The Wedding Planner (2001)

Mary Fiore is the wedding planner. She's ambitious, hard-working, extremely organized, and she knows exactly what to do and say to make any wedding a spectacular event. Bt when Mary falls (... See full summary »

Director:

Adam Shankman

Writers:

Pamela Falk, Michael Ellis

Stars:

Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras

1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jennifer Lopez	...	Mary Fiore
Matthew McConaughey	...	Steve Edison
Bridgette Wilson-Sampras	...	Fran Donolly
Justin Chambers	...	Massimo
Judy Greer	...	Penny
Alex Rocco	...	Salvatore
Joanna Gleason	...	Mrs. Donolly
Charles Kimbrough	...	Mr. Donolly
Kevin Pollak	...	Dr. John Dojny
Fred Willard	...	Basil St. Mosely
Lou Myers	...	Burt Weinberg
Frances Bay	...	Dottie
Kathy Najimy	...	Geri
Cortney Shounia	...	Mary Fiore - Age 7
Philip Pavel	...	Benton

Storyline

Mary Fiore is the wedding planner. She's ambitious, hard-working, extremely organized, and she knows exactly what to do and say to make any wedding a spectacular event. Bt when Mary falls (literally) for a handsome doctor her busy yet uncomplicated life is turned upside down - he's the groom in the biggest wedding of her career! Will she help him walk down the aisle with his internet tycoon girlfriend, or will Mary finally get to be the bride herself? When it comes to love, you can never plan what's going to happen.

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Plot Keywords:

wedding | doctor | wedding planner | carnival | garden | 

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Taglines:

His big day is her big problem.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language and some sexual humor

Details

Country:

Germany USA

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

26 January 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Experta en bodas

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£915,181 (UK) (6 April 2001)

Gross:

£2,463,168 (UK) (27 April 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Dee Gee Entertainment, IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. Produktions KG

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Julio Macat:  as a newspaper stand guy and sells a newspaper to Jennifer Lopez's character

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Goofs

In the park, there's a tight shot of Dr. Edison flicking the "non-brown" M&Ms out of his hand. When it cuts back to a medium shot, the yellow and orange ones are back in his hand.

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Quotes

Mary: [after picking up the statue, looks to the ground] You castrated him!

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Connections

Referenced in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Villains (2002)

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Soundtracks

"Somewhere My Baby Waits For Me"
Written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin
Performed by Lisa Stansfield
Courtesy of BMG Eurodisc Ltd

User Reviews

Perfectly Precious!

The Wedding Planner is the must see date movie of the year. It's a romantic comedy with all the right elements. But it goes above and beyond the standard chick-flick with so many lovable characters that you can't decide which one you want to win at the game of love!

Matthew McConaughey is Prince Charming as Pediatrician Steve Edison, a successful yet sweet man about to marry the "ideal girl". Jennifer Lopez is fantastic as a wedding planner who can seem to find herself a good man so she obsesses over everything else instead.

I give this movie 5 stars and two big thumbs up! To sum it all up: it's charming, funny, sweet, sentimental and just down right pleasant.