Hankies at the ready, surging euphoria to follow. This week on Clip joint, Karen Krizanovich rubbernecks on the best botched nuptials on screen
Whether you're the person being jilted or the one doing the jilting, an aborted wedding ceremony is that rarest of genres: the fantasy-horror. Everyone you know has gathered, in their best clothes, to witness not a fairytale ending but a car crash of love, money and humiliation.
But, sometimes, it just has to be done. There can be few things more upsetting than seeing the person you love – the only person for you – about to marry some idiot because of her dimwit parents, or because, like Patrick Dempsey in Made of Honor, you've forgotten to tell her how you feel , or, like Bing Crosby in Road to Rio, it just seems like the right thing to do.
So, how should you proceed if the object of your...
Whether you're the person being jilted or the one doing the jilting, an aborted wedding ceremony is that rarest of genres: the fantasy-horror. Everyone you know has gathered, in their best clothes, to witness not a fairytale ending but a car crash of love, money and humiliation.
But, sometimes, it just has to be done. There can be few things more upsetting than seeing the person you love – the only person for you – about to marry some idiot because of her dimwit parents, or because, like Patrick Dempsey in Made of Honor, you've forgotten to tell her how you feel , or, like Bing Crosby in Road to Rio, it just seems like the right thing to do.
So, how should you proceed if the object of your...
- 8/18/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
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