I don’t think it’s exciting to say that Julia Roberts is one of the Best Romantic Comedy Actresses since when. from the nineties Pretty woman for this year (mostly) pleasant Heaven ticketRoberts has allowed us to suspend all realistic expectations through classics like Notting Hill And the runaway bride. For me, though, it was My dear friend’s wedding. The 1997 tale of one woman willing to destroy everything in her path in the name of making a claim about her true love struck me in my angry 15-year-old heart, and it’s safe to say I got my money’s worth from that VHS tape.
But life happens — as with modern technology — and somewhere along the line, it’s no longer a re-watch of Julian (Julia Roberts) desperately trying to break up her best friend Michael (Dermott Mulroney) and fiancée Kimmy (Cameron Diaz). I recently decided to revisit my old favorite because it’s their 25th anniversary, and some things blew me away My dear friend’s wedding. Please accompany me on this trip:
Who makes a backup plan for getting married at age 28?
When I was 15, did I really think 28 was a spinster? On the rewatch, I would have expected Julian to say that she and Michael had a blood pact (!) to be a backup for each other when they were at least thirty, if not older. When Jules oh-so-dramatically mentions Michael’s words – “I swear, when we’re 28 if we’ve never married, we’ll marry each other” – “Ha!” My mouth escaped. Come to think of it, though, I got married a week before my 28th birthday, so there’s a chance this is etched somewhere deep inside of me.
Robert Everett stole this movie in the name of George
All the Best Romantic Comedy You have a best friend character, but it’s not often that person steals the whole damn show. George (Robert Everett) was the winner for me, playing the roles of Jules editor, best friend, moral compass, fake orator and ultimately hero. During the famous lunch scene, the way he can’t stop himself from joining the “Avengers Sluts” (Rachel Griffiths and Carrie Preston) singing “Do You Know The Way to San Jose” is pure brilliance. George got in my opinion the best lines of the whole movie, including:
- “I can see why.” (After Jules yelling that Michael loved “I’m a damn nine years! Me!”)
- “Death by minibar, what a charm.”
- “I love that. I love the bag, I love the shoes, I love everything, I love that.”
- “Maybe there will be no marriage. Maybe there will be no sex. But by God there will be dancing.”
Two classic music scenes all the time still standing
Speaking of the lunch scene, this is just one of two classic musical moments ever My dear friend’s wedding to hand in. Are there really people who don’t think about that It hit the box office in the ’90s What time do they hear “I say a little prayer to you”? This whole restaurant singing is made even better by the wretched looks of Jules and Michael as everyone explodes.
The karaoke scene, too, where Kimmy slays “I just don’t know what to do with myself,” stands 25 years later, with everyone in her corner by the end of that song — even Julian.
Wait, did this movie inspired two of Grey’s Anatomy’s most famous letters?
Twice while watching this classic movie from the ’90s, my friend instinct anatomy Radar set off. Is it possible that the infamous words from this rom-com are living in the subconscious of those writing for the ABC medical drama? listen to me. Michael’s talk to Jules about love as they sail the Chicago River sounds a lot like Mark Sloan’s iconic advice to Jackson Avery:
- Michael: Kimmy says if you love someone, you say so. You say it, then, out loud. Otherwise, the moment will pass you by.
- Sloan: If you love someone, you tell them that. Even if you are afraid that this is not the right thing. Even if you are afraid that it will cause problems. Even if you’re afraid that it’s going to burn your life to the ground, you say it and say it out loud and then you go from there.
And you can’t tell me Meredith Gray wasn’t guiding little Julian when these lines were uttered:
- Julian: Choose me. marry me. Let me make you happy.
- Meredith: Choose me. choose me. love me.
None of these situations turned out the way our heroines wanted, so what should we learn about it begging for love?
Paul Giamatti came into our lives as an angel smoking cigarettes
Remember the days of smoking indoors? Oh what a time. This scene with Paul Giamatti as the critic seemed very intimate to me, the way he and Julian share a cigarette during a moment of crisis. It imparts some wisdom before he travels, sure to save another exhausted soul.
Paul Giamatti wasn’t the only big name to appear in small roles throughout this movie. I loved seeing Rose Abdo as a seamstress, Harry Shearer as an author reading George’s book, and Paul Adelstein as a runner-up.
God bless this time email capsule in 1997
While Julian committed this infamous cybercrime to fire her beloved boyfriend from his job so that he would get rid of his fiancée on their wedding day, it was funny to see this old email facade, where she didn’t write an email address, just Michael’s boss’s name and nickname and “Sports Journal”.
Kimi is too good for Michael; He and Julian deserve each other
During the re-watching, I couldn’t fight one thought that kept creeping into my head – Julian is a horrible person! She was caring for Kimmy, who did her best to make sure Julian was able to spend every available moment with Michael. The schemes to try to stop the wedding were clearly sinister. Michael was hardly better, and he was constantly flirting with Julian in public.
Meanwhile, Kimmy has been more emotionally mature than a lot of kids in her twenties, and has been completely accepting and trusting of Jules, despite her past with Michael. Kimmy also gave him her full support in his career, despite her own feelings, because she knew he was important to him. I dare say Kimi would have been better if Michael and Julian left each other.
Additional ideas
Here are some other quick ideas I came across My dear friend’s wedding:
- Shout out to whoever had to inflate all the balloons in the photo above.
- This is not how restaurant reviews work. ‘Innovative and confident’?
- Julia Roberts is an absolute expert on physical comedy. I forgot how many times she fell on her feet.
- Kimmy’s license plate says “HPY 20.” I never noticed it on my old VHS machine.
- Jules saying that being a sports writer isn’t an adult business, to me, was the most offensive thing I did in that movie.
- Was there a more graphic insult than Michael’s description of Jules as “the pus of mucus that spoils the fungus that feeds on pond scum”? Poetry.
Not all movies stand the test of time, but watch them My dear friend’s wedding After 25 years it was such a treat. Although I looked at it through a slightly different lens than I did as a teen, I was still unfazed by the more silly aspects of the plot and pleasantly surprised by some of the bland humor in the text. If you are like me and no longer have access to your VHS player, My dear friend’s wedding available for You can rent or buy from Amazon Prime Video (Opens in a new tab)And if you want to make it a marathon, check out more best julia roberts movies.
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