Runaway Bride
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Having already left three grooms at the altar, Maggie Carpenter is branded "the runaway bride" by jaded New York journalist Ike Graham. But, after his facts are called into question, Ike races to Maggie's hometown to save his reputation and report on her upcoming fourth trip down the aisle – during which he's convinced she'll run again. Though he's there on a muckraking mission, Ike can't help but fall for this breathtaking heartbreaker.
What critics thought
Critics found Runaway Bride a mechanical and largely charmless rehash, with the script drawing the most fire for raising questions about its heroine only to abandon them. Audiences were considerably warmer than reviewers, flocking to the Gere-Roberts reunion despite the near-consensus that the pair's 'Pretty Woman' spark had gone missing.
“After seeing Gere and Roberts play much smarter people (even in romantic comedies), it is painful to see them dumbed down here. The screenplay is so sluggish, they're like Derby winners made to carry extra weight.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“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.”
The New York Times
“Runaway Bride's Josann McGibbon & Sara Parriott script is so muddled and contrived, raising issues only to ignore them or throw them away, you wonder why so many people embraced it.”
Los Angeles Times
Parents guide
- Violence
- none
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- none
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Cast & Crew
Garry MarshallDirector
Julia RobertsMaggie Carpenter
Richard GereIke Graham
Joan CusackPeggy Flemming
Héctor ElizondoFisher
Rita WilsonEllie
Paul DooleyWalter
Christopher MeloniCoach Bob
Donal LoguePriest Brian
Reg RogersGeorge Bug Guy
Yul VazquezDead Head Gill
Jane MorrisMrs. Pressman
Lisa Roberts GillanElaine from Manhattan
James Newton HowardComposer
Stuart DryburghCinematographyRunaway Bride
Having already left three grooms at the altar, Maggie Carpenter is branded "the runaway bride" by jaded New York journalist Ike Graham. But, after his facts are called into question, Ike races to Maggie's hometown to save his reputation and report on her upcoming fourth trip down the aisle – during which he's convinced she'll run again. Though he's there on a muckraking mission, Ike can't help but fall for this breathtaking heartbreaker.
What critics thought
Critics found Runaway Bride a mechanical and largely charmless rehash, with the script drawing the most fire for raising questions about its heroine only to abandon them. Audiences were considerably warmer than reviewers, flocking to the Gere-Roberts reunion despite the near-consensus that the pair's 'Pretty Woman' spark had gone missing.
“After seeing Gere and Roberts play much smarter people (even in romantic comedies), it is painful to see them dumbed down here. The screenplay is so sluggish, they're like Derby winners made to carry extra weight.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“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.”
The New York Times
“Runaway Bride's Josann McGibbon & Sara Parriott script is so muddled and contrived, raising issues only to ignore them or throw them away, you wonder why so many people embraced it.”
Los Angeles Times
Parents guide
- Violence
- none
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- none
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Cast & Crew
Garry MarshallDirectorJulia RobertsMaggie CarpenterRichard GereIke GrahamJoan CusackPeggy FlemmingHéctor ElizondoFisherRita WilsonElliePaul DooleyWalterChristopher MeloniCoach BobDonal LoguePriest BrianReg RogersGeorge Bug GuyYul VazquezDead Head GillJane MorrisMrs. PressmanLisa Roberts GillanElaine from ManhattanJames Newton HowardComposerStuart DryburghCinematographyStream
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