Quartile rating: 4.5/10 · 1 rating
On Quartile, My Best Friend's Wedding scores 4.5/10 across five categories — strongest on Plot (Below Average), weakest on Ending (Well Below Average).
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.