Director: Gary Winick (13 Going on 30, Charlotte's Web)Cast: Kate Hudson (How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, Almost Famous), Anne Hathaway (The Devil Wears Prada, The Princess Diaries), Candice Bergen (Boston Legal, Sex and the City), Bryan Greenberg (One Tree Hill), Chris Pratt (Everwood, The O.C.), Steve Howey (Reba), Kristen Johnston (3rd Rock from the Sun)
The Deal: Liv (Hudson) and Emma (Hathaway) have been best friends since childhood and have always dreamed of their perfect wedding in the Plaza Hotel. They both become engaged at the same time, and due to a mix up, their weddings are scheduled for the same day. Neither one is willing to change their date, so they set out on an alternating set of escalating attacks in hopes of forcing the other to back out. With their weddings looming on the edge of disaster, their friendship seems long forgotten.
Thoughts: This is not my genre of films, but I know the decent ones when I see them. This isn't one of them. Aside from a couple of briefly funny moments from Hudson's character, everything else was shown in the trailer. You'd think the trailer would have been a brief glimpse into a bigger picture, but those were really the whole scenes. The film is completely irrational (yes, I understand women plus weddings equals irrational) and so absolutely ridiculous. Anyone who would go to these lengths against their life long best friend is a terrible person. Like the guys in the film (who literally just stand there not knowing what to do) suggested, a double wedding would have made all of this go away.
As you can probably already guess, the performances weren't memorable. Any actresses could have been plugged into these roles and the result would have been the same. They both are crazy, but it's not some special kind of crazy that will wow the viewers. It's the kind of crazy that is so over-the-top that high school girls would find too much. The men in the film are left to mostly stand around and assure their respective fiances, and they nail the parts, which isn't really hard to do as I'm sure they've had plenty of real life experience.
I had hoped that since the film was dubbed a "war" that there could have been more cat fights. It's full of psychological warfare, and they only finally duke it out in the last 10 minutes, only for it to last 30 seconds before they finally realize how ridiculous they've been. Right when you think they've grown up and matured, you get a "happy" ending that shows how irrational they still are. If you don't want a spoiler, don't read on. After calling off her wedding and separating from her fiance, Emma strikes it off with Liv's brother, which isn't surprising in the least. Then we flash forward one whopping year, and Emma has gone off and gotten married. Seriously? One whole year? And to top it off, Liv and Emma are both pregnant and due on the same date. Do I smell a terrible sequel?
Verdict: A butt-load of crazy and irrational, but most of the good moments were in the trailer. This would be best viewed on late night cable, so don't waste your money. ☆1/2
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