A food critic schemes to break up her best friend's wedding with witty and broad romantic sabotage.
Campy and feel-good, with dry wit. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Paramount+.
It stays inside its PG-13, with some innuendo or implied sex and mild language.
Rated PG-13, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 10.
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When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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