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Debra Messing, Dermot Mulroney, Amy Adams, Jeremy Sheffield, Peter Egan ... see more see more... , Holland Taylor , Jack Davenport , Sarah Parish , C. Gerod Harris , Jolyon James , Jay Simon

A gal who needs a date for a family function gets the best man money can buy in this romantic comedy. Kat Ellis (Debra Messing) is a woman in her mid-thirties living in New York City and has had more ... read more read more...than her share of romantic problems -- enough so that she's gotten word that her younger half-sister Amy (Amy Adams) is getting married, and that her mother Bunny (Holland Taylor) and father Victor (Peter Egan) want to fix her up with someone so she won't look alone and miserable for the big day. Adding insult to injury, Kat learns that the best man at the ceremony will be Jeffrey (Jeremy Sheffield), a former boyfriend who cruelly dumped her without warning two years before. Determined not to show up alone, Kat swallows her pride and hires Nick Mercer (Dermot Mulroney), a professional escort, who will pose as her boyfriend for a $6,000 fee. Kat and Nick fly to England for the wedding, and her family and friends are all struck by how charming, handsome, and personable Nick is -- and Kat begins wondering if their relationship has to be all business; however, as it turns out, Nick understands Kat far better than she expects. The Wedding Date was based on the novel Asking for Trouble by British author Elizabeth Young. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 29 min.

Directed by: Clare Kilner

Release Date: February 4, 2005

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  • murphmann93
    June 24, 2011
    murphmann93
    Really good romantic comedy! Made me fall in love with Dermot Mulroney.
  • thmtsang
    September 12, 2010
    thmtsang
    Kat (Debra) is looking for a date for her sister's wedding so she hires an escort to make her ex jealous. Some secrets are revealed at the wedding and things get complicated with the escort. Good cast and good storyline. I'd kill the sister!
  • TheMachinist
    August 6, 2010
    TheMachinist
    "Holy crap. You're worth every penny."

    Everyone's seen 'Pretty Woman', the film that made Julia Robert's lips the sexiest thing on earth back in 1990. In that movie, a man falls in love with a prostitute (or was it the other way around?) and you can say that love conquered all. ... read moreBut then again, that's like every teenagers fantasy... Falling in love with a hooker. Or is it?

    Enough of the bullshit and back to the topic. 'The Wedding Date' is like 'Pretty Woman' but the other way around. Here the man is an escort and the woman is the one paying for the services. But there's no lips of Julia nowhere to be seen.

    Debra Messing's character is on her way to her sister's (Amy Adams) wedding in England. Her former boyfriend is the bestman and there's like no way she's going there alone! You gotta like make the former one jealous. Dah. So the answer to her problems is the Yellow pages. Double Dah. Off to England and her messed up relationships there. But it's her luck that the male escort (Dermot Mulroney) is a charmer. Cupid's just around the corner... (SPOILER?)

    I just didn't get it. I guess I missed the part where people actually fell in love? Or was it even written in the film? It's just hard to imagine that a person would fall for a person who takes money for services like this. But then again I'm not that romantic. Was there a saying that the hooker's have a heart of gold or something?

    Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney have a good chemistry, so it's a good thing and a necessity in a romantic comedy. I'm strictly straight but even I would've come in my pants if Mulroney's velvety rough voice would whisper softly in my ears and tease me by kissing... Did I actually write this?

    Well, enough with the "oh-I'm-trying-to-be-funny" shit. 'The Wedding Date' was enough of a good romcom to be seen once. I didn't understand the person's actions but it's not my genre. I'm not in to romantic comedies, even if Julia's lips would star in the movie. Some occasional funny scenes and two good leads. Worth a watch with female company.
  • 76Majikat
    August 1, 2010
    76Majikat
    Not an altogether, original Rom Com, with reminders of many other films but this U.S meet the U.K plot gives a real mixture of Actors and characters.

    Whilst it is predictable and corny it's very watchable and definitely one of the better Romantic Comedies I feel
  • BEACHBUNNI
    June 4, 2010
    BEACHBUNNI
    yes i know its one of those really nice mushy,sweet, romantic movies but, i loved it!!!!
  • ScoopOnline
    December 13, 2009
    ScoopOnline
    Love doesn't come cheap. I have a tiny bit problem when I watch a Movie with Ruppert Everet and Dermot Mulroney. I always think D.M is Ruppert Everet. So embarrassing.
  • neverteaseaweasel
    November 28, 2009
    neverteaseaweasel
    Is The Wedding Date good? Absolutely not! Is it entertaining? Sort of.... Idk, I feel like I should not actual rate of review this movie. Generally, I hate these type of films. So, how accurate of a rating can I possibly give? The Wedding Date could accomplish apsolutely every it... read more set out too. I watched a movie that was cliched and predictible, but it kind of seems like that's what it should do. Amy Adams generally amazes me, but this would have to be the first mediocre performance I've seen from her. Idk, its kind of funny and I liked the guy who played her ex-no idea what his name is There really are no major compliments I can give too this film. BUT, it really is not bad, I honestly can say I enjoyed watching it. Why? I have absolutely no idea... So, give it a shot. At the absolute worst you will waste 90 minutes. In the big sceme of things that really isn't much. Or if you do not, you really have not missed much either.
  • SirPant
    November 11, 2009
    SirPant
    Shoddy story, awful performances with a script that sounded like it was written by a 12 boy in love. Adams, Messing and Davenport hang your heads in shame, your better than this. However, Mulroney, Sheffield and the ever awful Sarah Parish, we expected no less! If you're gonna mi... read moress a film this year, make sure it's this one!
  • movieguru12
    September 14, 2009
    movieguru12
    This movie is great if you're looking for the cutest and sweetest romantic comedy. I wasn't sure if I wanted to watch this movie since I had hated Durmot in Must Love Dogs, but that was just the role he had to play and in this movie his character was the complete opposite and wa... read mores adorable. Debra Messing had a great performance as well. Definetly worth watching!!! I love this movie! :)
  • Julie
    March 26, 2008
    Julie
    this was really bad. the person who made me see it was in trouble for several weeks afterwards.

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Critic Reviews

Richard Roeper
February 14, 2005
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

Nothing says true love like a movie about a desperate, neurotic woman who hires a male whore to take her to her sister's wedding so she can make the ex-fiance jealous. I wonder if they have a Vermont ... Full Review

James Berardinelli
February 10, 2005
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

This is a charmless, lifeless affair that had me leaving the theater in a mood more appropriate to a funeral than a wedding. Full Review

Jennifer Snow
February 8, 2005
Jennifer Snow, Village Voice

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. Full Review

Stephanie Zacharek
February 4, 2005
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

Mulroney is a stealth actor: Whenever you see him in a picture, you're not just reminded of how good he almost always is -- you have the sense of discovering it for the first time. Full Review

Rick Groen
February 4, 2005
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

Admittedly, no part of the year is immune to bad romantic comedies. But what distinguishes The Wedding Date, what qualifies it so impeccably for turkey season, goes way beyond generic foulness. Full Review

Roger Moore
February 4, 2005
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

An epic comic miscalculation. Full Review

Elizabeth Weitzman
February 4, 2005
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

Not a single scene connects smoothly with the next, characters make head-scratching choices that come out of nowhere and logic consistently proves itself an enemy to be avoided at all costs. Full Review

Sheri Linden
February 4, 2005
Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter

The film has an energetic grace, directed with fluid efficiency by Clare Kilner.

Lisa Kennedy
February 4, 2005
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

Why Kat must be so emotionally clueless or her sister so selfish is a mystery that invites an essay about what women think of each other these days. Full Review

(CNN.com) Paul Clinton
February 4, 2005
(CNN.com) Paul Clinton, CNN.com

This particular wedding-cake walk does feature the excellent comedic timing of Debra Messing and the charm and sex appeal of Dermot Mulroney, which will likely combine to make this film a hit with the... Full Review

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