Quartile rating: 4.5/10 · 1 rating
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.
My Best Friend's Wedding is a charming mid-90s rom-com elevated significantly by Julia Roberts' gleefully unlikable performance and a sharp supporting turn from Rupert Everett. The plot is a fun inversion of the standard rom-com formula — the protagonist is actively the villain — which gives it some novelty. However, the cinematography is fairly pedestrian and workmanlike for the genre. The ending, famously subversive in refusing the traditional happily-ever-after for the lead, deserves credit for courage but left some audiences unsatisfied. Acting, particularly Roberts and Everett, is the clear standout.