It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

From the preposterous plot to the bland acting, this was not an enjoyable film. Its just not believable that anyone would fork out $6,000 for a date for a wedding!! Debra Messing is still in Grace mode from Will & Grace: utterly annoying and not convincing at all. The film follows the same recipe as most other comedy dramas, only much worse. It is boringly predictable. Its not funny. Its not convincing. Its not sexy. Its not romantic. I wouldn't have missed it if i haven't seen it. There's just nothing special about this film. What did I enjoy about it? Uhmmm...the music and Dermot's body.

"American Virgin" director Clare Kilner's third feature-length film "The Wedding Date" qualifies as an amusing chick flick co-starring Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney respectively as the leading lady and man. The premise of Dana Fox's screenplay is that our heroine Kat Ellis is flying to London to act as the maid of honor at her younger sister's wedding. The conflict is that younger sister Amy (Amy Adams of "Enchanted") has asked Kat's former fiancé to serve as best man. Kat is appropriately concerned about what impression she should make since Jeffrey (Jeremy Sheffield of "Last Chance Harvey") dumped her unexpectedly when they were supposed to wed. Kat decides to hire a male escort, Nick Mercer (Dermot Mulroney of "My Best Friend's Wedding") to make Jeffrey feel jealous. Predictably, what starts out as an impersonal business relationship between Kat and Nick inevitably becomes a personal relationship. Along the way, Kat learns the truth about why Jeffrey got cold feet about their impending marriage. Debra Messing makes a sympathetic character and Dermot Mulroney pulls off the stud act with no problems. The British setting adds a novelty to the proceedings and the outcome is clever without being too sappy or complicated. Scenarist Dana Fox wrote both "Couples Retreat" and "What Happens In Vegas." Fox's based her script on Elizabeth Young's book. While I enjoyed "The Wedding Date," I didn't think it was anything exceptional. The film, however, amounted to a Hollywood definition of a hit, coining $47 million dollars off a $15 million dollar budget.

Story goes like this Kat Ellis (Messing), who returns to her parents' London home for her sister's wedding is afraid of confronting her ex fiancé, who dumped her two years before, she hires a male escort Nick (Mulroney) to pose as her new boyfriend. And how Kat and Nick come together forms the rest of the story.its good how the characters are introduced and interwoven. The best part is that of Dermot Mulroney. Wow, first of all he is really gorgeous. Next, his role understands women so well. I am the girl who liked Made of honor, Naughty or nice (2012), Holiday in Handcuffs. If you liked those then you will like this movie as well.

Maybe it's because the two leads are fast approaching middle age, but I actually enjoyed parts of this chick flick, directed by a chick. Make no mistake: it is pure fantasy, much like PRETTY WOMAN and MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING, but I was able to go along with most of it thanks to solid acting by Debra Messing of "Will and Grace" fame. Here, she plays a neurotic and lonely female whose kid sister (Amy Adams) is about to get married. When Messing's character finds out her ex-beau is to be the best man, she hires a pricey male escort to pose as her boyfriend. Typical hijinks ensue, although there is a dramatic undercurrent to this fluffy plot. Various secrets are revealed, and they ain't all funny. For reasons best known to the writer(s), the movie is set in England, which for my money was a mistake. But then, I am not a female, whose gender I suspect will find the setting romantic. We've seen it all before, of course, but keep an eye on Messing, who gives her woebegone character depth and dimension. Dermot Mulroney gets to stand around and look elegant, but I didn't buy the unexpected romance angle. Veteran character actor Peter Egan steals all his scenes as Messing's loving stepdad, and Holland Taylor plays her patented insufferable family matriarch. Strictly for the ladies.