My Best Friend's Wedding

My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)

  • 71% of critics liked it
    (56 reviews)

  • 72% of users liked it
    (426,204 ratings)

A woman realizes that friends can be lovers, but now has to convince the friend in question in this romantic comedy. Michael O'Neal (Dermot Mulroney) and Julianne Potter (Julia Roberts) were romantically involved in college, and after breaking up, they have managed to remain close friends. For… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Ron Bass
Genres
Comedy, Romance
In Theaters
Jun 20, 1997 Wide
On DVD
Dec 9, 1997
Sony Pictures Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

    We don't feel much of anything.

  • Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader

    The draggy narrative of this 1997 comedy is tough to sit through -- there are even several overproduced musical numbers -- but it does have an intriguing subversive element that I don't want to give away.

  • Leonard Klady, Variety

    Anchored by skilled comedienne Julia Roberts, this skewered variation on jealousy and the wrong woman doing battle in the aisles is a winning balance of the familiar and the novel.

  • , Time Out

    The film's brazen amorality gradually freezes the smile on your face.

  • Rita Kempley, Washington Post

    A misbegotten attempt to update the genre that only proves the enduring -- if not downright inviolable -- appeal of the boy-meets-girl scenario.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Manu G


    A comedy about finding your heart and losing your head. Saw it again! Great Film! As usual, Julia Roberts' acting was great. Cameron Diaz was charismatic. The story is funny and its something that you can relate to and learn from, like to learn how to let go of someone. This is… More

  • Universal D


    What's interesting here is that Roberts, the ex-girlfriend (at the wedding only to break it up), is someone smart, charming and "totally above such drama". We find out as she does (ala the screwball comedies of old) just how far she'll go to achieve her will ...… More

  • Bethany M


    A classic! A must see!

  • Veronique K


    i watched lots of 90s chic flicks during adolescence due to my sister, and "my best friend's wedding" is one of them...even now i still think it's probably one of the best chick flicks ever in the history of motion pictures even personally i cannot identify with… More

  • Lenny M


    Julia Roberts was solid in the 90's, real solid.

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