The Wedding Planner (Special Edition) / My Best Friend's Wedding (Movie-Only Edition)

Starring:Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett, Philip Bosco, M. Emmet Walsh, Rachel Griffiths, Carrie Preston, Susan Sullivan, Christopher Masterson, Raci Alexander, Jennifer Garrett, Kelly Sheerin, Bree Turner, Cassie Creasy, Lucina Paquet, Aida Baggio, Shirley Kelly, George Bozonelos, Loretta Paoletti
Director: P.J. Hogan, Adam Shankman
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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The Wedding Planner
The good news is, yes, Jennifer Lopez can do comedy. In The Wedding Planner Lopez is Mary, a lovable woman who believes "those who can't do, teach. Those who can't wed, plan!" Her slapstick moments are lighthearted and she is spot-on as the controlling, compulsive-yet-sweet planner. The bad news is Lopez didn't get much of a vehicle in which to test drive her newfound comedic skills. Mary's life is her career. Planning other people's weddings takes all of her time, leaving no room for a love life of her own. Her only personal life is a Scrabble club, to which she and her father (Alex Rocco, whose wandering Italian accent is painful to listen to) belong. When a handsome young doctor (Matthew McConaughey) saves her from a collision with a runaway dumpster (really, it works), she is instantly wooed by his quiet charm. Too bad he's the fiancé of Mary's biggest client, Fran (played winningly by Bridgette Wilson-Sampras), the job that will launch Mary as a partner in her firm. The main problem with this film is that no one wants to hurt anyone else's feelings. Everyone is just so gosh-darn nice. In a subplot, Mary's father is trying to arrange her marriage to just the nicest Italian boy. Gee, he's sweet. Golly, Fran is nice. Is there ever a way out of this mess and to leave everyone smiling? Yet, there is a touch of old-fashioned romance to this wholesome film, which can only be described as "cute." And while things may unfold in a predictable manner, The Wedding Planner is still lighthearted fun of the sort that inspires dreamy romantic thoughts. --Jenny Brown

My Best Friend's Wedding
One of the best romantic comedies of the 1990s, My Best Friend's Wedding not only gave Julia Roberts a delightful vehicle for her crowd-pleasing comeback, but it further distinguished itself by avoiding the conventional plotting of the genre. Julia plays a prominent Chicago restaurant critic whose best friend (Dermot Mulroney) is a former lover from her college days with whom she'd made a binding pact: if neither of them were married by the age of 28, they'd marry each other. Just when they're about to reach the deadline of their agreement, Mulroney arrives in Chicago to introduce Roberts to his seemingly perfect fiancée (Cameron Diaz) and announce their wedding in just three days. That leaves the shocked Julia with just three short days to sabotage the wedding and marry the man she now realizes she's loved all along. With potential heartbreak waiting in the wings, she'll either get what she wants or pay the price for her selfish behavior, and Ronald Bass's cleverly constructed screenplay keeps us guessing to the very end. Rupert Everett scored rave reviews for his scene-stealing performance as Robert's gay friend who goes along with her scheming (but only so far), and even as she makes her character's needy desperation disarmingly appealing, Roberts wisely allows Diaz to capitalize on her charming time in the spotlight. As the romantic outcome remains uncertain, the viewer is held in a state of giddy suspense, and director P.J. Hogan pulls off some hilarious scenes (like a restaurant full of people singing the Dionne Warwick hit "I Say a Little Prayer") that could easily have fallen flat in the hands of a less talented filmmaker. It's no surprise that this was one of the box-office smashes of 1997. --Jeff Shannon

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The good news is, yes, Jennifer Lopez can do comedy. In The Wedding Planner Lopez is Mary, a lovable woman who believes "those who can't do, teach. Those who can't wed, plan!" Her slapstick moments are lighthearted and she is spot-on as the controlling, compulsive-yet-sweet planner. The bad news is Lopez didn't get much of a vehicle in which to test drive her newfound comedic skills.

Mary's life is her career. Planning other people's weddings takes all of her time, leaving no room for a love life of her own. Her only personal life is a Scrabble club, to which she and her father (Alex Rocco, whose wandering Italian accent is painful to listen to) belong. When a handsome young doctor (Matthew McConaughey) saves her from a collision with a runaway dumpster (really, it works), she is instantly wooed by his quiet charm. Too bad he's the fiancé of Mary's biggest client, Fran (played winningly by Bridgette Wilson-Sampras), the job that will launch Mary as a partner in her firm.

The main problem with this film is that no one wants to hurt anyone else's feelings. Everyone is just so gosh-darn nice. In a subplot, Mary's father is trying to arrange her marriage to just the nicest Italian boy. Gee, he's sweet. Golly, Fran is nice. Is there ever a way out of this mess and to leave everyone smiling? Yet, there is a touch of old-fashioned romance to this wholesome film, which can only be described as "cute." And while things may unfold in a predictable manner, The Wedding Planner is still lighthearted fun of the sort that inspires dreamy romantic thoughts. --Jenny Brown

Customer Reviews:

i love it.......2007-03-10

this movie is so good. it remind me if me in some ways. i can watch this movie all day. plus the shipping was great.

The wedding Planner.......2007-02-19

is one of the best chick flicks out there. If you haven't seen it you need to find a copy now!! It is so cute and gives the best ending!

Fun to watch..........2007-01-26

As most of the Revolution Studios movies, "The Wedding Planner" is not a conventional one. You won't find the classic leading lady with the classic leading guy in the classic romantic-and-predictable-as-usual story. And this stereotype-melting effort is probably what catches our attention. To see couples or situations you normally don't see due to social stereotypes and conventionalisms it is certainly a rather interesting exercise. Having said that, "The Wedding Planner" is also really fun movie to watch. Most characters are great (except perhaps Lopez' italian admirer who is plainly lame). And my other serious complaint is: what's with Matthew McConaughey's hair in this movie? It looks so dry and frizzy and so artifically colored! I think they could have afforded to give the leading guy a more stylish look. On the other hand, passing J. Lo as a italian gal is not very believable (I mean). But on the up and up, J. Lo's wardrobe and hairstyling are remarkably beautiful in this movie giving her a tidy, neat and classy look very distant from her usual flamboyant bombshell persona. Overall a nice entertaining light and funny romantic movie to watch.

Wonderful!.......2007-01-09

Bought as a last minute gift, and she loved it and it got here just in time

I personally loved it :-).......2006-04-30

This is the movie where I began to love Matthew McConaughey, and where I began to see that Jennifer Lopez is not a bad actress (in this type of role).
Basically she meets him and they have a connection, and little does she know that she already knows his fiancee because she is planning their wedding.
It's a cute light-hearted romantic comedy and if you like that genre, you will love this. Yes there are corny lines and outrageous situations, but that is part of the fun. It's a great movie that all romantics will love.

The Wedding Planner/My Best Friend's Wedding

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really fun movies!!

The Wedding Planner/My Best Friend's Wedding
Starring: Julia Roberts , Dermot Mulroney , Cameron Diaz , Rupert Everett , and Philip Bosco
Director: P.J. Hogan , and Adam Shankman
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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ASIN: B000CCBCBC
Release Date: 2006-01-31

Customer Reviews:

really fun movies!!.......2007-03-22

these movies were a 14th birthday present for my daughter. 2 great "chick flicks" just fun, happy movies to sit down and enjoy together over a bowl of popcorn!

Love Tickles (My Best Friend's Wedding / Sleepless in Seattle / The Wedding Planner / As Good as It Gets)

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The best movies in one

Love Tickles (My Best Friend's Wedding / Sleepless in Seattle / The Wedding Planner / As Good as It Gets)
Starring: Julia Roberts , Dermot Mulroney , Cameron Diaz , Rupert Everett , and Philip Bosco
Director: P.J. Hogan , James L. Brooks , and Nora Ephron
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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ASIN: B00005QFE7
Release Date: 2001-11-20

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My Best Friend's Wedding
One of the best romantic comedies of the 1990s, My Best Friend's Wedding not only gave Julia Roberts a delightful vehicle for her crowd-pleasing comeback, but it further distinguished itself by avoiding the conventional plotting of the genre. Julia plays a prominent Chicago restaurant critic whose best friend (Dermot Mulroney) is a former lover from her college days with whom she'd made a binding pact: if neither of them were married by the age of 28, they'd marry each other. Just when they're about to reach the deadline of their agreement, Mulroney arrives in Chicago to introduce Roberts to his seemingly perfect fiancée (Cameron Diaz) and announce their wedding in just three days. That leaves the shocked Julia with just three short days to sabotage the wedding and marry the man she now realizes she's loved all along. With potential heartbreak waiting in the wings, she'll either get what she wants or pay the price for her selfish behavior, and Ronald Bass's cleverly constructed screenplay keeps us guessing to the very end. Rupert Everett scored rave reviews for his scene-stealing performance as Robert's gay friend who goes along with her scheming (but only so far), and even as she makes her character's needy desperation disarmingly appealing, Roberts wisely allows Diaz to capitalize on her charming time in the spotlight. As the romantic outcome remains uncertain, the viewer is held in a state of giddy suspense, and director P.J. Hogan pulls off some hilarious scenes (like a restaurant full of people singing the Dionne Warwick hit "I Say a Little Prayer") that could easily have fallen flat in the hands of a less talented filmmaker. It's no surprise that this was one of the box-office smashes of 1997. --Jeff Shannon

Sleepless in Seattle
The director and stars of 1998's You've Got Mail scored a breakthrough hit with this hugely popular romantic comedy from 1993, about a recently engaged woman (Meg Ryan) who hears the sad story of a grieving widower (Tom Hanks) on the radio and believes that they're destined to be together. She's single in New York, he lives in Seattle with a young son, but the cross-country attraction proves irresistible, and pretty soon Meg's on a westbound flight. What happens from there is ... well, you must have been living in a cave to have let this sweet-hearted comedy slip below your pop-cultural radar. There's little complexity or depth to writer-director Nora Ephron's cheesy tale of a romantic fait accompli, and more than a little contrivance to the subplots that threaten to keep Hanks and Ryan from actually meeting. But the purity of star chemistry here is hard to deny, and this may be the first film to indicate the more serious and sympathetic side of Hanks that is revealed in later roles. With its clever jokes about "chick movies" and repeated homage to the classic weeper An Affair to Remember, this may not be everybody's brand of amorous entertainment, but it's got an old-Hollywood charm that appeals to many a movie fan. --Jeff Shannon

The Wedding Planner
The good news is, yes, Jennifer Lopez can do comedy. In The Wedding Planner Lopez is Mary, a lovable woman who believes "those who can't do, teach. Those who can't wed, plan!" Her slapstick moments are lighthearted and she is spot-on as the controlling, compulsive-yet-sweet planner. The bad news is Lopez didn't get much of a vehicle in which to test drive her newfound comedic skills. Mary's life is her career. Planning other people's weddings takes all of her time, leaving no room for a love life of her own. Her only personal life is a Scrabble club, to which she and her father (Alex Rocco, whose wandering Italian accent is painful to listen to) belong. When a handsome young doctor (Matthew McConaughey) saves her from a collision with a runaway dumpster (really, it works), she is instantly wooed by his quiet charm. Too bad he's the fiancé of Mary's biggest client, Fran (played winningly by Bridgette Wilson-Sampras), the job that will launch Mary as a partner in her firm. The main problem with this film is that no one wants to hurt anyone else's feelings. Everyone is just so gosh-darn nice. In a subplot, Mary's father is trying to arrange her marriage to just the nicest Italian boy. Gee, he's sweet. Golly, Fran is nice. Is there ever a way out of this mess and to leave everyone smiling? Yet, there is a touch of old-fashioned romance to this wholesome film, which can only be described as "cute." And while things may unfold in a predictable manner, The Wedding Planner is still lighthearted fun of the sort that inspires dreamy romantic thoughts. --Jenny Brown

As Good as It Gets
For all of its conventional plotting about an obsessive-compulsive curmudgeon (Jack Nicholson) who improves his personality at the urging of his gay neighbor (Greg Kinnear) and a waitress (Helen Hunt) who inspires his best behavior, this is one of the sharpest Hollywood comedies of the 1990s. Nicholson could play his role in his sleep (the Oscar he won should have gone to Robert Duvall for The Apostle), but his mischievous persona is precisely necessary to give heart to his seemingly heartless character, who is of all things a successful romance novelist. As a single mom with a chronically asthmatic young son, Hunt gives the film its conscience and integrity (along with plenty of wry humor), and she also won an Oscar for her wonderful performance. Greg Kinnear had to settle for an Oscar nomination (while cowriter-director James L. Brooks was inexplicably snubbed by Oscar that year), but his work was also singled out in the film's near-unanimous chorus of critical praise. It's questionable whether a romance between Hunt and the much older Nicholson is entirely believable, but this movie's smart enough--and charmingly funny enough--to make it seem endearingly possible. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

The best movies in one.......2002-04-29

This set of DVD's is a really good value because the movies are so good and to buy each separately, then it would be [more]... . I think that i would definatly buy this because the wedding planner is hilarious, sleepless in seattle is a cutsy romantic comedy, and the rest are also very funny/good.

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Planning Your Perfect Wedding
Starring: Laurie Hartwell
Director: Greg Forget
Manufacturer: A Wedding To Remember
ProductGroup: DVD
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Product Features:

Five Key Foundations of wedding planning
Time saving tips
Important questions to ask vendors
Invitation etiquette

ASIN: B000EO1AH4
Release Date: 2006-02-21

Product Description

Laurie Hartwell, owner of "A Wedding To Remember", the largest wedding planning firm on Central Florida's east coast, has created this instructional DVD to make the wedding planning process easier. You will receive helpful tips on how to interview vendors; budget and guest list; planning the ceremony and reception; invitation etiquette; seating chart; and much more. If you or someone you know is planning a wedding.. then this is a great place to start.

Teach Me How to Love: Bride, Groom & Wedding Planner's Checklist

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Teach Me How to Love: Bride, Groom & Wedding Planner's Checklist

Manufacturer: Globa Destiny
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

Product Description

This Wedding planners check list includes 2 wonderful tools to help prepare you for a special time one your wedding day. You not only get the book Teach me how to Love You which contains checklist for gowns, guest, and prayers but you also get the limited dvd of Wedding of the Century.

Disney Fairy Tale Weddings presents How To Plan Your Dream Wedding with expert advice from WeddingChannel.com

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Disney Fairy Tale Weddings presents How To Plan Your Dream Wedding with expert advice from WeddingChannel.com

Manufacturer: West end stories
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Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings

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Our wedding experts guide you step-by-step through the process against the exquisite backdrop of the Walt Disney World Resort!
Get quick answers to common questions from our interactive guide.
Great for everyone involved in the wedding-planning process.
Fifteen chapters covering every wedding topic.
Hundreds of amazing photos from celebrity photographer Robert Evans and more!

ASIN: B000FAKUOQ

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Our wedding experts guide you step-by-step through the process against the exquisite backdrop of the Walt Disney World Resort! Get quick answers to common questions from our interactive guide. Access wedding-planning sites for additional info with helpful Internet links. Great for everyone involved in the wedding-planning process. Fifteen chapters covering every wedding topic. Advice from top wedding experts at WeddingChannel.com and Disney's fairy Tale Weddings. Budget tips and creative ideas for all wedding styles. Inspiring footage from real weddings. Hundreds of amazing photos from celebrity photographer Robert Evans and more!

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i love it
The wedding Planner
Fun to watch...
Wonderful!
I personally loved it :-)

The Wedding Planner [Region 2]
Starring: Jennifer Lopez , Matthew McConaughey , Bridgette Wilson , Justin Chambers , and Judy Greer
Director: Adam Shankman
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ASIN: B00005UJB5

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Customer Reviews:

i love it.......2007-03-10

this movie is so good. it remind me if me in some ways. i can watch this movie all day. plus the shipping was great.

The wedding Planner.......2007-02-19

is one of the best chick flicks out there. If you haven't seen it you need to find a copy now!! It is so cute and gives the best ending!

Fun to watch..........2007-01-26

Wonderful!.......2007-01-09

Bought as a last minute gift, and she loved it and it got here just in time

I personally loved it :-).......2006-04-30

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My Wedding Planner
Starring: My Wedding Planner
Manufacturer: Rising Sun Productions
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B0007CIM2Y
Release Date: 2006-03-29

Description

"My Wedding Planner"" is an interactive computer planner PLUS a total wedding music solution. This Omni Media Experience TM practically, emotionally, and wisely helps you plan and execute your entire wedding. The enclosed Audio Wedding Music CD and Computer Program CD are the wedding planner's (and bride's) secret tool to effortless, organized, fun. wedding planning. The CD ROM is packed with interactive data which prompts you for selections for your totally customized wedding. The results can be seen instantly on screen, printed out for and even sent via E -Cards ( automatically through your email connection). One of the most significant milestones in life is marriage; the eternal promise of Two souls entwined. Paradoxically a wedding be a time of extreme stress, Will preparations and expenses often overshadowing what should be a celebration of great joy. With My Wedding Planner, you'll glide through the preparations and truly enjoy planning with total control. Unique to our Omni Media Experience screensavers are famous quotations about marriage from a variety of perspectives offering time -tested wisdom on making the sacred union work, set to the accompaniment of traditional wedding music. Your wedding signifies a cherished gateway to a lifetime together. May your dreams come true and your love bloom with My Wedding Planner.

The Wedding Planner (Special Edition) / My Best Friend's Wedding (Movie-Only Edition)

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The Wedding Planner (Special Edition) / My Best Friend's Wedding (Movie-Only Edition)
Starring: Julia Roberts , Dermot Mulroney , Cameron Diaz , Rupert Everett , and Philip Bosco
Director: P.J. Hogan , and Adam Shankman
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B00005LKHM
Release Date: 2001-07-03

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Description

Matthew McConaughey discusses his role opposite Jennifer Lopez in the movie The Wedding Planner. Next, the actor Geoffrey Rush talks about his portrayal of the Marquis de Sade in the film Quills. Also, an interview with actor Willem Dafoe on his career and critically-acclaimed performance in Shadow of the Vampire.

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