1st watched 4/29/2023 - (Dir-Gary Winick):
Well done comedic story about two best friends, Liv and Ellie, who have a tremendous experience being part of a wedding at a location called the Plaza in the month of June(as kids), and hold onto a dream that this may happen to them in the future. In their 20-something's (I think), both women, played by Kate Hudson(Ellie) and Anne Hathaway(Liv), are very close for the time coming for them. Their engagements happen within the span of a day, and both setup themselves with a wedding planner, played by Candice Bergen(who also narrates the story). At first, it appears that the June dates at the Plaza are going to happen flawlessly, but the planner screws up and schedules them both for the same day. These tight BFF's start revealing their worst sides of themselves as they try to get the other one to move their venue to a different location. These headstrong women are not having it, and start pranking the other one to devert them from their attempted goal. The appeal of this movie are in the performances by Hathaway & Hudson. I came into it thinking that this would be an overblown, chic-flick that wouldn't appeal to me, but the story was developed so well that you understood the emotions behind the good and bad behavior from both of them. You knew somehow their hearts and history together would bring them back together somehow. A well done, funny, and charming movie that I have found out will appeal to both sexes.
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