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  • 2005
  • PG-13
  • Universal Pictures
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2005
  • PG-13
  • Universal Pictures
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary In this romantic comedy, Debra Messing plays Kat, a never-married New Yorker, who is invited to her younger sister's wedding in London. What should be a joyous occasion bodes disaster for Kat, however, when she discovers that the best man will be none other than her ex-fiancé. In a desperate attempt to face the ordeal with dignity, Kat h...

Directed By: Clare Kilner

Written By: Elizabeth Young, Dana Fox

  • 2005
  • PG-13
  • Universal Pictures
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2005
  • PG-13
  • Universal Pictures
  • 1 h 30 m

The Wedding Date

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 34 Critic Reviews
32
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 19 User Ratings
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Summary In this romantic comedy, Debra Messing plays Kat, a never-married New Yorker, who is invited to her younger sister's wedding in London. What should be a joyous occasion bodes disaster for Kat, however, when she discovers that the best man will be none other than her ex-fiancé. In a desperate attempt to face the ordeal with dignity, Kat h...

Directed By: Clare Kilner

Written By: Elizabeth Young, Dana Fox

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 34 Critic Reviews
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3% Positive
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47% Mixed
16 Reviews
50% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 34 Critic Reviews
32
3% Positive
1 Review
47% Mixed
16 Reviews
50% Negative
17 Reviews

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63
The curious case of two appealing performances surviving a bombardment of schlock.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
50
This is a charmless, lifeless affair that had me leaving the theater in a mood more appropriate to a funeral than a wedding.
By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW
40
Clare Kilner's cast frolics in the countryside in an appropriately British-romantic-comedy fashion, and at times the characters trade silly snaps, but Dana Fox's screenplay is structurally shaky.
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38
A relatively harmless (and thankfully, not entirely laughless) trifle.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW
38
Wedding Date is neither good art, good entertainment nor even good trash.
By Michael Wilmington FULL REVIEW
25
Messing should know this is precisely the kind of movie Grace would ridicule Will for dragging her to see.
By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW
0
A witless, stale and half-hearted rehash of cliches borrowed from the likes of "The Wedding Planner," "The Wedding Singer" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral," this pathetic, alleged comedy certainly wasn't improved by clueless direction by Clare Kilner.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Gold Circle Films, 26 Films, Visionview Production
Release Date Feb 4, 2005
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline Love doesn't come cheap.
Website http://www.theweddingdate.net
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