Runaway Bride (DVD 2001)

Richard Gere plays Ike Graham a disgruntled Male Chauvinist New York columnist desperate for the story to revive his career. When a friend at a bar tells him the story of Maggie Carpenter (Julia Roberts), a woman who always flees from looming weddings leaving her grooms standing at the altar. Ike takes the opportunity to write a very biased story about Maggie without fully researching the subject. However the next day Ike gets fired for faking facts, resulting in Ike's only way to get his job back being to write a proper fact-based report on Maggie. But after reading his libelous work, Maggie is none too keen to co-operate.

Maggie is due to be married again, and the whole town including Ike is waiting baited breathed as to what she will do.....will she run?


This movie is the result of Richard Gere and Julia Roberts being reunited after the smash hit of Pretty Woman. In general comedy duos on screen that are recreated in a later movie never seem to get the same chemistry, this could be because our expectations have been raised so much by the initial success, But i feel this movie is good in it's own right.

A nice romantic comedy to relax on a night in with! Recommended.