The Wedding Planner Rating: Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: Jennifer Lopez Matthew McConaughey Alex Rocco Justin Chambers Complete Cast (9 total)

The Wedding Planner Reviews

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total perfection
There's something about J.Lo that makes her one of the greatest actresses there is. This is one of the best love stories I've seen in years. It's sharp, witty, and the screenwriters must have taken YEARS to write such a nuanced and detailed plot. Plus, Jennifer Lopez gives the performance of a lifetime. Why wasn't she given an Oscar? What an outrage. Please do whatever you can to see this great American love story.

Fun, Light, Romantic Comedy
This movie is a perfect vehicle for Jennifer Lopez. Her acting style and personality fit well with the character, and makes the whole movie work.

Jennifer plays Mary Fiore, an intelligent and very good wedding planner. We see multiple examples of Mary's ability to organize and plan for complex weddings, from the biggest and most complex activity down to the minutest detail. Mary always has a contingency for every situation.

Because of Mary's position, and how the weddings she plans always happen so successfully, Mary is envied by many. However, the truth is that Mary's personal life is dull. As Mary says, "Those who can't do, teach. Those who can't wed, plan." Another old saying also appropriate is, "Always a bridesmaid and never a bride," with the substitution of wedding planner.

Into Mary's life comes Dr. Steven Edison (Matthew McConaughey). Through one of those bizarre coincidences that generally happen only in the movies, Dr. Steve saves Mary from a runaway dumpster hit by a cabbie who was trying to retrieve ice cream that had fallen from a cone. It takes Mary some time to discover that the guy that has saved her life and to whom she is attracted is going to be the groom for the biggest wedding she has ever planned. The rest of the movie involves maneuvering between Dr. Steve, Mary, and Fan Donolly (Bridgette Wilson), Dr. Steve's future bride, until we reach the rather unlikely, somewhat humorous, and moderately predictable end of the movie.

This movie is less than perfect. All the characters treat each other too nicely, even when they are being "mean." Everything works out a little too nicely, even given all the coincidences. Ultimately the movie is a romantic fantasy, with a fair amount of humor that works. Of course, the movie is intended to be a sort of Cinderella story, though Cinderella in this case is pretty and intelligent, and knows how to handle herself in the business world. While some may complain the movie is trite, it does work, it does make you feel good, and I enjoyed the movie well enough to smile at the ending and to want to watch it a second time.

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