Bride Wars Page #3

Synopsis: In Manhattan, the lawyer Liv and the school teacher Emma have been best friends since their childhood. They both are proposed to by their boyfriends on the same day and they plan their wedding parties in Plaza Hotel, using the services of the famous Marion St. Claire. However, due to Marion's secretary's mistake, their weddings are scheduled for the same day. None of them agrees to change the date and they become enemies, trying to sabotage the wedding party of the rival.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Gary Winick
Production: 20th Century Fox
  1 win & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Metacritic:
24
Rotten Tomatoes:
10%
PG
Year:
2009
89 min
$58,637,818
Website
6,323 Views


complicated, overbearing:::

gorgeous, smart, sexy woman in my life.

And-

[ Laughs ]

if you had just waited until tonight-

[ Gasps ]

- [ Laughs ]

- then you wouldn't be the woman

I fell in love with...

because she doesn't know

how to wait.

- Will you hold that for a second?

- Yeah.

Which is fine, as long as I get

to spend the rest of my life...

trying to catch up with her.

- Liv?

- Hmm?

Will you marry me?

- Are you proposing?

- Mmm.

Really? Honey, it's so out of nowhere.

- Liv, shut up. Yes or no?

- Yes. Yes.

- Babe.

- Yes.

- This is not how I planned it.

- [ Liv ] Are you kidding?

Oh!

- I love ""Bring Your Hot Girlfriend to Work'' day.

- Totally.

[ Squeals ]

[ Narrator]

And that is the journey that brought:::

these two young brides to my townhouse

on that particular afternoon:

- [ Whines ]

- No, no, no. Don't do that.

Not now. Not now. Let's go.

Okay. I'm good.

I'm Marion St:
Claire:::

the most sought-after

wedding planner in Manhattan:

- Hi. We're Marion's 1 :00.

- Mm-hmm.

We're both getting married,

and we're both each other's maid of honor.

No way. That's incredible.

Ms. St. Claire will see you now.

- Hi. I'm Liv Lerner.

- Hi, Ms. St. Claire. Wow.

- This is Emma Allan.

- What an honor.

- We've been best friends for a long time.

- I can't believe this.

Sit.

- Okay.

- Got it.

A wedding marks the first day...

of the rest of your life.

You have been dead until now.

W-Were you aware of that?

You're dead right now.

- I understand.

- Thank you.

Angela, for example, will die dead.

Now I've read the brief

that she put together on you-

[ Laughing ]

June weddings at the Plaza.

[ Chuckling ]

So it's not even a remote possibility?

If you'd gone elsewhere, not a chance.

But you've come to me.

[ Laughs ]

Call me dream catcher. I'll answer.

Ooh. Dream catcher.

I happen to have...

- three openings at the Rlaza in june:

- [ Typing ]

Two the first Saturday...

and one the last Saturday.

That would be the 6th and the 27 th.

Oh! My parents' anniversary

is the 6th. That's so meant to be.

- Oh, my gosh!

- Yeah.

- Well, then I'll take the 27 th.

- Great.

Um, you'll wanna discuss this

with your grooms.

- [ Together] No.

- All right then.

Just sign and...

date these.

- Okay.

- This feels pretty good right now, I gotta say.

Now, uh, we should discuss themes.

- Uh, elegant minimalism-

- Classic traditionalism-

- with romantic textures.

- and trendy infusion.

- I'm impressed.

- Really?

- Well, we love you so much.

- She means- She means ""Thank you.''

[ Angela ]

Your 1 :
1 5 is here, Ms. St. Claire.

Thank you... so much.

[ Angela ]

I have packets for you up front:

Bride to bride, there's only

onejune opening left at the Plaza.

Oh, my God. Thank you.

You are so sweet.

Ms. St. Claire, first off,

I'm obsessed with you.

- Uh, it's an honor and a privilege.

- Sit.

Sure.

[ Squealing ]

June. At the Plaza.

[ Both Screaming, Laughing ]

[ Marion Narrating ]

Look at them-So blissfully unaware:::

of the implications

of their wedding date:

You see, at this point,june was

a mere three and a half months away-

A blink of an eye, in wedding time:

[ Woman ]

#Got my dreams, got my life, got my love #

#Got my friends

Got the sunshine above #

# Why am I making this

hard on myself #

# When there's so many

beautiful reasons I have to be #

#Happy #

# Yeah ##

##[ Vocalizing ]

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Miss Wang-

Ohh- Lace bodice.

Basque waist, 1 0-layer tulle-

[ Sighs ]

You should try it on.

No. No, no. I'm wearing my mom's dress.

Emma, are you sure?

Your mom's dress is beautiful,

but is- is it your dream or hers?

It's mine. It's mine.

I wanna surprise her.

But it is your day.

Can't you just send her a big box

of chocolates on Mother's Day...

- and get the dress you want?

- It's really pretty.

- And I do love strapless.

- Me too.

I feel like I'm cheating

on my mom's dress.

I can't. I can't. I've very comfortable

with my decision.

- I'm just gonna put it back. Put it back.

- Okay.

But I mean, if you like it...

-you should try it on.

- No. You saw it first.

- Please.

- That's a terrible reason.

We're gonna try this on, okay?

No, uh, I'm gonna... try it on.

It's stunning. It's perfect.

- [ Exhales ] I know. Right?

- Mm-hmm.

I should probably keep looking.

Do you think there is something

better than Vera Wang?

I'm sorry. Do they keep that next to

the something that is better than chocolate?

- Liv, get the dress.

- What if you change your mind?

Just be very careful about

any pre-wedding weight gain.

You don't alter a Vera to fit you;

you alter yourself to fit Vera.

Weight gain. Please.

Yeah. Right. Me lose control?

You see these eyes?

You know what that is?

Focus. That's right.

Well, it's contacts- and focus.

- You know, I'll take it.

- Perfect.

I'll get you more champagne.

-##[ Rhone]

-[ Rhone Ringing ]

[ Together]

Marion.

A terrible mistake has been made...

one I assure you

has never happened before...

in the House of St. Claire.

Your weddings have been

booked on the same day.

Can you say that again?

I'm sorry:
What?

[ Clears Throat ] Your weddings

have been scheduled for the same date.

- Mother ""F.''

- Are you insane?

The Plaza is our lifelong dream.

Angela... mixed up the dates.

You are now both set

to be married june 6...

and the other bride on june 27.

The next available date

at the Rlaza is june 1 5-

- Perfect. I'll take it.

- Three years from now.

[ Weak Laugh ]

- This is no-

- No, I can't-

It's no problem.

Hold on. It's no problem.

Because I'll negotiate it.

I negotiate for a living.

- I'll get the other bride

to switch her dates with you.

- Trust me.

You can't say no to that face.

Yes, well, our confidentiality agreement:::

means that I cannot tell you who she is...

- so which one of you will choose a different venue?

- [ Intercom Beeps ]

[ Angela ]

I'm leaving right now, Ms: St: Claire:

Word to the wise, dear-

and also to you-

do not use me as a reference.

- Hello, Angela.

-just...

tell us where the other bride is...

and nobody's gonna get hurt.

[ Beeping ]

- Hi.

- Hello, Stacy.

- How are you?

- It's Emma and Liv.

- You look gorgeous.

- Did you lose weight?

You want me to change

the date of my wedding?

- Yeah:

- That'd be great.

- No.

- You take the 6th, give me the 27 th-

She can be your wedding buddy.

- I'm a ball. Really. I am.

- Don't touch me.

Let's talk numbers.

Every wedding has a price, hon.

What's yours?

You can't buy me. So again, no.

No, no, no. A thousand times, no.

Good luck, ladies.

There's something wrong with you.

You're not leaving

until you change your-

- [ Screams ]

-[ Stacy ] She's crazyI

-just change your date.

- She's crazy! Somebody call Security.

- You won't even change your date!

- You're crazy!

- It's unnecessary for you to touch me so hard.

- Technically, she pushed me too.

- Come on. Have a nice day.

- Whatever.

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Greg DePaul

Greg DePaul is an American playwright and screenwriter, best known for the romantic comedy Bride Wars. more…

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