Year:
2005
Studio:
Gold Circle Films, 26 Films
Feature:
3/5
DVD:
3/5
The Wedding Date
is an independent movie, a romantic comedy starring Debra Messing as a
desperate woman who hires an escort, played by Dermot Mulroney, to be
her date for her little sister's wedding.
Kat (Messing) has always put other people before herself. The wedding
is rather horrifying event for her because her ex-fiancee Jeffrey
(Jeremy Sheffield) is the best man. Jeffrey left her at the altar. Kat
has also been the second child so she has a lot of insecurities.
Hiring Nick (Mulroney) is Kat's answer. She wants her family to think
that she has moved on and that she is in control of her life. Although
Nick starts out as the handsome call-guy Kat slowly finds out more
about him and starts to fall for his wit and charm along with the rest
of her family.
There is an interesting twist in the movie that changes the whole thing
about half way through.
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***** SPOILER *****
So at first we think that Jeffrey is still in love with Kat. He's
constantly trying to talk to her privately and he admits to Nick
(before he learns that Nick is Kat's new beau) that he still loves a
woman. But there is a crucial point where we find out that the scenario
is actually different. It's a hint that is confirmed at the dramatic
height of the movie when Jeffrey finally tells Kat that he had an
affair with her sister and that's why he left her.
It was quite well done.
***** SPOILER *****
Overall it was a nice movie. Given more money to reshoot certain scenes
and spruce it up a bit it could have been a really good movie. Still it
was enjoyable and I can say I liked The
Wedding Date.
Extras
Deleted scenes (10 minutes) -- nothing all that interesting.
A Date with Debra (8 minutes) -- interview-ish, mostly clips.
Feature commentary with Debra Messing -- she doesn't say much, mostly
commenting about herself and things that happened to her. Interestingly
several times she notes how much darker the movie was shot, though it
was all edited out. It would have made the movie a lot more dramatic
and heavier.
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