My Best Friend's Wedding

Comedy, Romance

Julia Roberts	Julianne Potter
Christopher Masterson	Scotty O'Neal (as Chris Masterson)
Dermot Mulroney	Michael O'Neal
Cameron Diaz	Kimberly Wallace
Rupert Everett	George Downes
Philip Bosco	Walter Wallace
M. Emmet Walsh	Joe O'Neal
Rachel Griffiths	Samantha Newhouse
Carrie Preston	Mandy Newhouse
Susan Sullivan	Isabelle Wallace
Chris Masterson	Scott O'Neal

Director	P.J. Hogan
Producer	Ronald Bass; Jerry Zucker
Writer	Ronald Bass

One of the best romantic comedies of the 1990s, My Best Friend's Wedding not only gave Julia Roberts a delightful vehicle for her crowd-pleasing comeback, but it further distinguished itself by avoiding the conventional plotting of the genre. She plays a prominent Chicago restaurant critic whose best friend (Dermot Mulroney) is a former lover from her college days with whom she'd made a binding pact: if neither of them were married by the age of 28, they'd marry each other. Just when they're about to reach the deadline of their agreement, Mulroney arrives in Chicago to introduce Roberts to his seemingly perfect fiancée (Cameron Diaz) and announce their wedding in just three days. That leaves the shocked Julia with just three short days to sabotage the wedding and marry the man she now realises she's loved all along. With potential heartbreak waiting in the wings, she'll either get what she wants or pay the price for her selfish behaviour, and Ronald Bass' cleverly constructed screenplay keeps us guessing to the very end. It's no surprise that this was one of the box-office smashes of 1997. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

On the DVD: My Best Friend's Wedding is presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen and there is very little grain or noise, the only blurring coming from those soft focus moments. There are two "making-of" documentaries, one produced by HBO and the other a general behind the scenes mix of fly on the wall footage and interviews with cast and crew. Masquerading as helpful hints for the soon to be wed there's also a short featurette called "Wedding Do's and Don'ts". You can also sing along with one of the film's more bizarre moments; the fish restaurant rendition of "Say a Little Prayer", check out the pictures in the wedding album and read the filmographies. --Kristen Bowditch