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My Best Friend's Wedding

  • 1997
  • AL
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
159K
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POPULARITY
3,151
225
Julia Roberts in My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
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When a woman's long-time friend reveals he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding.When a woman's long-time friend reveals he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding.When a woman's long-time friend reveals he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding.

  • Director
    • P.J. Hogan
  • Writer
    • Ron Bass
  • Stars
    • Julia Roberts
    • Dermot Mulroney
    • Cameron Diaz
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    159K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,151
    225
    • Director
      • P.J. Hogan
    • Writer
      • Ron Bass
    • Stars
      • Julia Roberts
      • Dermot Mulroney
      • Cameron Diaz
    • 261User reviews
    • 65Critic reviews
    • 51Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 12 wins & 24 nominations total

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    Julia Roberts
    Julia Roberts
    • Julianne Potter
    Dermot Mulroney
    Dermot Mulroney
    • Michael O'Neal
    Cameron Diaz
    Cameron Diaz
    • Kimberly Wallace
    Rupert Everett
    Rupert Everett
    • George Downes
    Philip Bosco
    Philip Bosco
    • Walter Wallace
    M. Emmet Walsh
    M. Emmet Walsh
    • Joe O'Neal
    Rachel Griffiths
    Rachel Griffiths
    • Samantha Newhouse
    Carrie Preston
    Carrie Preston
    • Amanda Newhouse
    Susan Sullivan
    Susan Sullivan
    • Isabelle Wallace
    Christopher Masterson
    Christopher Masterson
    • Scotty O'Neal
    • (as Chris Masterson)
    Raci Alexander
    • Title Sequence Performer
    Jennifer Garrett
    • Title Sequence Performer
    Kelleia Sheerin
    Kelleia Sheerin
    • Title Sequence Performer
    • (as Kelly Sheerin)
    Bree Turner
    Bree Turner
    • Title Sequence Performer
    Cassie Creasy
    • Flower Girl
    Lucina Paquet
    • Kimmy's Grandma
    Aida Baggio
    • Old Woman #2
    Shirley Kelly
    • Oldest Lady
    • Director
      • P.J. Hogan
    • Writer
      • Ron Bass
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Julia Roberts hand-picked both Dermot Mulroney and Cameron Diaz for this film.
    • Goofs
      Julianne has two pairs of sunglasses throughout the whole time she's at Kimmy's parents' estate, often wearing one pair while the other is hanging on her top button of her belly shirt. When she and Michael reach the gazebo and she takes off the sunglasses she's been wearing, one can see that she's holding two pairs.
    • Quotes

      George Downes: The misery, the exquisite tragedy. The Susan Hayward of it all. I can just picture you there, sitting alone at your table in your lavender gown.

      Julianne Potter: Did I tell you my gown was lavender?

      George Downes: Hair swept up. Haven't touched your cake. Probably drumming your fingernails on the white linen tablecloth, the way you do when you're really feeling down. Perhaps looking at those nails thinking: 'God, I should have stopped in all my evil plotting to have that manicure, but it's too late now.

      Julianne Potter: George, I didn't tell you my dress was lavender.

      George Downes: Suddenly, a familiar song. And, you're off your chair in one, exquisite movement... wondering, searching, sniffing the wind like a dapple deer. Has God heard your little prayer? Will Cinderella dance again? And then, suddenly, the crowds part and there he is: sleek, stylish... radiant with charisma. Bizarrely, he's on the telephone. But then, so are you. And then he comes towards you... the moves of a jungle cat. Although you quite correctly sense that he is... gay... like most devastatingly handsome single men of his age are, you think... what the hell. Life goes on. Maybe there won't be marriage... maybe there won't be sex... but, by God, there'll be dancing.

    • Alternate versions
      UK cinema version removes all profanity and inserts inoffensive replacements, most notably in the scene where Julianne explains tells Michael that George came from New York to f*** her.
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Speed 2/Broken English/Ulee's Gold/Temptress Moon/Wedding Bell Blues (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Wishin' and Hopin'
      Written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

      Produced and Performed by Ani DiFranco

      Courtesy of Righteous Babe Records

    User reviews261

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    Featured review
    8/10

    Relatable for Many

    I'm afraid many of our fear reviewers here have never experienced deep, unrequited love for the man in our life that has flirted many times with the line of friendship and even crossed it. The door is left open until one day, mercilessly, it's shut forever. Roberts carefully captures the descent into frenzied desperation one experiences when something you felt was so entirely yours gets ripped away in one fell swoop. Dermot Mulroney and Cameron Diaz perfectly portray a couple that's obviously right for each other but have to make hard decisions about the things they'll be sacrificing for each other, him his best friend and her the comfort of her family life. I actually think the comedic attempts of the side characters are welcome but detract from the nuance of the main trio's journey through the movie. Much of what they're experiencing is unsaid. Jealousy and fear of each other, the future, and the threat of losing one another. I could watch it again and again.
    • audreyhellstrom
    • Sep 25, 2023
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 2, 1997 (Netherlands)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • La boda de mi mejor amigo
    • Filming locations
      • Drake Hotel - 140 E. Walton Pl., Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Production companies
      • TriStar Pictures
      • Zucker Brothers Productions
      • Predawn Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $38,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $127,120,029
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $21,678,377
      • Jun 22, 1997
    • Gross worldwide
      • $299,288,605
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
      • DTS
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1
      • 2.35 : 1

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