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Scott Von Doviak, Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com: Yes, it's another romantic comedy with the happy moral that single women are miserable and worthless. Read more
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press: Even if we could buy the contrived setup (right: Debra Messing needs to buy a date), there is no thought to fleshing out the characters. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: A tossed bouquet full of dead flowers and bad jokes that belongs in the nearest trash receptacle. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Like a bridal shower, it's probably more fun if you have some champagne first. Perhaps some enterprising theater manager will consider this. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: Nothing says true love like a movie about a desperate, neurotic woman who hires a male whore to take her to her sister's wedding so she can make the ex-fiance jealous. I wonder if they have a Vermont Teddy Bear for that? Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Too bad the filmmakers felt compelled to give this sufficiently charming doodle some emotional heft by veering into Four Weddings and a Funeral territory. It only distracts you from The Wedding Date's own modest charms. Read more
Bill Muller, Arizona Republic: As far as Big Day experiences go, a drunken speech from a distant relative would be far more entertaining -- and funnier -- than The Wedding Date. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: Messing should know this is precisely the kind of movie Grace would ridicule Will for dragging her to see. Read more
Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times: How does Kat feel about falling in love with a high-priced escort? What prompts Nick's lightning-bolt conversion to unpaid monogamy? What kind of work can a former comp lit major expect to find in the world? These and other questions are left unanswered. Read more
Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com: This particular wedding-cake walk does feature the excellent comedic timing of Debra Messing and the charm and sex appeal of Dermot Mulroney, which will likely combine to make this film a hit with the date crowd. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: Why Kat must be so emotionally clueless or her sister so selfish is a mystery that invites an essay about what women think of each other these days. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: So many body parts from other engineered romantic comedies have been crudely harvested and stitched together in the making of this weird robotic lark that Maid of Honor of Frankenstein might be more useful a nickname. Read more
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: Even the most ardent evacuees from Super Bowl madness will recognize the familiar road map that the screenplay diligently follows. Read more
Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly: Just why Jeffrey dumped Kat is a revelation so unsavory that this initially breezy movie sinks beneath its weight, despite the frantic efforts of first-time screenwriter Dana Fox and director Clare Kilner. Read more
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: It is in no way a match made in heaven. Read more
Jan Stuart, Newsday: Dana Fox's script is all setup, skimping on the quirky character touches and comedic flourishes that could make a predictable outcome gratifying. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Not a single scene connects smoothly with the next, characters make head-scratching choices that come out of nowhere and logic consistently proves itself an enemy to be avoided at all costs. Read more
Anita Gates, New York Times: Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney star in a romantic comedy that struggles to capture the charm and ebullience of Four Weddings and a Funeral. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: An epic comic miscalculation. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: This is a charmless, lifeless affair that had me leaving the theater in a mood more appropriate to a funeral than a wedding. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The Wedding Date presents the curious case of two appealing performances surviving a bombardment of schlock. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: Mulroney is a stealth actor: Whenever you see him in a picture, you're not just reminded of how good he almost always is -- you have the sense of discovering it for the first time. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: A fairly mediocre film, not nearly as funny as it should be, nor as heartfelt. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Scenes don't build momentum, and I don't think I've ever seen a feature where so many lines of dialogue were delivered by actors hovering off-screen or standing with their backs to the camera. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: Admittedly, no part of the year is immune to bad romantic comedies. But what distinguishes The Wedding Date, what qualifies it so impeccably for turkey season, goes way beyond generic foulness. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: There is not a single memorable joke or line of dialogue in it, something that even the dumbest of comedies usually delivers. Read more
Mike Clark, USA Today: The movie goes wrong from the start by simply throwing us into the action and asking us to identify with Messing's desperate scheme. Read more
Jennifer Snow, Village Voice: Clare Kilner's cast frolics in the countryside in an appropriately British-romantic-comedy fashion, and at times the characters trade silly snaps, but Dana Fox's screenplay is structurally shaky. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: All surface and no soul. Come to think of it, the surface isn't so darned hot either. Read more
Teresa Wiltz, Washington Post: Don't bother asking how an Ivy League guy would end up hooking. Such a query could only lead to some dark answers, answers that the filmmakers have no interest in dealing with but which would make for a much more interesting movie. Read more