Runaway Bride (1999)

Simply A Masterpiece

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Blistering performances.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

In PRETTY WOMAN, Julia was a prostitute and the public embraced the film. So, naturally, in this film they made her, in some ways, even more unlikable--as a selfish woman who makes it a habit to leave men at the alter. Again and again, she walks out of these men's lives at the last possible second and we are asked to care about her? Frankly, after leaving nice guy after nice guy, I just didn't like her. Plus, this being a formulaic film, you KNOW that despite all this, Richard Gere MUST in the end marry this bimbo! You don't totally hate his character, but considering that he knows all about her past and he STILL wants to marry her, he is in the end revealed to be a total fool.In romance movies we are often asked to suspend disbelief. I can do this and often do with films. But, in this case we are asked to suspend our brains! This I cannot do and encourage you to demand more from a film.While from a technical aspect this isn't a horrible film, but the message it gives viewers is.

Just watched this film today on my HBO channel, and I just had to write review about it since it was driving me crazy!One of the things I truly have to complain about this is the character Maggie that Roberts play as. The movie makes it seem we have to feel /bad/ for her because she doesn't know what she wants. Wrong. To me I felt frustrated, angry, of how selfish and how dumb this woman was for leaving these poor groomsmen at the alter. Not once did I see this woman feel bad about them because the next scene we see her doing her daily thing like nothing happened. If someone doesn't know what they want, then don't. get. married. right. away. And then she gets angry if someone points it out, like the editor who wrote something true about her and she throws a grumpy fit. How mature, lady. I also don't like how her and the editor suddenly /fall in love/. It just seemed too rushed. Arggh, this movie raged me too much. I need some tea now.

Some crazy lady dramatically escapes weddings on horseback or something. A lazy journalist irresponsibly writes about her without researching the facts, and gets axed. Then he goes to meet her. Twisted premise, puzzling plot holes. Why do guys keep proposing to this creep? Why would someone with obvious mental illness be the heroine of a rom-com? Never explained.Another question: why Richard Gere? He looks like a grenade exploded in his mouth and blew his face away. His vapid acting is about as effective as you would expect from somebody without a face, too. As for Julia Roberts, even playing Little Bo Peep would be almost too complex for her. The script is just the usual "unlikely couple becomes a couple while other goofy stuff happens" story line. But it does't work with such vile lead characters. Not to mention the horrible acting of grenade face and bo-peep. The endless subliminal messages to subscribe to USA Today don't help, either. To be fair; a few jokes work, such as the wedding rehearsal scene. But that's about it. Otherwise, this is one long winded product placement infomercial. I hope director Gary Marshall enjoyed his complementary copy of USA Today after making this.

Well, I got the DVD of this from a friend and I started to regret watching this because I thought it would be another same old romantic chick flick, which has no meaning to it whatsoever. But, despite all that, I was amazed that I actually liked this movie! Because like I said, normally I don't like chick flicks but this movie brought the world of romance to another level, which for me, I like. The performances by the handsome Richard Gere and the beautiful Julia Roberts was surprisingly good! I mean, it just made the movie more enjoyable and compelling. So well done to them, and for the script, it was a little dodgy at the start and a little few people will not understand a single thing that is happening, but I think to make the script better, someone should be a narrator and tell the story, so people will understand it. Other than that I really enjoyed the beautiful and wonderful ending!This movie just kept me on the edge of my seat and I must say, when you watch it, you lose yourself and you feel like your in heaven. Seriously, I felt like that when I was watching it and I was really captivated by that. Furthermore, I think the cast and crew did a marvellous job creating this heartwarming romantic comedy and they should deserve a Oscar for it! So once again, well done! So if you feel like taking a break from a long exhausting day, Runaway Bride is always there to calm you down and take you away into the blue skies of heaven and above.