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My Best Friend's Wedding is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Paul John Hogan released in USA on 19 june 1997 with Julia Roberts
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 19 june 1997
Length 1h45
Directed by Paul John Hogan
OriginUSA
Themes Films about marriage
Rating63%
My Best Friend's Wedding is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by P.J. Hogan, starring Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett, Philip Bosco, M. Emmet Walsh, Rachel Griffiths, Carrie Preston and Susan Sullivan.
The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and was a global box-office hit.
The soundtrack song "I Say a Little Prayer (For You)" was covered by singer Diana King and featured heavily in the film, making it a Billboard Top 100 hit. The soundtrack featured a number of Burt Bacharach/Hal David songs.
A Chinese remake is scheduled for release in 2016.
Synopsis
Julianne Potter (Julia Roberts), a 27-year-old New York restaurant critic, receives a call from her longtime friend Michael O'Neal (Dermot Mulroney). In college, the two made an agreement that if neither of them were married by the time they turned 28, they would marry each other. Three weeks before her 28th birthday, Michael tells her that in four days, he will marry Kimmy Wallace (Cameron Diaz), a 20-year-old University of Chicago student from a wealthy family.Actors
Julia Roberts
(Julianne Potter)
Dermot Mulroney
(Michael O'Neal)
Cameron Diaz
(Kimberly Wallace)
Rupert Everett
(George Downes)
Philip Bosco
(Walter Wallace)
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