1. Is there a more charisma-bereft actor in Hollywood than Dermot Mulroney?
2. Emotionally, this is a movie that just doesn't compute. You leave feeling cross, as if you've been tricked.
3. My Best Friend's Wedding is a well-paced fun flick that women will enjoy and men will too if they are on a date.
4. There are many humorous moments throughout, though some of the more outrageous segments seem too contrivedly wacky.
5. A farce-comedy, it must thrive, if it's to do so, on sparkle. But the bubbles are sparse, partly because of Roberts's low fizz level.
6. A romantic comedy conspicuously lacking either romance or comedy.
7. Light and frothy, enjoyable for some, irritating to others.
8. This is the thinking man's romantic comedy and a contender for the best of that genre for the decade.
9. [The film's] virtues...make such a vivid and appealing impression that we forget, ignore, or fail even to notice those elements that are less successful.
10. This delightful comedy about love, friendship and the hazards of lying comes not a moment too soon for anyone overwhelmed by the current glut of summer movie mayhem.
What is the consensus?
Thanks to a charming performance from Julia Roberts and a subversive spin on the genre, My Best Friend's Wedding is a refreshingly entertaining romantic comedy.