remained unreleased until Caillat's album ''Breakthrough'' was released, where the song appears as a bonus track on the Rhapsody edition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rhapsody.com/colbie-caillat/breakthrough|title=Breakthrough|work=Rhapsody}}</ref> There is also the song "Dream" by [[Priscilla Ahn]] and "Scared" by Duffy. |
In the beginning of the film, the song "[[Somethin' Special (Beijing Olympic Mix)|Somethin' Special]]" by [[Colbie Caillat]] was played, however this version had different lyrics than the Beijing Olympic Mix, suggesting that it was the original mix. As the film did not have a soundtrack, the original version remained unreleased until Caillat's album ''Breakthrough'' was released, where the song appears as a bonus track on the Rhapsody edition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rhapsody.com/colbie-caillat/breakthrough|title=Breakthrough|work=Rhapsody|access-date=2010-02-21|archive-date=2009-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090824091711/http://www.rhapsody.com/colbie-caillat/breakthrough|url-status=live}}</ref> There is also the song "Dream" by [[Priscilla Ahn]] and "Scared" by Duffy. |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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===Box office=== |
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In its opening weekend, the film grossed $21 |
In its opening weekend, the film grossed $21.1 million, ranking at number 2 at the box office.<ref name="BOM">{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=bridewars.htm |title=Bride Wars (2009) |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=2009-05-26 |archive-date=2018-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101055222/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=bridewars.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> It went on to gross $58.7 million in the United States and Canada, $56.7 million in other countries, for a total of $115.4 million worldwide.<ref name="BOM"/> |
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===Critical response=== |
===Critical response=== |
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On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] the film has an approval rating of |
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 10% based on 146 reviews, with an average rating of 3.50/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "''Bride Wars'' takes the already wearisome concept of battling bridezillas, and makes it thoroughly insufferable via a lazy script and wholly detestable characters."<ref>{{cite web |title=Bride Wars |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bride_wars/ |access-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921065832/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bride_wars |url-status=live }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a weighted average score of 24 out of 100 based on 30 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web |title=Bride Wars |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/bride-wars |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=November 7, 2020 |archive-date=September 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917004420/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/bride-wars |url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://m.cinemascore.com/ |title=Brides Wars |work=[[CinemaScore]] |access-date=February 7, 2023}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' named it one of the top 10 worst [[chick flick]]s ever made.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Romero|first=Frances|title=Top 10 Worst Chick Flicks - Bride Wars|url=http://entertainment.time.com/2010/05/26/top-10-worst-chick-flicks/?slide=bride-wars#bride-wars|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=March 28, 2012|date=May 26, 2010|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172205/http://entertainment.time.com/2010/05/26/top-10-worst-chick-flicks/?slide=bride-wars#bride-wars|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' named it one of the top 10 worst [[chick flick]]s.<ref>{{cite web|last=Romero|first=Frances|title=Top 10 Worst Chick Flicks - Bride Wars|url=http://entertainment.time.com/2010/05/26/top-10-worst-chick-flicks/?slide=bride-wars#bride-wars|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=March 28, 2012|date=May 26, 2010}}</ref> |
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[[Manohla Dargis]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called the film "dopey if largely painless". She said that Hathaway's presence meant "that there's a little acting in it, along with a few human emotions" and wondered what the film might have been if the writers had explored a potential [[lesbianism|lesbian]] subtext suggested by the opening scenes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dargis |first=Manohla |author-link=Manohla Dargis |title=Two Weddings and a Furor |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2009/01/09/movies/09brid.html |
[[Manohla Dargis]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called the film "dopey, if largely painless". She said that Hathaway's presence meant "that there's a little acting in it, along with a few human emotions" and wondered what the film might have been if the writers had explored a potential [[lesbianism|lesbian]] subtext suggested by the opening scenes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dargis |first=Manohla |author-link=Manohla Dargis |title=Two Weddings and a Furor |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2009/01/09/movies/09brid.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 9, 2009 |access-date=January 11, 2009 |quote=[I]t's too bad that [Winick] doesn't (or can't) venture down the more interesting avenues opened up in the screenplay ... The opener — a gauzy scene from childhood that finds Liv and Emma, dressed as a bride and groom, tenderly dancing with each other — and an adult catfight, which looks like a prelude to a kiss, suggest that there may be more to this friendship (and the fury underlying its rupture) than either the women or the movie can admit. |archive-date=January 16, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116140806/http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/01/09/movies/09brid.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Carrie Rickey of ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' wrote, "How bad can a movie be, with Goldilocks Hudson and Cinderella Hathaway? So excruciating that Hudson's sunshine can't warm it and Hathaway's rose redolence can't mask its stink."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/movies/20090109_Winsome_twosome_turns_gruesome.html |title=Winsome Twosome Turns Gruesome |publisher=Philly.com |access-date=2005-05-26 |archive-date=2009-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115102019/http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/movies/20090109_Winsome_twosome_turns_gruesome.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Ty Burr of ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' was disturbed by the film, claiming that it was "...a chick flick that makes its chick characters — and by extension its chick audience — look like hateful, backward toddlers, and there is something wrong with that."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/movies/display?display=movie&id=12245 |title=Bride Wars Movie Review |publisher=Boston.com |access-date=2009-05-26 |first=Ty |last=Burr |date=January 9, 2009 |archive-date=2009-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216085644/http://boston.com/movies/display?display=movie&id=12245 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Longtime [[BBC Radio 5 Live]] critic [[Mark Kermode]] was notably harsh toward the film on his ''[[Kermode and Mayo's Film Review]]'' show, going so far as to say that he would quit film criticism if ''Bride Wars'' did not end up in his list of 10 worst films of 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://steadydietoffilm.typepad.com/blog/2009/01/mark-kermode-threatens-to-quit-over-bride-wars.html |title=Mark Kermode threatens to quit over Bride Wars |date=January 9, 2009 |access-date=2009-05-26}}</ref> By the end of the year, even when Kermode included ''[[Terminator Salvation]]'' and ''[[Couples Retreat]]'' on his list by popular demand, ''Bride Wars'' still finished eighth, allowing him to keep his job.<ref>{{cite video |date= |
Longtime [[BBC Radio 5 Live]] critic [[Mark Kermode]] was notably harsh toward the film on his ''[[Kermode and Mayo's Film Review]]'' show, going so far as to say that he would quit film criticism if ''Bride Wars'' did not end up in his list of 10 worst films of 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://steadydietoffilm.typepad.com/blog/2009/01/mark-kermode-threatens-to-quit-over-bride-wars.html |title=Mark Kermode threatens to quit over Bride Wars |date=January 9, 2009 |access-date=2009-05-26 |archive-date=2009-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626150637/http://steadydietoffilm.typepad.com/blog/2009/01/mark-kermode-threatens-to-quit-over-bride-wars.html |url-status=live }}</ref> By the end of the year, even when Kermode included ''[[Terminator Salvation]]'' and ''[[Couples Retreat]]'' on his list by popular demand, ''Bride Wars'' still finished eighth, allowing him to keep his job.<ref>{{cite video |date=30 December 2010 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/16790dd8-f6f4-332a-aaeb-ddba5938eeb1 |title=BBC Blogs - Kermode Uncut - The Bride Wars Challenge Divorce |author=Mark Kermode |author-link=Mark Kermode |work=Kermode Uncut |access-date=20 December 2019 |archive-date=9 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109200756/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/16790dd8-f6f4-332a-aaeb-ddba5938eeb1 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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In one of the few positive reviews of the film, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' critic Mary Pols wrote, "At least, and this is something to be grateful for, ''Bride Wars'' deviates from the usual wedding-flick routine of maids of honor who should be the bride (or groom). And even though the catfighting goes over the top, the notion that a passionate female friendship can turn ugly in a heartbeat is, sadly, realistic."<ref>{{cite |
In one of the few positive reviews of the film, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' critic Mary Pols wrote, "At least, and this is something to be grateful for, ''Bride Wars'' deviates from the usual wedding-flick routine of maids of honor who should be the bride (or groom). And even though the catfighting goes over the top, the notion that a passionate female friendship can turn ugly in a heartbeat is, sadly, realistic."<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1870401,00.html | title=Bride Wars: One Bride Too Many | magazine=Time | date=January 8, 2009 | access-date=April 26, 2010 | first=Mary | last=Pols | archive-date=August 26, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826203845/http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1870401,00.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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The film was nominated for 2 awards at the [[2009 MTV Movie Awards]]: Best Fight (Anne Hathaway vs. Kate Hudson)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2009/best-fight/ |title=Best Fight |work=MTV |access-date=2009-05-17 |archive-date=2009-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417150649/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2009/best-fight/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Anne Hathaway for Best Female Performance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2009/best-female-performance/ |title=Best Female Performance}}</ref> It also had several [[Teen Choice Award]] nominations.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} [[Candice Bergen]] was nominated for |
The film was nominated for 2 awards at the [[2009 MTV Movie Awards]]: Best Fight (Anne Hathaway vs. Kate Hudson)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.slashfilm.com/503964/2009-mtv-movie-awards-winners/ |title= 2009 MTV Movie Awards Winners |first= Peter |last= Sciretta |work= [[/Film]] |date= May 31, 2009 |access-date= November 26, 2023 |archive-date= November 26, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231126125217/https://www.slashfilm.com/503964/2009-mtv-movie-awards-winners/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2009/best-fight/ |title=Best Fight |work=MTV |access-date=2009-05-17 |archive-date=2009-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417150649/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2009/best-fight/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Anne Hathaway for Best Female Performance.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2009/best-female-performance/ |title=Best Female Performance |website=[[MTV]] |access-date=2009-05-17 |archive-date=2009-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528153331/http://www.mtv.com//ontv//movieawards//2009//best-female-performance// |url-status=live }}</ref> It also had several [[Teen Choice Award]] nominations.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} [[Candice Bergen]] was nominated for the [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress|Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress]] for her performance in the film.{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}} |
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Directed by | Gary Winick |
Screenplay by | |
Story by | Greg DePaul |
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Cinematography | Frederick Elmes |
Edited by | Susan Littenberg |
Music by | Edward Shearmur |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $30 million[1] |
Box office | $115.4 million[1] |
Bride Wars is a 2009 American romantic comedy film directed by Gary Winick and written by Greg DePaul, June Diane Raphael, and Casey Wilson.[2] Two childhood best friends, who have made many plans together for their respective weddings, turn into sworn enemies in a race to get married first.
The film stars Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway, with Kristen Johnston, Steve Howey, Bryan Greenberg and Candice Bergen in supporting roles. It was theatrically released on January 9, 2009, by 20th Century Fox. Though panned by critics, the film was a commercial success, grossing a worldwide total of $115.4 million against a production budget of $30 million. A Chinese remake of the same name was released in 2015.[3]
Plot
Emma Allan and Olivia "Liv" Lerner are childhood best friends. Ever since they witnessed a wedding 20 years ago at the Plaza Hotel, they have dreamed of holding their own June weddings there.
Liv's parents died when she was a child. She grows up to be a successful attorney at Ropes & Gray. She's used to getting her way, and attempts to be perfect. Her boyfriend, Daniel Williams, is a hedge fund manager.
Emma becomes a middle school teacher who takes care of everyone, but sometimes forgets to take care of herself. Her boyfriend of ten years, Fletcher Flemson, is controlling, and takes advantage of her compliant, meek nature.
One day Emma and Liv find a Tiffany box concealed in Liv's closet. Both are excited, believing it means Liv's boyfriend Daniel is about to propose. But that night, it's Fletcher who proposes. Liv confronts Daniel at his office the next morning. It turns out he had planned to propose that night, but he then asks her on the spot.
Emma and Liv schedule a meeting with New York's most famous wedding planner, Marion St. Claire, who tells them there are only three spots open at The Plaza in June: two at the same time on June 6 and one on June 27. They each choose a different date so their big days will not clash. However, both are scheduled for June 6 by mistake.
They ask the third bride, Stacey, to switch her date with Emma, but she refuses. Liv fights with Stacey as she is registering for gifts, causing Liv and Emma to be escorted out of the store. After a week of passive-aggressive hostility, it is clear that neither will compromise.
The women declare war after a slight misunderstanding that Liv already announced her wedding date, outraging Emma who then sets her date as well, which Liv discovers at their shared bridal shower. They threaten and insult each other in front of their friends, who decide not to take sides.
Both attempt to sabotage the other's wedding. Liv changes Emma's dance instructor; Emma secretly sends Liv candy so her dress won't fit; Liv makes Emma's spray tan bright orange; Emma changes Liv's hair dye to a shocking blue; Liv registers Emma on Babies R Us and spreads rumors that she is pregnant; Emma shows up to Liv's invite-only bachelorette party and outdances her.
Emma and Fletcher argue over her behavior. Fletcher cannot accept her newfound outspokenness and self-confidence. In contrast, Liv has learned to be more sensitive and expressive and has drawn closer to Daniel. However, her stress about the wedding causes her demotion at work.
At the Plaza shortly before their ceremonies, Emma's father gives Liv his blessing, causing her to regret setting up a wild spring break DVD to play at Emma's ceremony. She sends her assistant Kevin to replace the DVD with the original one, filled with childhood memories. Believing it is a prank, he does not do it.
Before the brides enter their respective venues, they share a brief moment of reconciliation from afar, smiling at each other. Liv's smile is confident, but Emma's is tinged with tears, suggesting she is having second thoughts about her fiance.
Emma begins walking down the aisle but stops when the wild DVD is played. Losing it, she tackles Liv at her wedding on the other side. Wrestling in their dresses on the floor, they shock the guests.
Emma tells Fletcher she is not the same person he fell in love with 10 years ago. With that, they call off their wedding. Liv's wedding resumes after they reconcile. Emma, now Liv's maid of honor, later dances with Liv's brother Nate, a well-known magazine journalist.
A year later, Liv and Emma meet up for drinks, where it's revealed that Emma married Nate. She offers a toast to marriage but Emma says she's not drinking. When Liv says she's not either, they realise they are both pregnant and their due dates are the same: March 3. The best friends squeal with excitement and hug happily.
Cast
- Kate Hudson as Olivia "Liv" Lerner
- Zoe O'Grady as Young Liv
- Anne Hathaway as Emma Allan
- Shannon Ferber as Young Emma
- Kristen Johnston as Deb Delgado, an obnoxious, lazy woman who is one of Emma's colleagues. She continually unloads her entire workload on Emma. She eventually becomes Emma's maid of honor. She is the one who suggested to Emma that she should fatten Liv with expensive chocolates, and other calorie laden treats.
- Bryan Greenberg as Nathan "Nate" Lerner, Liv's brother who is in love with Emma.
- Chris Pratt as Fletcher Flemson
- Steve Howey as Daniel Williams
- Candice Bergen as Marion St. Claire. She also serves as the narrator.
- John Pankow as John Allan, Emma's dad.
- Michael Arden as Kevin, Liv's assistant at work, whom she recruits to be her "Mister of Honor." He gave Liv the suggestion that she should mess up with Emma's dance lessons by replacing her instructor with an eccentric one. He is seen getting romantically involved with Amie near the end of the film.
- June Diane Raphael as Amanda, a friend of Emma and Liv's who gets married, at the start of the film, but not at The Plaza Hotel, to Emma and Liv's horror. She is shown to be frank and expresses her regret in getting married in comical ways, ending with her getting a divorce by the end of the film.
- Casey Wilson as Stacy Kindred, the third bride.
- Lauren Bittner as Amie, one of Emma and Liv's closest friends. She is seen getting romantically involved with Kevin near the end of the film.
- Hettienne Park as Marissa, one of Emma and Liv's closest friends.
- Paul Scheer as Ricky Coo, dance choreographer
- Dennis Parlato as Dance Instructor
- Billy Unger as Additional voices
- Colin Ford as Additional voices
Production
Raphael and Wilson completed the shooting script of Bride Wars, from an original screenplay by Greg DePaul,[4] before the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike began.[5] Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith also contributed to the screenplay.[2][5]
Some principal photography took place at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts.[6] Most filming occurred in Boston, New York City, and in Salem, Massachusetts.[citation needed]
Music
The score to Bride Wars was composed by Edward Shearmur, who recorded his score with a 77-piece ensemble of the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox.[7]
In the beginning of the film, the song "Somethin' Special" by Colbie Caillat was played, however this version had different lyrics than the Beijing Olympic Mix, suggesting that it was the original mix. As the film did not have a soundtrack, the original version remained unreleased until Caillat's album Breakthrough was released, where the song appears as a bonus track on the Rhapsody edition.[8] There is also the song "Dream" by Priscilla Ahn and "Scared" by Duffy.
Reception
Box office
In its opening weekend, the film grossed $21.1 million, ranking at number 2 at the box office.[1] It went on to gross $58.7 million in the United States and Canada, $56.7 million in other countries, for a total of $115.4 million worldwide.[1]
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 10% based on 146 reviews, with an average rating of 3.50/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "Bride Wars takes the already wearisome concept of battling bridezillas, and makes it thoroughly insufferable via a lazy script and wholly detestable characters."[9] On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 24 out of 100 based on 30 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[10] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale.[11] Time named it one of the top 10 worst chick flicks ever made.[12]
Manohla Dargis of The New York Times called the film "dopey, if largely painless". She said that Hathaway's presence meant "that there's a little acting in it, along with a few human emotions" and wondered what the film might have been if the writers had explored a potential lesbian subtext suggested by the opening scenes.[13] Carrie Rickey of The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote, "How bad can a movie be, with Goldilocks Hudson and Cinderella Hathaway? So excruciating that Hudson's sunshine can't warm it and Hathaway's rose redolence can't mask its stink."[14] Ty Burr of The Boston Globe was disturbed by the film, claiming that it was "...a chick flick that makes its chick characters — and by extension its chick audience — look like hateful, backward toddlers, and there is something wrong with that."[15]
Longtime BBC Radio 5 Live critic Mark Kermode was notably harsh toward the film on his Kermode and Mayo's Film Review show, going so far as to say that he would quit film criticism if Bride Wars did not end up in his list of 10 worst films of 2009.[16] By the end of the year, even when Kermode included Terminator Salvation and Couples Retreat on his list by popular demand, Bride Wars still finished eighth, allowing him to keep his job.[17]
In one of the few positive reviews of the film, Time critic Mary Pols wrote, "At least, and this is something to be grateful for, Bride Wars deviates from the usual wedding-flick routine of maids of honor who should be the bride (or groom). And even though the catfighting goes over the top, the notion that a passionate female friendship can turn ugly in a heartbeat is, sadly, realistic."[18]
Awards
The film was nominated for 2 awards at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards: Best Fight (Anne Hathaway vs. Kate Hudson)[19][20] and Anne Hathaway for Best Female Performance.[21] It also had several Teen Choice Award nominations.[citation needed] Candice Bergen was nominated for the Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress for her performance in the film.[citation needed]
- Won
- 2009 – Teen Choice Awards for Choice Comedy Movie Actress (Anne Hathaway)
- Nominated
- 2009 – Teen Choice Award for Choice Comedy Movie Actress (Kate Hudson)
- 2009 – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Hissy Fit (Kate Hudson)
- 2009 – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Rockstar Moment (Anne Hathaway)
- 2009 – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Rumble (Anne Hathaway vs. Kate Hudson)
- 2009 – MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance (Anne Hathaway)
- 2009 – MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (Anne Hathaway vs. Kate Hudson)
- 2010 – Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress (Candice Bergen)
- 2010 – People's Choice Awards for Favourite Comedy Movie
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- ^ Cassidy, Chris; Tom Dalton (July 25, 2008). "Heard Around Town: The six degrees of Lizzie Borden". The Salem News. Eagle Tribune Publishing Company. Archived from the original on December 6, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
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[I]t's too bad that [Winick] doesn't (or can't) venture down the more interesting avenues opened up in the screenplay ... The opener — a gauzy scene from childhood that finds Liv and Emma, dressed as a bride and groom, tenderly dancing with each other — and an adult catfight, which looks like a prelude to a kiss, suggest that there may be more to this friendship (and the fury underlying its rupture) than either the women or the movie can admit.
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