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Actors: Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about My Best Friend's Wedding
Julianne is a food reviewer in her late 20's who is afraid to love someone. She has had lots of past relationships but can't seem to find someone she has ever really opened her heart to.
While at a fancy restaurant with her editor and friend George, she finds a message from her best friend and ex boyfriend Michael O'Connel. She is a little anxious to see what he wants to talk to her about because of a promise they made that would go into effect when she turned 28, just a couple weeks later. When she calls him back though, she finds out that he is actually getting married to Kimberly Wallace, the daughter of the Red Sox owner, She is very shocked and upset when she hears this but plays it cool.
Julianne goes to to the wedding as a bridesmaid with one thing in mind...break the happy couple up.

--roxy, Resident Scholar

A story of a romance that wasn't meant to be and the agony and peace that comes from letting go when chances in life have passed you by.
--Katheryn, Resident Scholar

Juila Roberts plays a woman obsessed with breaking up her best friend and his soon-to-be wife. This is a tale of love and jealousy.
--Renee, Resident Scholar

A woman realizes she loves her best friend when she finds out he is getting married, so she decides to tell him how she really feels before the wedding.
--Diane, Resident Scholar


Analysis of My Best Friend's Wedding
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Plot
Time/era of movie: - 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging Yes
Kind of romance: - matchbreaker interference

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - journalist
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric: Yes
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - red
Hair type - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type - (woman) skinny
Events of movie makes character more... - irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) average build
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - student
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 80%
Hair color - blonde
Hair type - (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type - (woman) skinny
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest
City? Yes
City: - New York - wealthy - Chicago
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Movie makes you feel... - full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - kissing
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Modern rock/pop
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