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Title: Runaway Bride (1999)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Julia Roberts | ... | Maggie Carpenter | |
| Richard Gere | ... | Ike Graham | |
| Joan Cusack | ... | Peggy Flemming | |
| Hector Elizondo | ... | Fisher | |
| Rita Wilson | ... | Ellie Graham | |
| Paul Dooley | ... | Walter Carpenter | |
| Christopher Meloni | ... | Coach Bob Kelly | |
| Donal Logue | ... | Priest Brian Norris | |
| Reg Rogers | ... | George 'Bug Guy' Swilling | |
| Yul Vazquez | ... | Dead Head Gill Chavez | |
| Jane Morris | ... | Mrs. Pressman | |
| Lisa Roberts Gillan | ... | Elaine from Manhattan | |
| Kathleen Marshall | ... | Cousin Cindy | |
| Jean Schertler | ... | Grandma | |
| Tom Hines | ... | Cory Flemming | |
Ike Graham has his own by-lined column in USA Today, which he usually uses as a forum to rail against the opposite sex. For his latest column which he writes at the last minute as usual, he, based on some information from a stranger in a bar about a woman he knows of back home, includes the story of still single Hale, Maryland residing Maggie Carpenter, who is known as the "Runaway Bride" since she has been engaged multiple times, but always leaves her betrothed standing at the altar. Because an incensed Maggie complains to the newspaper for factual inaccuracies in her story, Ike is fired, but he realizes that the story still has some life in it and thus decides to go to Hale to do further investigation. He finds that Maggie is again engaged, now for the fourth time, this time to high school football coach and adventurist Bob Kelly, who is confident enough in himself to know he will be different than the previous three grooms. When Maggie finds out that her arch enemy Ike is in town, ... Written by Huggo
Until Runaway Bride came on the scene, I didn't realize how dated Pretty Woman had become! Fans of Pretty Woman will delight in the thinly veiled references and homages that Runaway Bride serves up. This is a fun film, very tongue in cheek in it's delivery. The first viewing of the film may seem a little flat, but after watching it subsequent times, you get a definite feel for the dance that is perfected here. That is what I look for in a movie; can I watch it over and over and still delight in it?
I took absolute delight in the setting of this film more so than anything. The movie refers to the town as Hale, Maryland. The actual town is Berlin, Maryland, absolutely gorgeous and located more to the Northeastern part of the state. Setting is everything here because you focus more on the characters and the small town atmosphere than the glitz and glitter of a major city. The character Maggie Carpenter is not unlike women of her generation--perhaps we tend to marry later in life now more than ever because we don't want to make that mistake that ends in divorce. Maggie doesn't know what she wants out of life, but she has enough sense to get down to the minute and realize a mistake. Her timing is rough, but it manages to avoid divorce lawyer, right?
Drink in the backdrop of the movie, and enjoy the main characters and the strong ensemble cast in this enticingly amusing tale of love and romance redefined.