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'The Wedding Date'
by Eleanor Ringel Gillespie

The romantic comedy "The Wedding Date" dithers along pleasantly enough until near the end, when it expects us to digest and emotionally connect to a season's worth of "7th Heaven"-type family problems in about 12 minutes. Kat (Debra Messing) is going to London for the wedding of her half sister (Amy Adams), but there's a major obstacle she must overcome. Read the full Review

TO SUM UP
Single-girl anxiety causes Kat Ellis to hire a male escort to pose as her boyfriend at her sister's wedding.

FILM FACTS ...

Universal Studios

'The Wedding Date'

Director: Clare Kilner
Starring: Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney
Run time: 90 minutes
Release date: Feb. 4, 2005
Rating: PG-13 for sexual content including dialogue
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On the web
Official movie site
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READ THE REVIEW

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: C
"'The Wedding Date' may be less a date movie than a gal-pal flick."

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Palm Beach Post - Hap Erstein: C
"This is one Wedding invitation you can safely turn down."

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Palm Beach Post - Flick Chick:
"... predictable and dunderheaded ... the movie is saved from being completely unmemorable by ample chemistry between the two leads"