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...That squealing takes a distinctly shriller tone when their wedding planner - played by Candice Bergen, who has become to chick flicks what Joe Pesci is to Mafia movies, only statelier and with better diction - breaks the news to Liv and Emma that a scheduling conflict means their weddings will have to be on the same date in June. And so, she suggests, one of them will have to compromise and find a different venue. Needless to say, maturity does not win out, and the two Bridezillas turn on each other...
...this case, Emma has some buried resentments; she has long been the tender caretaker of Liv's aggressive, obnoxious alpha. Or as some might put it, her willing doormat. Emma's fiancé has a particularly cruel spin on things. In an American Idol analogy, he says Liv is Simon (Cowell); Emma is peppy Paula (Abdul). "But everyone listens to Simon," Emma says with dismay. "I wouldn't marry Simon," Fletcher tells her. "I'm marrying me some Paula." Then he licks his chops...
...Emma may be a Paula, but in the end, the movie owes its mild success to Anne Hathaway, who makes it watchable. After seeing Bride Wars' marketing campaign, I wondered whether Hathaway would hurt her hopes of an Oscar nomination for Rachel Getting Married by appearing in such lightweight fare right around ballot time. (Rachel may get married, but that film indulges no fantasies.) Instead, Bride Wars is a reminder that Hathaway can be soulful and charming no matter how mundane her surroundings. She manages her appealing vulnerability with expertise, but she's also learned how to blend in just...
...freshness? It should not be used up at 29!" Perhaps a diet of strictly romcom fare is no healthier for movie stars than it is for audiences. Still, Hudson does win the bridal wars in one sense: when it comes to The Dress, Liv's Vera Wang definitely trumps Emma's heirloom...
Should the team be successful in doing that, look for sophomore forward Emma Markley and co-captain guard Emily Tay to take care of the scoring...