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Bride Wars

By Sandie Angulo Chen, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 12+

Wedding comedy amuses but has inconsistent messages.

Movie PG 2009 90 minutes
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What you will—and won't—find in this movie.

Community Reviews

age 13+

Based on 18 parent reviews

age 18+

NOT FOR MINORS!

How are y’all gonna say minors can watch this. It’s disgusting male strippers! You really want children watching this. Y’all need to repent and seek Christ.
age 14+

Ok for teenagers, not for younger kids

This movie has swearing and sexual references. I'd say more appropriate for kids over 14.

This title has:

Too much swearing

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (18 ):
Kids say (54 ):

BRIDE WARS is more of the same romcom fluff that Hudson -- whose career high is still her early, Oscar-nominated role in Almost Famous -- has been stuck in since How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Hathaway, however, has been getting more acclaim thanks to roles in grittier fare like Rachel Getting Married, so it's hard not to consider this wedding flick a major step down. Not that the target audience -- young girls and engaged women -- will care. Weddings and all their myriad details -- fondant cakes, designer gowns, letter-pressed invitations, personalized everything -- are a huge obsession for many women, and bridal junkies in the audience will definitely get their fix.

For what it is -- a 90-minute reverie for young girls who dream of the "perfect" (read: super expensive) wedding -- the movie does provide some laughs (like the scene portraying how Liv and Em's still-unmarried friends take the news of their double engagement), and even a message. Just what that message is, however, is debatable. On the one hand, there's the obvious idea that a wedding is worthless without the right groom and your best friend by your side. But there's also an inescapable sense that a wedding (or the marriage that follows it) isn't quite worth it unless it comes packaged in Tiffany blue.

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