Kiss the Bride (2007 film)

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Kiss the Bride
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Kiss the Bride film poster
Directed by C. Jay Cox
Written byTy Lieberman
Produced byC. Jay Cox
Richard Santilena
Bob Schuck
Starring Tori Spelling
Philipp Karner
James O'Shea
Amber Benson
Garrett M. Brown
Brooke Dillman
Steve Sandvoss
Tess Harper
Robert Foxworth
Joanna Cassidy
CinematographyCarl Bartels
Music byBen Holbrook
Distributed by Regent Releasing
Release dates
  • July 23, 2007 (2007-07-23)(Outfest Film Festival)
  • April 18, 2008 (2008-04-18)(United States)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$32,033 [1]

Kiss the Bride is a 2007 American romantic comedy film directed by C. Jay Cox and starring Tori Spelling, Philipp Karner and James O'Shea. Ty Lieberman's script was the product of Outfest 's first Screenwriters Lab. [2] The film premiered at Outfest on July 23, 2007 and later had a limited release on April 18, 2008.

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Plot

Ten years after leaving his conservative Arizona hometown, Matt is a successful editor and chief photographer for the LA lifestyle magazine Queery. Though he has no problems meeting men, he usually dumps them after they fail to measure up to his high school flame, Alex. Matt and his assistant Stephanie are on the verge of closing the "Big Gay Wedding" issue when he receives an invitation to Ryan's nuptials to Alex—who, to Matt's surprise, is actually a woman. Described by Stephanie as "so 'My Best Friend's Gay Wedding,'" Matt races off to rescue his former love from this woman who must have trapped him into marriage.

Cast

Critical reception

Nick Pinkerton of LA Weekly called the film "the most ignoble outing in bi-curious screen hijinks since France produced Poltergay ." [3] Peter Debruge of Variety said that while there are entertaining moments, director "Cox and his TV-caliber cast simply aren't cut out for the challenge". [2] Elizabeth Weitzman of the New York Daily News wrote, "At first, the supremely silly vibe offers a fair amount of fun. But then Cox switches gears and gets serious, which is a huge mistake. A movie this preposterous should never have been played straight." [4] Maitland McDonagh of TV Guide gave a positive review, calling it a "light, formulaic romantic comedy that plays with genre conventions just enough to make its cotton-candy charms feel almost fresh". [5] In Creative Loafing , David Lee Simmons said "every time the two male leads try to get serious, the filmmakers' clumsy comedy routines get in the way, whether it's Matt being mistaken for a male stripper upon stumbling into Alex's bachelorette party, or the dim-witted homophobia of Ryan's two groomsmen. Despite the presence of vets such as Tess Harper, Robert Foxworth and Joanna Cassidy…Kiss the Bride can't rise above its amateurish foundation". [6]

Soundtrack

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References

  1. ↑ "Kiss the Bride". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Debruge, Peter (August 8, 2007). "Kiss the Bride". Variety. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  3. ↑ Pinkerton, Nick (April 16, 2008). "Movie Reviews: Zombie Strippers, Floating Life, Lost in Beijing". LA Weekly . Archived from the original on April 22, 2008. Retrieved April 23, 2008.
  4. ↑ Weitzman, Elizabeth (May 30, 2008). "Short takes: More movies out this week". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on June 3, 2008. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  5. ↑ McDonagh, Maitland. "Kiss the Bride". TV Guide. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  6. ↑ Simmons, David Lee (May 14, 2008). "Kiss the Bride: Identity crisis". Creative Loafing. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  7. ↑ "'Life' with Brian". Washington Blade. September 21, 2007. Archived from the original on February 26, 2008. Retrieved February 13, 2008.
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