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39 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 33 Critics What's this?

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6.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

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  • Starring: Julia Roberts, Richard Gere
  • Summary: In a last-ditch effort to save his tarnished career, a big-city reporter (Gere) chases a scoop about a mercurial, small-town girl (Roberts) known as the Runaway Bride due to her habit of leaving her grooms-to-be at the altar.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 33
  3. Negative: 11 out of 33
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    80
    The central idea is quite clever and appealing, and that the charm meter is turned up all the way.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Elvis Mitchell
    60
    More often, the film is like a ride through a car wash: forward motion, familiar phases in the same old order and a sense of being carried along steadily on a well-used track. It works without exactly showing signs of life.
  3. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Rick Groen
    38
    Other than a few gratuitous montage sequences, plus a patently clumsy echo of the shopping scene in "Pretty Woman," Marshall refuses to pull his share of the load, forcing his beleaguered cast to fend for themselves.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. MatanC.
    6
    If it's a comedy, it's not funny. If it's a drama, it's not dramatic. If it's a romance, it's not romantic. The only excuse for this film was getting Julia Roberts and Richard Gere on the same movie, and if you could throw in some of their Pretty Woman sidekicks, well, the more the merrier. But it's not all exploitation: some smart lines, good acting, and a mostly original storyline saves it from the depths of a complete failure. And by the name of god, that dress was UGLY!… Expand
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