Runaway Bride

Name: Runaway Bride
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: July 30, 1999
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 39
Cast: Julia Roberts, Richard Gere

1999

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 33 Critics

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RUNAWAY BRIDE

Movie Details & Credits

Paramount Pictures | Release Date: July 30, 1999

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.

Director: Garry Marshall

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG

Runtime: 116 min

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82	#82 Most Shared Movie of 1999

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Variety - Todd McCarthy

The central idea is quite clever and appealing, and that the charm meter is turned up all the way. Read full review

Seattle Post-Intelligencer - William Arnold

But the movie's vital signs improve remarkably in the second half, and especially in the last act. The proceedings suddenly pick up some screwball charm, the writing improves (with several truly inspired one-liners tossed in here and there) and the secondary characters begin to click. Read full review

The New Yorker - David Denby

Poky but often charming. Read full review

ReelViews - James Berardinelli

A clumsy motion picture that strives so hard for the perfect romantic ending that it triggers a gag reflex along the way. Read full review

Film.com - John Hartl

It doesn't generate enough laughs to make up for the fact that you never figure out what he (a misogynistic USA Today columnist played by Richard Gere) sees in her (a dizzy small-town hairdresser played by Roberts). Or, for that matter, what she could ever see in him.

Film Threat - Ron Wells

I completely dreaded sitting through this movie...Two-hour purgatory. Read full review

Film.com - Ernest Hardy

Atrocious bit of by-the-numbers screen filler. And anyone who easily lapses into sugar comas is advised to stay far, far away.

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MatanC.

Sep 25, 2007

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 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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