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The Wedding Date Movie

Yesterday I saw the movie “The Wedding Date”, which starred: Peter Egan, Sarah Parish, Jolyon James, Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney.

The storyline involved the following: “Weddings--they're always fun. The tension, the drunkenness, the cold feet, the wacky family dynamics. Good times. For single gal Kat Ellis (Debra Messing), going to her sister's wedding in merry ole England also means hiring one of New York's premier male escorts, Nick Mercer (Dermot Mulroney), to pose as her new boyfriend. Kat's primarily goal is to make her ex-fiancéé Jeffrey (Jeremy Sheffield), who dumped her two years ago, jealous. Yes, her solution crosses a few morally dubious lines, plus costs her a tidy $6,000, which she had to drain from her 401K. But no matter. The insightful and charismatic Nick is a showstopper, ''the Yoda of escorts,'' convincing everyone that he and Kat are madly in love, including Kat. She's soon feeling things she's never before felt. Well, duh. He's, like, the perfect guy--that's his job. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure how this is going to turn out.”

I give this movie a “C+”, and it is worth the price of an admission ticket, a small popcorn and a small soft drink. It was a good romantic comedy, which turned into a drama at the end of the movie. I thought Debra Messing did a good job of acting.

posted by Frank LaFountaine @ 10:08 AM