Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Wyatt There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

A_Different_Drummer Based on the notion "better late than never" this is a late review.Notes For Posterity: * what were they thinking? Marshall usually knows better but Hollywood, the land of "high concept," often falls for its own nonsense * you would have to be from another planet not to know that the original pairing in PRETTY WOMAN was one of the most successful films of all time. I think even now it is mandatory for young girls to see the film before they reach their teens. (Hey, don't smirk, if they can force you to take vaccinations, they can force you to watch a film) * even the best Hollywood Power Agent can't fight Father Time. Gere was 50 when this was filmed, Roberts some 20 years younger. Trivia question for readers of the future: was he playing YOUNGER or was she playing OLDER? Actually -- surprise! -- not a bad movie if you "get" it is about the stars working with outrageous material and yet somehow pulling it off -- sorta -- by sheer force of will. Plus, I am a big fan of Joan ("Are you breaking up with me?") Cusack. SKIP THE LAST 15 MINUTES. SERIOUSLY. HAVE I EVER LED YOU ASTRAY?Back in Hollywood's glory days they used to test the ending with a live audience before release. Had Marshall done this -- instead of spending all his time looking in the mirror and telling himself how clever he was -- he would have noticed the movie had a really solid ending about 15 minutes before the ending he used. The actual ending is horribly annoying.

Desertman84 Runaway Bride is a romantic comedy film the reunites the stars of Pretty Woman,Julia Roberts and Richard Gere.Included in the cast is Joan Cusack,Hector Elizondo,Christopher Meloni,Paul Dooley and Rita Wilson. The screenplay was written by Josann McGibbon, Audrey Wells and Sara Parriott.It was directed by Garry Marshall,the same director of Pretty Woman.Maggie has left so many prospective husbands at the altar that she has gained notoriety as "the Runaway Bride".A reporter,Ike Graham is assigned to write a story about her. He tracks her down to a small town in Maryland where she's spending time with her family and preparing to give marriage another try. However, the more time she spends with the persistent reporter, the more second thoughts she has about her fiancé.Love develops between Ike and Maggie.This romantic comedy is clichéd,formulaic and predictable from beginning to end.Also,the plot isn't original and has been done in so many movies for so many years.There also was an evident lack of chemistry between Gere and Roberts unlike in Pretty Woman.And most of all,it is shamelessly manipulative and contrived with an old-fashioned love story that is definitely star-driven since it most capitalizes on the presence of the two stars and nothing more. The only thing good about this movie is that it is charming,appealing and it imparts a good message that we can't open our hearts to love until we stop cheating on our true selves.

ianlouisiana Four points for Miles Davis whose "It never entered my mind" decorates "Runaway Bride" at intervals unfortunately too far apart to keep it from sinking in its own saccharine sea. Consider this:-Richard Gere is a column - writer for "U.S.A.Today"(advt) He is obviously an "intellectual" because he has floppy grey hair and rimless glasses.He hangs around other journos from "U.S.A. Today"(advt) and spends a lot of time in a bar near the "U.S.A. Today"(advt) building - I think I can see a pattern evolving here................. In this bar near the "U.S.A.Today"(advt) building he gets a tip about a woman in Maryland who has left her prospective grooms at the altar 7 times."I shall call it "The Runaway Bride" ",he says,intellectually. Neglecting to do even the most basic of research he rushes into print and after a complaint from the "Runaway Bride" herself he is sacked from "U.S.A. Today" (advt) Rather belatedly you might think,he drives out to Maryland to discover the truth for himself.In a small town that makes Bedford Falls seem like Bedford - Stuyvesant,he meets - cute with the "Runaway Bride" - none other than Miss Julia Roberts - and you can work out the rest for yourself,quite possibly far quicker than Mr Gere,who,for an intellectual employed by "U.S.A. Today"(advt),is remarkably slow - witted. With more false climaxes than Meg Ryan,"The Runaway Bride" peters out tamely and predictably.Apart from Mr Gere the cast spend a lot of time laughing long and loud,presumably hoping it will be catching. Unfortunately I seemed to have developed an immunity,although I suspect the sales of "U.S.A.Today" (advt) developed an upsurge.

Isaac5855 Nine years after their smash PRETTY WOMAN, director Garry Marshall reunited his stars, Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, in RUNAWAY BRIDE, a watchable 1999 romantic comedy which is more than anything, a reunion of the PRETTY WOMAN stars (including Marshall good luck charm Hector Elizondo) in a featherweight comedy that borrows liberally from more than half a dozen superior romantic comedies that I can think of, including PRETTY WOMAN. Roberts plays Maggie, a small town free spirit who has a reputation for planning large elaborate weddings and leaving the groom at the altar at the very last second. When Masggie gets engaged for the fourth time, word of her story reaches a big city newspaper writer (Gere) who decides to come to Maggie's intimate little hamlet to cover the wedding and well, you can guess the rest. The on screen charisma between Gere and Roberts is still there, but this time they have a rather limp screenplay to work with that doesn't really play to their strengths as farceurs. In addition to Elizondo, Joan Cusack does steal every scene she is in as Maggie's best friend and there are also effective turns from Paul Dooley as Maggie's dad and Christopher Meloni as fiancée #4. It's passable comic fare, but if you're looking for another PRETTY WOMAN, you will be disappointed.]