Movie review – “My Best Friend’s Wedding” (1998) ***

Example of a great “save” ending – you’ve got a romantic comedy about Julia Roberts determined to wreck Dermot Mulroney’s wedding to Cameron Diaz. In a standard rom com Diaz would be a bitch and Mulroney would come to his senses but Diaz is sweet and lovely (although a dangerous driver – something which is meant to be charming – would it be funny once she puts someone in the paraplegic ward? – but I digress). Which makes things dramatically fresher but how do we get a happy ending? By making Julia grow and sending her off into the sunset with her gay best friend, Rupert Everett – the perhaps the best exponent of what very quickly became a rom com cliché in the 90s. Everett is the best thing about the film – he infuses the action with tremendous energy during his appearance mid way through and it’s a shame they couldn’t have figured out a way to keep him around during the second half.