BRIDE WARS
HEADLINE: ** Learning to Forgive Breeds Maturity **
TITLE: BRIDE WARS
Quality: * * * Acceptability: -2
SUBTITLES: None
WARNING CODES:
Language: LLL
Violence: V
Sex: S
Nudity: N
RATING: PG
RELEASE: January 9, 2009
TIME: 90 minutes
STARRING: Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Kristen Johnston, and Candace Bergen
DIRECTOR: Gary Winick
PRODUCERS: Julie Yorn, Kate Hudson and Alan Riche
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Arnon Milchan, Jay Cohen, Tony Ludwig, Matt Luber, and Jonathan Filley
WRITERS: Greg DePaul, Casey Wilson and June Diane Raphael
BASED ON THE NOVEL/PLAY BY: N/A
DISTRIBUTOR: 20th Century Fox/News Corp.
CONTENT: (C, B, Pa, LLL, V, S, N, AA, MM) Light redemptive worldview ultimately extolling friendship, repentance and forgiveness, with some mixed pagan problem areas; six or seven mostly light obscenities, one strong profanity (GD) and 35 light profanities (e.g., My God! or God!); light comic violence such as a funny fight scene; no sex scenes but nightclub scene at bachelorette party has male dancers with short shorts strutting, unmarried couple lives together, brief video shown of drunken woman with young men in bar during spring break and woman gets up on table to dance, and unmarried man is sleeping next to his live-in girlfriend who's awake and in a pensive mood thinking about problems in her life; upper male nudity with male dancers in short shorts and some female cleavage; alcohol use and drunkenness; no smoking; and, revenge, lying, women sabotage one another's weddings, engaged couple have argument, and friends fight, though story implicitly rebukes some of the immoral behavior and extols repentance and forgiveness.
GENRE: Comedy
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Teenagers and adults
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SUMMARY: BRIDE WARS is a comedy starring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway, who play two friends whose friendship is put to the test when they both end up with the same wedding date in June at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. BRIDE WARS is a funny and sometimes heartwarming, but not great, comedy with some problem areas requiring caution for moviegoers, such as plenty of mostly light foul language and a pre-marital cohabitation.
IN BRIEF:
BRIDE WARS is a comedy starring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway. Liv and Emma are lifelong friends who dream of the day when both can get married at the Plaza Hotel in New York. When they do get engaged at the same time, they head for their favorite wedding coordinator, a Martha Stewart clone. The coordinator sets their wedding dates for June 6 and 27, but her secretary goofs up, setting both weddings for June 6. When they can't get the bride who took June 27 to change her date, Liv and Emma's friendship is put to the test. Let the BRIDE WARS begin!
BRIDE WARS has very funny moments, including scenes where Liv and Emma try to sabotage each other's wedding. Hudson and Hathaway are well cast, and the story moves along briskly. It's hard to sympathize, however, with these wedding mavens, especially when they turn nasty. Also, the movie contains many light profanities and some obscenities. There are no sex scenes, but there is a bachelorette party with male dancers. Finally, Emma lives with her boyfriend. Despite these problems, the heartwarming ending BRIDE WARS extols friendship, repentance and forgiveness.
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