The Wedding Planner | | Cast : | Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey | | Director : | Adam Shankman | | Studio : | Columbia Tri-Star | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | January 26, 2001 | | DVD Released Date : | February 04, 2003 | | Language : | French (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | April 16, 2005 | | Summary | A Lovely Romantic Comedy | Content
 | Jennifer Lopez does a spectacular performance in this role. I cannot imagine this movie being as good and hilarious without Jennifer's comedic talent. Matthew McConaughey is a bit stiff, and could have done better. The sidekick actors were perfectly cast. This is a wonderful movie to watch alone or with friends. Highly recommended for those who love happy endings. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 28, 2005 | | Summary | Scripting planner? | Content
| I will first off say I did enjoy the movie; I am used to switching my brain off when watching certain types of films; but for this one I had to go three notches lower than I knew existed.
The main plot of the movie is fine, pristine; the sub-plot is what throws the whole thing off kilter. The sub-plot adds nothing to the story, and destroys the main character. While functioning in the sub-plot the main character personality becomes homely and stupid, in the main plot she is aggressive and controlling. It appears to be two characters and two stories combined without regard to their contradictions. In places it is actually so bad, the movie is forced to cut to another scene before the actors stop and stare into the camera.
It's witty and somewhat funny but not much more.
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| Rating | | | Date | February 18, 2005 | | Summary | Not Bad, but Not Great either | Content
| Unlike Maid in Manhattan, which was a rather pleasant surprise, The Wedding Planner was a bit of a disappointment.
In short, the acting is pretty good (but nothing great), the plot is average, while the humor and the dialogues are below average.
The characters are weak, bland and just plain uninteresting.
Moreover, it seems as though the chemistry between Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey is not all that great. To that, one has to add the poor dialogues and the bad choice of lines that the actors are given. To make things worse, the "Italian" guy was anything but Italian; it was pretty obvious that it was an American doing a very poor job of impersonating an Italian.
Though the potential for a great movie was definitely there it fails to take off.
A shame really...
In a nutshell, it's probably not a movie you would want to add to your collection, but it will provide for an evening's entertainment, and that's about it.
No masterpiece here...
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| Rating | | | Date | February 07, 2005 | | Summary | Good Movie | Content
| This was one of Jennifer Lopez's better movies. She was extremly funny with Matthew McConaughey and was very witty. I never thought of her as a good actress, but in this movie I thought that she played her character well. There was so many funny and awkward scenes that made me laugh. Some people may think that this movie was bad, but it was actually a great movie. It may not be my all time favorite movie but it was, but it is a good "chick flick" and a good movie to watch for a rainy day. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 18, 2005 | | Summary | Funny film! | Content
| I just saw this movie on DVD after almost 4 years of trying. It is so funny in most parts. Jennifer Lopez did probably more than a dozen movies during this time and this is a good venture into comedy. She is so funny on most of the scenes as she's trying to defend her wedding planner job. It's kind of sketchy later on as she can't decide if she wants to go with the man played by Matthew (can't spell his last name right) or that other goofy guy in the movie. The review says they're all too nice. But I think that no one wants to step on each other's toes and reveal something. Lopez is more of a dramatic actress, but this was a good first effort into comedy. There's a little dance scene reminiscent of what she did with Richard Gere in last year's Shall We Dance? She and Matthew don't connect well until an hour into the movie. And some dull sections should have been removed. It is a funny movie for its romantic lilt. |
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