When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 12 wins & 24 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
We don't feel much of anything.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Feb 2009
rotten:
The draggy narrative of this 1997 comedy is tough to sit through -- there are even several overproduced musical numbers -- but it does have an intriguing subversive element that I don't want to give away.
– Lisa Alspector,
Chicago Reader,
3 Feb 2009
fresh:
Anchored by skilled comedienne Julia Roberts, this skewered variation on jealousy and the wrong woman doing battle in the aisles is a winning balance of the familiar and the novel.
– Leonard Klady,
Variety,
3 Feb 2009
rotten:
A misbegotten attempt to update the genre that only proves the enduring -- if not downright inviolable -- appeal of the boy-meets-girl scenario.