Directed by:
Garry MarshallCinematography:
Stuart DryburghComposer:
James Newton HowardCast:
Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Joan Cusack, Hector Elizondo, Rita Wilson, Paul Dooley, Christopher Meloni, Donal Logue, Reg Rogers, Yul Vazquez (more)Plots(1)
Ike Graham (Richard Gere) is a successful, flippant and misogynistic New York journalist, who writes an accusing piece on the antics of Maggie Carpenter (Julia Roberts), a Maryland woman who has left three men at the altar. When Maggie protests about the inaccuracies in the article, Ike is fired. Ike decides to pursue the story further, and journeys to Maryland, where he meets Maggie and discovers she is due to be married for a fourth time. As Ike gets to know Maggie, he begins to fall for her charms, and realises why so many men before have been led down the aisle. (Disney / Buena Vista)
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One of the reasons why the general public began to swear at romantic comedies was because of the numerous reruns of this movie on afternoon TV, the impossible idiot Julia Roberts, the incomprehensibly ragged Richard Gere, and the worn-out Garry Marshall in the director's chair with a stunning lack of fresh ideas. What surprises me the most is that Runaway Bride practically stands out from its genre: there's barely any romance in it, and it ends up being more of a comedy, almost unintentionally.
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I'm enjoying the negative reactions, even though it's absolutely as over-sweetened a romcom as Pretty Woman, and surprisingly with a slightly more realistic basis. Richard is good, while Julia again does a very good job of playing someone completely different than usual and this is in no way a copy of Vivian, so what are you on about? That the prince finally got a marriage proposal from the princess? Oh, God.
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