First Hit: The biting one liners and attacks kept this film alive.
Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway play Liv and Emma respectively. They are two lifelong friends who dream of marrying at The Plaza hotel in New York.
Liv is a high powered lawyer and the film has scenes showing her being in command and in control of situations. She is shown as always getting what she wants. Emma, on the other hand, is a teacher at school and is often helping out others to the detriment of her own wants and needs.
They both have boyfriends with Liv really wanting her boyfriend to propose to her. Emma’s boyfriend surprisingly proposes to her while sitting on the couch eating Chinese food.
The proposal is cute and well done. Not to be outdone Liv forces a proposal from her boyfriend at his office in front of his fellow workers and although he was planning on doing it later that evening it comes off quite well. Because of some poor planning, both their weddings are scheduled on the same day in the Plaza Hotel which causes them to not be each other bride’s maids.
This escalates into sabotage of each other wedding with some pretty dirty tricks.
This is a very light hearted film with little overall value or lessons to learn. Both Hudson and Hathaway are fine in their roles and the sharp barbs and antics keeps the film well paced.
Overall: It is lighthearted and the barbs and antics keep it watchable.