Hit or Miss Movies » The Wedding Date

Hit (but don’t see this movie in the theatres) Starring Debra Messing, Dermot Mulroney, Amy Adams, Sarah Parish, Holland Taylor

Kat Ellis (Messing) is worried about attending her half-sister’s wedding in which the best man is her ex-finace. In order to calm her nerves, Kat hires a male escort (Mulroney) to pretend to be her new boyfriend.

Originally the title of the film was “Something Borrowed.” I find this title to be more appealing and a play on words. Instead the producers decided that the title “The Wedding Date” would be less confusing? Perhaps.
I liked this film for what it was worth, which really wasn’t much. This review will focus more on my complaints of the film, but I do feel that it was mindless entertainment that played as “The Wedding Planner,” meets “Pretty Woman.”

Let’s begin by looking at the title character Kat Ellis played by Debra Messing. No offense to Messing but I really felt she was a little too old to play this particular character. I feel an actress in her early thirties would have been the right fit. As to who the perfect candidate might be… I will have to get back to you. Although she was not the first choice, I feel that her performance suited the role just fine, nothing special, just fine.

Dermot Mulroney. Big fan. Although I always seem to confuse his marital status with that of Ruprett Evert. It must be because they were both in “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” and they look like they could somehow be related. I really don’t know much about male escorts, but are there Dermot Mulroney’s in that field of work? Not quite sure. He is charming as the hooker but I really didn’t believe that he had feelings for Kat. That plot line was a little too contrived for my taste.

Amy Adams is a good fit for the younger half-sister of Kat. I liked her in “Drop Dead Gorgeous,” and she continues to remind me of one of my high school friends that will soon be getting married.

Overall, I had a hard time understanding why the whole charade took place in London, England. Why exactly was this necessary. It was also hard to believe that Kat would hire someone to play her boyfriend, she seems like too much of a control freak to do that, I could see her more likely to take a friend or find a date for free. Ho-hum. Bottom Line: Rental. And look for the Michael Buble original song written by Michael Buble and Alan Chang entitled “Home.”

Best Scene: The Groom chasing the Best Man.

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