The Wedding Date is an 2005 romantic comedy film directed by Clare Kilner, who also directed How to Deal (2003). The release was successful achieving $47 million worldwide at the box office against a budget of $15 million. It is based on the book Asking for Trouble by Elizabeth Young.

Plot[link]

Kat Ellis (Debra Messing) is a single New Yorker who returns to her parents' house in London to be the maid of honor at her younger half sister's (Amy Adams) wedding. The best man is none other than her former fiancé, who unexpectedly dumped her two years ago. Anxious about confronting him and eager to impress him, she hires suave male escort Nick Mercer (Dermot Mulroney) to pose as her boyfriend.

Kat intends to make her former flame, Jeffrey (Jeremy Sheffield), jealous, but her plan backfires when Nick convinces everyone, including her, that they are madly in love. Kat then feels herself too falling for Nick as he slowly falls for her. Along the way, Kat discovers that her half sister, Amy, slept with Jeffrey while they were still together. This affair was the reason why Jeffrey dumped Kat because he believed himself to be in love with Amy. Amy confesses her betrayal to her fiancé Ed (Jack Davenport) just before the church ceremony. However, Ed decides that he loves Amy more than he is angry and they end up getting married after all. Kat and Nick end up together. Jeffrey, who was the main reason for all the trouble, learns absolutely nothing. At the end he is seen, possibly in France, as Nick jokingly said to Ed, trying to get the attentions of a female neighbor.

Cast[link]

• Debra Messing as Kat Ellis
• Dermot Mulroney as Nick Mercer
• Amy Adams as Amy Ellis
• Jeremy Sheffield as Jeffrey
• Jack Davenport as Edward Fletcher-Wooten
• Sarah Parish as TJ
• Peter Egan as Victor Ellis
• Holland Taylor as Bunny
• Jolyon James as Woody
• C. Gerod Harris as Bike Messenger
• Martin Barrett as Teenager
• Jay Simon as Male Flight Attendant
• Danielle Lewis as Pretty Woman
• Ivana Horvat as Smitten Girl
• Linda Dobell as Sonja

Soundtrack[link]

• John Arkell and Ray Charles - Serenade for Lovers
• John Arkell - Moonlight Waltz
• Terry Day - Grosvenor House
• Alphaville - Forever Young
• Michael Melvoin - King's Road
• Dick Walter - The Lavender Room
• Dave Rogers and Paul Shaw - Lovedance
• The Corrs - Breathless
• Texas - When We Are Together
• Air Supply - All Out of Love
• The Chiffons - One Fine Day
• KC & The Sunshine Band - Boogie Shoes
• Amy Ward - I Want You to Dance with Me
• James Brown - I Got the Feeling
• Maroon 5 - Secret
• Michael Bublé - Sway
• Michael Bublé - Home
• Michael Bublé - Save the Last Dance for Me
• Trik Turner - Friends & Family
• Andy Williams - Moon River
• The Cure - Let's Go to Bed

Locations[link]

Some outdoor scenes where they are playing rounders are on location in Parliament Hill Fields overlooking west London. Another part of the film is set in Shere, Surrey.

Reception[link]

The film garnered almost universally negative reviews, receiving only 10% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and a score of 32 on Metacritic.

References[link]

External links[link]

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