Product Description
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Tom loves his life, until he realizes he also loves his best
friend Hannah. But when Hannah gets engaged to a dashing Scotsman
and asks Tom to be her maid of honor, Tom faces hostile
bridesmaids, bridal showers, and bad hair days, all in an effort
to pull off the perfect wedding and steal the bride. He’s a maid
of honor with a plan.
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Patrick Dempsey makes his full transition to romantic-comedy
stardom in Made of Honor, flashing those winning dimples and
twinkly baby blues to full fetching effect. The camera truly
loves him, and his considerable affable charm calls to mind early
Hugh Grant, winsome even in utter confusion. Dempsey plays Tom, a
nice guy but a serial dater with a girlfriend in every zip code
of New York; Michelle Monaghan is Hannah, Tom's BFF since
college, who's decided she wants marriage and family. When she
becomes unexpectedly engaged to Colin (Journeyman's Kevin McKidd,
rather McDreamy himself), Tom realizes what the viewer's known
all along--that Hannah is in fact his dream woman. It's When
Harry Met Sally... meets My Best Friend's Wedding--but
thankfully, Dempsey's Tom is far more sympathetic than Julia
Roberts' snide schemer. The plot isn't exactly full of surprises,
but the cast--and their amazing chemistry--are so winning that
the film makes for the perfect date movie. Not only are all three
leads charming in their own way, but the rich cinematography
manages to make both Manhattan and the Scottish countryside look
like glorious edens, one urban, one windswept. Monaghan is a
revelation, quietly lovely as a young Carla Bruni, but with a
flinty gumption that makes her all the more appealing. The
supporting cast is rich, too, especially Sydney Pollack as Tom's
serially marrying dad. (At his dad's fifth--or is it
sixth?--wedding, Tom's new arm-candy "stepmom" gets tipsy and
overly affectionate with guests as her new husband looks on
fondly: "Ah... drunk as the night I first met her.") But at the
core of the film are its big heart, and the connection between
Tom and Hannah, deep and wide whether they end up just best
friends or more. And the delight for viewers is knowing they'll
be just as glowy either way.-- A.T. Hurley
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