Runaway Bride

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Summary: A GOOD, SOLID PIECE OF CINEMA
Review: I was surprised about how likable this charming and funny movie was! I enjoy Julia Robert's films, she really is appealing to the audience, especially here. Julia plays a woman named Maggie who has a---wedding-phobia. She leaves her loves at the alter. When a reporter (Richard Gere) trys to get the scoop on her crazy story, he slowly falls in love with her, but will she leave him hanging at their big wedding? Enjoyable romp that should please fans of Roberts and Gere's earlier movie hit, "Pretty Woman". Check it out!

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Summary: Why Would Anyone Not Want to Marry Richard Gere?
Review: Julia Roberts would have been crazy not to have run after prospective groom Richard Gere! Gere's not only easy on the eyes, his acting is wonderful (once again) in Runaway Bride. Roberts' performance however, I thought left something to be desired. It just didn't live up to what we know she can do and that which we have seen in Pretty Woman. It was nevertheless a charming movie with reaonably high entertainment value.

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Summary: Didn't expect to enjoy it, but I did!
Review: Julia Roberts is not my favorite actress. I don't happen to think she's as beautiful as her PR alludes (or as some men think), nor do I like her trademark that is inserted at least once in all of her films -- that sudden, loud, whooping laugh. I shudder whenever I hear it, sounding something like traditional female hysterics. Roberts played a lot of weak, nervous, vulnerable, even helpless women in the past (hence I think her popularity with men, who like that type best), but she's matured. I was surprised that in this film, except for the whooping, she was quite good -- a nicely controlled comedic performance. Roberts has her vulnerability down much better, now showing up as that shadow behind the eyes, the elusive unnameable doubt or indecision that is harming her romantic life. Of course, this movie doesn't recognize real truth -- women don't have to marry. A wedding is not the most important day/event of a woman's life, but just one of the important and hopefully good ones. So Hollywood like all supposedly liberal media is a little backward on women's roles in society. The film still turned out to be delightful fun. Roberts' friends in her small town are zany; her family is warm and realistic; and the situations presented are ones that real people face all the time. Starting out as a smart-mouthed, NYC misogynist, Gere is perfectly understated, intrusive, then wise as the man of Roberts' dreams, though it takes a tantalizingly long time for both of them to realize this. Eventually, the psychological and emotional aspects are dealt with, and the film reaches a satisfying ending. Roberts' character settled her fears, became her own woman (e.g., explored herself and succeeded at her dreams), and then could face up to a mature and happy romance. Gere grows as well, putting aside his bitterness to take a chance on love, then a chance on forgiveness. It was very enjoyable, with some great comedic scenes and lines from supporting cast. A fine film, especially in comparison to typical Hollywood fare of masculine violence, masculine idiocy, or masculine abuse of women. This is a great film for family and for those who want to spend a pleased 2+ hours watching a sweet contemporary romance and wacky small town home life. Highly recommended!

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Summary: Julia Roberts and Richard Gere are together again...
Review: The dynamic duo that captured your heart in "Pretty Woman" are back in a wonderful new movie! "Runaway Bride" stars Julia Roberts as plucky Maggie Carpenter, a country girl who dresses up her boyfriends as grooms, plans their entire wedding, and then dumps them at the altar. When big-city reporter Ike Graham (Richard Gere) publishes an insulting article about Maggie, she demands to have him fired. He decides to visit her in her hometown of Hale, Maryland, to collect more information (and hopefully an exciting story about her fourth wedding, taking place that weekend). But when the two meet, they start to fall in love. This film was cute and romantic, and the witty chemistry between Maggie and Ike steals the show! This movie has a great ending, and I recommend it to any Julia Roberts fan, or anyone looking for a good romantic comedy. Two thumbs up!

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Summary: Run Don't Walk...
Review: Another Pretty Woman? Highly doubtful, however it did make me want to strap on my tennies and run out of the theatre. It was not a bad movie... but the word I would use is cutsie pie. I had an instant dislike for Julia Robert's character, and that is quite rare, for am an avid fan of Roberts. This movie held all of the fluff and none of the pnash that a romantic comedy should posess. I adore the movie Pretty Woman but in Runaway Bride the chemistry between Gere and Roberts was muffled among a mediocre plot and tepid acting, with minimal laughs and/or sighs at the romance that sadly was not there. Not worth seeing in the theatre but is it worth a rental? Sure if you have nothing better to do on a Tuesday night and it's a five night rental.

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Summary: Great!
Review: The best wholesome romance in a while.

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Summary: Yet another Garry Marshall atrocity......
Review: I have never been one to embrace a new Julia Roberts picture. I look on her new contributions to bad cinema as I would the plague: best to avoid. Still, I was utterly unprepared for the level of badness achieved by this offensive cartoon fantasy. For what seemed like days, I was subjected to an appalling script devoid of wit or insight, increasingly obnoxious characters who, when they weren't dull, managed to contain not a shred of humanity, and a directorial style that announced its payoffs years in advance (i.e. when characters are "connecting" or "rethinking their attitudes" about each other, Marshall predictably pulled out the slow zoom). Despite the high-powered Hollywood players associated with this product (it can never be anything else, for it certainly isn't art), it is remarkably amateurish in execution and tone. Roberts pulls out all of her tricks, begging the question of how it is that America finds her so endearing. Is it her nails-on-a-blackboard scream whenever she gets excited? Her absence of wit or consideration for others (amazing how her characters, narcissists all, continue to bring men to their knees)? Her holier-than-thou condescention that assumes all other characters are merely playing catch-up? Whatever it is, Roberts does little in this film to reinforce her alleged talent.

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Summary: Julia and Richard Are back!
Review: This movie is so cute and romantic. Bless the director of this film for bringing Julia And Richard back together again. This movie if so wonderful from start to finish and it will make you feel so special. If you loved "Pretty Woman" then hang on to your seats because Runaway Bride will capture your heart. 5 stars all the way!

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Summary: I loved it.
Review: This one was a great as I had hoped it would be. Julia Roberts and Gere did wonderful acting jobs.

This one will charm you.

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Summary: One Of The Best Julia Movies Ever
Review: I found "Runaway Bride" highly entertaining. It was one of the best movies in my opinion that Julia Roberts has ever made. The chemistry between her and Gere is still amazing after all the years since "Pretty Woman". If you want a good flick see this one. I really recommend it.