Just watched this film today on my HBO channel, and I just had to write review about it since it was driving me crazy!One of the things I truly have to complain about this is the character Maggie that Roberts play as. The movie makes it seem we have to feel /bad/ for her because she doesn't know what she wants. Wrong. To me I felt frustrated, angry, of how selfish and how dumb this woman was for leaving these poor groomsmen at the alter. Not once did I see this woman feel bad about them because the next scene we see her doing her daily thing like nothing happened. If someone doesn't know what they want, then don't. get. married. right. away. And then she gets angry if someone points it out, like the editor who wrote something true about her and she throws a grumpy fit. How mature, lady. I also don't like how her and the editor suddenly /fall in love/. It just seemed too rushed. Arggh, this movie raged me too much. I need some tea now.

Despite me loving Julia Roberts and Richard Gere as actors, think the script is ridiculous.Reporters and journalists do not tell the truth one bit, they make their whole careers on lies, fabrications, sensationalism and fear stories and just ridiculous how they try to turn this on its head.In real life journalist offices, the more outrageous, juicy, hyped up and fabricated the story, the more you are praised and all journalists work to deadlines at the last minute.Whole story absurd and find it most shocking that two high profile great actors and great directors would choose to work on such a pile of crap script. Am astounded.

Some crazy lady dramatically escapes weddings on horseback or something. A lazy journalist irresponsibly writes about her without researching the facts, and gets axed. Then he goes to meet her. Twisted premise, puzzling plot holes. Why do guys keep proposing to this creep? Why would someone with obvious mental illness be the heroine of a rom-com? Never explained.Another question: why Richard Gere? He looks like a grenade exploded in his mouth and blew his face away. His vapid acting is about as effective as you would expect from somebody without a face, too. As for Julia Roberts, even playing Little Bo Peep would be almost too complex for her. The script is just the usual "unlikely couple becomes a couple while other goofy stuff happens" story line. But it does't work with such vile lead characters. Not to mention the horrible acting of grenade face and bo-peep. The endless subliminal messages to subscribe to USA Today don't help, either. To be fair; a few jokes work, such as the wedding rehearsal scene. But that's about it. Otherwise, this is one long winded product placement infomercial. I hope director Gary Marshall enjoyed his complementary copy of USA Today after making this.

This is a thoroughly contrived film, but a pleasant watch nonetheless. Julia Roberts and Richard Gere still exhibit an easy going chemistry after their blockbuster 'Pretty Woman'. This film though isn't as good. The characters are superficial, and the story unbelievable. However, a lovely romantic sound-track and some soothing romantic moments between the two likable stars carry the film. The humor is mild but generally works. The supporting cast including Hector Elizondo and Joan Cusack work hard to elevate mediocre material using effective comic timing. A pleasant watch at home.Overall 6/10