Runaway Bride

Runaway Bride (1999)

  • 46% of critics liked it
    (84 reviews)

  • 57% of users liked it
    (415,330 ratings)

In 1990, Pretty Woman turned Julia Roberts into a star and gave Richard Gere's career a much-needed boost; for 1999, Roberts and Gere reunited with director Garry Marshall for the romantic comedy Runaway Bride. Roberts plays Maggie, who has left so many prospective husbands at the altar that she… More

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PG,
Directed By
Written By
Josann McGibbon
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
In Theaters
Jul 30, 1999 Wide
Paramount Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Todd McCarthy, Variety

    Quite clever and appealing!

  • Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

    Immensely likable!

  • Jay Carr, Boston Globe

    Charm and stardust carry it past its blatantly manufactured quality.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    After seeing Gere and Roberts play much smarter people, it is painful to see them dumbed down here.

  • , Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    Marshall is too much of a softie; he meanders around the story, milking it for both sentiment and comedy and often tripping over himself in the process.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Candy R


    Richard and Julia team up again for a romantic comedy. Pretty Women brought them together initially and in this movie they still have a lot of chemistry. Julia wants to get marriied but finds it hard to commit. Richard plays a journalist who tries to find out why the bride to be… More

  • Jason O


    "Runaway Bride" was a lot better than I thought it was going to be. Ike Graham (Richard Gere) is a reporter who is famous for writing notorious stories about women in the USA Today. He is assigned to write a story about Maggie Carpenter's (Julia Roberts) famous antics… More

  • danny d


    actually good, cool scene with miles davis record

  • Cassie H


    Julia Roberts is too funny!!!!!

  • Taylor B


    Run away from this movie.

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