- Director: Adam Shankman
- Year: 2001
Overview
Mary is a dedicated wedding planner who lives a structured life but doesn't have a partner of her own. She's rescued from a runaway dumpster by Steve, a handsome doctor, and they share a romantic evening. She soon finds out he's the groom in the biggest wedding of her career. She has to plan his wedding while hiding her feelings. Her father tries to arrange a marriage for her with a childhood friend. She has to decide if she'll settle for a safe path or risk her job for love in the end.
Takeaways
Mary is incredibly good at planning weddings, managing every tiny detail and crisis to make sure someone else's big day goes perfectly. But while she can organize other people's love lives with ease, her own life is a bit of a mess. When she falls for Steve, only to find out he is the groom for her biggest client, she is stuck in a painful spot trying to stay professional. Meanwhile, her father tries to set her up in a safe, boring marriage with a childhood friend. In the end, Mary learns that you can't plan love like a schedule, and sometimes you have to take a risk to find real happiness.