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Runaway Bride
1999
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Runaway Bride
Positive Reviews
18
Negative reviews
12
Average Rating
3.0
/5
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3.0
The movie isnt a love story, exactly its pure, sweet wedding porn.C+
EW
2.5
It all has to do with tone.The material may be unlikely, manipulative and contrived, but sometimes it works and sometimes all you want to do is bark a ..
Rogerebert
3.0
It is a fine tribute to those classic 1930s screwball romantic comedies.
Common Sense Media
2.0
The only thing keeping this film palatable is the performances of its stars.
3.8
In a movie season woozy on special effects, a big tease sex drama and intense sci fi horrifics, theres nothing like Julia Roberts stunning smile in an ..
San Francisco Chronicle
2.0
The film spins between being simply corny, could this be cornier and man this is corny fun.
San Francisco Chronicle
2.5
Critique: This film never bored me, but never really entertained me either.
JoBlo
4.0
A satisfying romantic comedy that reveals that we cant open our hearts to love until we stop cheating on our true selves.
Spirituality And Practice
3.0
The pic is sweet, well played and a bore..Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz Nine years after starring together in Pretty Woman, Richard Gere and Julia Rober ..
Sover
2.5
This kind of stuff isnt new to the genre, but its especially irritating in the way its presented here.As a satire or a black comedy, Runaway Bride cou ..
ReelViews
2.0
The film is also atypically refreshing in its not exactly happy ending.I dont want to give any of the surprises away, but this one is different than a ..
2.0
Certainly not the worst romantic comedy youll ever see, but clearly far from the best, the film is moderately entertaining, but proves that while ligh ..
Screen It
4.5
Runaway Bride is the kind of lavish film fantasy, a lazy film for a lazy time, that cools off moviegoers coming in from the heat and wanting a two hou ..
Film Journal International ..
2.0
This sappy romantic comedy is a weak stab at capturing lightning in a bottle again!
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
4.5
When Gere and Roberts were first paired up nine years ago in Pretty Woman, the result delighted a whole lot of people, and Bride proves lightning can ..
Internet Reviews
2.5
Better than The Princess Diaries. And if thats not damning with faint praise then I dont know what is.
Internet Reviews
3.0
While the hackneyed dialogue that swims throughout the entire film is flaw enough, the feel good ending drowns the show thoroughly.
Internet Reviews
3.8
Gere and Roberts evidence enough genuine chemistry on the screen to fill a dozen run of the mill romances.
Internet Reviews
1.5
Never mind that it plays like a Frankensteins monster of a movie assembled from bits of pop culture detritus and scraps of other box office blockbuste ..
3.5
The predictability of this romantic comedy in no way detracts from its humorous charm.
Reel Talk Reviews
3.5
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Salon
3.8
With its wit and adventuresome spirit, The Iron Giant is a superbly entertaining film for the entire family, but what makes it transcendent much like ..
Mr Brown Movies
2.5
It may not have been groundbreakingly original (and it wasnt), but it ably carried itself purely on the intelligence of the actors and screenplay.
The Movie Boy
4.0
Pretty Woman fans who have outgrown their hooker Cinderella fantasies will appreciate the more mature (but still wonderfully giddy) love story of Brid ..
Spliced Wire
1.5
This glossy comedys romantic heat never rises above an amiable simmer but its funny and charming nonetheless.
E Online
4.4
Its a film full of solid, polished dialogue with a great premise, a clinch cast and veteran director.
Ross Anthony
4.5
The movies coach doesnt inspire, hes a villain, and the hero worship of the town is myopic, not quaint.
The Ringer
2.5
Deep Blue Sea gives good rush earning its stripes as one terrific junk movie.
News Week
1.5
Gere and Roberts are the dullest Ive ever seen them, and director Marshall doesnt seem to know whether this is supposed to be a romance or a slapstick ..
Film Quips Online
4.5
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Rochester Goes Out
2.0
This film needed something fresh.What does it make you feel like eating
Juicy Cerebellum
3.0
The new film pretends to amend the messages of its predecessor, but in fact it only repeats them loudly, and more often, and worse.F
Nicks Flick Picks
4.5
Runaway Bride works its way into some genuinely compelling emotional territory that Pretty Woman didnt dare acknowledge.
Daily News
2.0
A dull, lifeless stinkbomb that plays like a 2 hour commercial for itself, hoping that the Gere Roberts Marshall combination is enough to warrant view ..
1.5
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 proces ..
Access Atlanta
1.5
Virtually every step the Runaway narrative takes produces collisions with credulity!
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