The Wedding Planner

"A romantic comedy about love, destiny and other events you just can't plan for."

2001 1h 43m EN

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★5.9TMDB · 1,871

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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San Francisco's premiere wedding planner, Mary Fiore is rescued from an accident by the man of her dreams, pediatrician Steve Edison, only to find he is the fiancé of her latest client. As Mary continues making their wedding arrangements, she and Steve are put into a string of uncomfortable situations that force them to face their mutual attraction.

“A romantic comedy about love, destiny and other events you just can't plan for.”

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Cast

Jennifer Lopez
Mary Fiore
Matthew McConaughey
Steve Edison
Justin Chambers
Massimo
Joanna Gleason
Mrs. Donolly
Lou Myers
Burt Weinberg
Kathy Najimy
Geri
Charles Kimbrough
Mr. Donolly
Judy Greer
Penny

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Adam Shankman
Writers: Pamela Falk, Michael Ellis
Languages: English
Countries: Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America

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ERA

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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Adam Shankman, shot by Julio Macat. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mervyn Warren. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Lisa Zeno Churgin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey and Justin Chambers carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A romantic comedy about love, destiny and other events you just can't plan for.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0209475 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Adam Shankman directs. Julio Macat behind the camera. Mervyn Warren scores. Lisa Zeno Churgin cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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125 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2International production across 3 countries: Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America.
3Directed by Adam Shankman, shot by Julio Macat. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Mervyn Warren. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Lisa Zeno Churgin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey and Justin Chambers carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "A romantic comedy about love, destiny and other events you just can't plan for.".
8IMDB entry: tt0209475 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 19 themes, including "san francisco, california", "arranged marriage", "wedding planner", "romcom".

The technical file

Cinematography: Julio Macat
Original score: Mervyn Warren
Editing: Lisa Zeno Churgin
Production design: Bob Ziembicki
Stunt coordinator: Corey Michael Eubanks
Runtime: 103 min · 1h 43m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $35,000,000
Box office: $94,700,000
Return: 271% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Wedding Planner (2001)

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Kamurai2020-11-12
★ 4/10
Underwhelming watch, probably won't watch again, and can't honestly recommend. I think my biggest problems with this are that I can't honestly appreciate Matthew McConaughey or Bridgette Wilson-Sampras despite the quality of their acting: it's like a really well made pie in a flavor you don't like. As much as I like Jennifer Lopez as an actor, we start on the end of a movie I'd rather see with Bree Turner, and I feel like I would have rather seen Judy Greer in the lead, she seems about as Italian as Jennifer Lopez. I understand when the meet-cute is a life-threatening situation where adrenaline causes chemical confusion, but this is sort of a head injury causes an almost "love at first sight" cliche, but mixed with an "unavailable romance" cliche. Once we establish that she loves weddings and it's important to her for some reason, it's a lot of him (not) pursuing her because he's getting married, and her trying to be respectful, but honest. The movie highlights more societal problems for people that can afford big weddings, or, in short, there is more dumb than funny in this. I'm not even going to say this is a bad movie, but it's not impressive, and just not for me.

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