Runaway Bride Movie Review 1999

If you don't mind being manipulated by masters (and you really won't), the predictability of this romantic comedy won't bother you either. Hey, if you weren't looking for a happy ending, you wouldn't be watching a romantic comedy. New York columnist Ike Graham (Gere) gets into hot water (as in fired) when his story on Maggie Carpenter (Roberts), the bolting bride (three trips down the aisle and no vows), is filled with errors. So Ike decides to go to Maggie's hometown, where she's on her fourth engagement, and get the real scoop. Of course, he falls for the would-be bride and she for him but things aren't all hearts and flowers. Appealing performances and boy, does Roberts know how to wear a wedding dress.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 116 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Otherwise Engaged, Front Page, Wedding Hell, New York, New York, Top Grossing Films of 1999, Cuttin' Heads

Screenplay

Josann McGibbon, Sara Parriott

Cast

Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Joan Cusack, Hector Elizondo, Christopher Meloni, Rita Wilson, Paul Dooley, Laurie Metcalf, Jean Schertler, Donal Logue, Reg Rogers, Yul Vazquez, Lisa Roberts Gillan, Sela Ward, Tom Mason

Cinematography

Stuart Dryburgh

Director

Garry Marshall

Music

James Newton Howard

Producer

Ted Field, Tom Rosenberg, Scott Kroopf, Robert W. Cort, Ted Tannebaum, David Madden, Gary Lucchesi, Touchstone Pictures, Interscope Comm., Lakeshore Entertainment, Paramount Pictures