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A 1997 RomanticComedy starring Creator/JuliaRoberts and Cameron Diaz. Julia Roberts plays Julianne Potter, a restaurant critic from New York who, turning 28, realizes she's getting dangerously close to being stale ChristmasCake. In college, her best friend, Michael O' Neal, and she made a pact that the two of them [[FallbackMarriagePact would marry if neither of them were married by the time they reached 28]]. He calls close to her birthday... only to tell her that he's found a pretty, wealthy, cheerful young bride in the person of Kimberly Wallace (CameronDiaz), who wants her to be her maid of honor. She heads to Chicago, to not only become said maid, but also [[RelationshipSabotage sabotage the wedding]] and get Michael for herself. HilarityEnsues.

* ChristmasCake: Julianne didn't care about it.. until Michael told her "I'm getting married to Kim, whooo!"

* TheDanza: Julia playing Julianne

* PlayingAgainstType: The movie starts out passing off Julia Roberts in her usual rom-com role...until it becomes clear later in the film that she's actually the VillainProtagonist. This sleight-of-hand is basically why the film ''works''.

* CoolBigSis: Kim really wants Julianne to become this to her. Little did she know Jullianne was explointed the position to give her bad advice.

** Averted regarding Julianne, who shows clear signs of being a psycho bitch through the film (which are at first concealed by our expectations of the genre), and the script is ''not'' shy about how bitchy she is... [[TropesArenotBad But that]] [[JustifiedTrope is the point.]] Deconstructed too, because Julianne [[WhatTheHellHero gets chewed out for her actions]]. The GayBestFriend constantly tells her her idea is stupid, the NiceGuy is upset when Hell breaks loose, and [[spoiler: when the VillainProtagonist has to confront TheOjou on the shit she did to her, ''all'' the women in the scene side with said Ojou and call the other girl "bitch", "slut" and "couple breaker" in the most hilariously awesome way ever possible.]]

* FagHag: Julianne best friend (apparently her only friend aside from Michael) is the homosexual George.

* FourthDateMarriage: Part of the reason Julianne is so mad that he'd marry Kimberly, since he barely knew her at all while she and Michael have been friends for years already.

* PlayingAgainstType: The movie starts out passing off Julia Roberts in her usual rom-com role...until it becomes clear later in the film she's actually the VillainProtagonist. This sleight-of-hand is basically why the film ''works''.

-->'''Spectators:''' *''GASP''*

A 1997 RomanticComedy starring JuliaRoberts and Cameron Diaz. Julia Roberts plays Julianne Potter, a restaurant critic from New York who, turning 28, realizes she's getting dangerously close to being stale ChristmasCake. In college, her best friend, Michael O' Neal, and she made a pact that the two of them [[FallbackMarriagePact would marry if neither of them were married by the time they reached 28]]. He calls close to her birthday... only to tell her that he's found a pretty, wealthy, cheerful young bride in the person of Kimberly Wallace (CameronDiaz), who wants her to be her maid of honor. She heads to Chicago, to not only become said maid, but also [[RelationshipSabotage sabotage the wedding]] and get Michael for herself. HilarityEnsues.

* [[spoiler: MustMakeAmends: Julianne [[ForcefulKiss forcibly kisses]] Michael. Kimberly catches them, [[MistakenForCheating believes he's cheating on her]], and runs away in the middle of an HeroicBSOD. Julianne realizes that Michael ''really'' cares for Kim, so she's the one who has to convince Kim to come back for Michael's sake. By the time the two met again, Kim had decided to fight back for Michael. Most of what Julianne did at that point was to assure her that she just kissed Michael suddenly when he wasn't expecting it and that Michael never kissed her back, and to let Kim know that she was giving up.]]

-->'''Kim:''' You [[spoiler: kissed my boyfriend!]]

* [[spoiler: MustMakeAmends: Julianne [[ForcefulKiss forcibly kisses]] Michael. Kimberly catches them, [[MistakenForCheating believes he's cheating on her]], and runs away in the middle of an HeroicBSOD. Julianne realizes that Michael ''really'' cares for Kim, so she's the one who has to convince Kim to come back for Michael's sake. By the time the two met again, Kim had decided to fight back for Michael. Most of what Julianne did at that point was to assure her that Michael had no clue what was going on, and to let Kim know that she was giving up.]]

* BittersweetEnding: Although the characters that end up unhappy probably deserve it because of their actions in the movie.
* BrokenAesop: Ladies, you don't need a physically fulfilling relationship to be happy; your PetHomosexual is more than willing to be your pseudo-boyfriend forever.
* ChickFlick

* ChristmasCake: Julianne. In a subversion, she didn't care THAT much... until Michael told her "I'm getting married to Kim, whooo!"
* ClingyJealousGirl: Julianne, too
* CoolBigSis: Kim really wants Julianne to become this to her. Little did she know...
* CrowdSong: "I Say A Little Prayer", sung by stuffy rich folks at a luncheon.
** Well it's the gay guy that starts it off to try to make the ruse of being Julianne's boyfriend convincing. The rest just join in and even the restaurant staff help out by providing the music.

** Averted regarding Julianne, who shows clear signs of being a psycho bitch through the film (which are at first concealed by our expectations of the genre), and the script is ''not'' shy about how bitchy she is... [[TropesArenotBad But that]] [[JustifiedTrope is the point.]] Deconstructed too, because Julianne [[WhatTheHellHero gets completely chewed out for her actions]]. The GayBestFriend constantly tells her her idea is stupid, the NiceGuy is upset when Hell breaks loose, and [[spoiler: when the VillainProtagonist has to confront TheOjou on the shit she did to her, ''all'' the women in the scene side with said Ojou and call the other girl "bitch", "slut" and "couple breaker" in the most hilariously awesome way ever possible.]]
* [[DidNotGetTheGirl Did Not Get The Guy]]
* FagHag: Julianne.
* FallbackMarriagePact: The setup for the whole plot.
* FieryRedhead: Julianne.

* GreenEyedEpiphany

* HollywoodToneDeaf: Kimberly is an aversion. Cameron Diaz's karaoke actually sounds realistically off.

* IvyLeagueForEveryone
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Kimberly being a good example.
* [[spoiler: MustMakeAmends: Julianne [[ForcefulKiss forcibly kisses]] Michael. Kimberly catches them, [[MistakenForCheating believes he's cheating on her]], and runs away in the middle of an HeroicBSOD. Julianne realizes that Michael ''really'' cares for Kim, so she's the one who has to convince Kim to come back for Michael's sake.]]
** [[spoiler: Though by the time the two met again, Kim had already decided to fight back for Michael. Most of what Julianne did at that point was to assure her that Michael had no clue what was going on, and to let Kim know that she was giving up.]]

* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Jules's schemes get more diabolical and mean-spirited as the film goes on to the point where she is basically a VillainProtagonist. [[spoiler: She does get better by the end.]]
* RelationshipSabotage: The whole plot is about Julianne's attempt at this.
* RomanticFalseLead: A remarkable case, for the reason mentioned below.
* SpoiledSweet: Kim.

* WhyCantIHateYou: Julianne toward Kim.

** UnfortunateImplications: You're a gay guy in a romantic comedy? You ONLY exist to hook up your white straight girl friend with the boy of her dreams, even if you think the whole deal is freaking stupid and you're actually right!

* HairOfGold: Kimberly

* AdultChild: Kimberly

* HollywoodToneDeaf: Kimberly.

* FocusGroupEnding: Originally, Julianne got together with a random guy at the wedding reception, but audiences didn't like it, so a new ending where her gay friend George comforts her was made instead.
** Julianne dancing with George actually ''was'' the originally planned ending, but [[ExecutiveMeddling the studio forced them to change it because they didn't think it would be satisfying enough.]] Turns out they were wrong, so the original ending got used after all.

* CrowdSong: "Together Forever", sung by stuffy rich folks at a luncheon.

* DerailingLoveInterests: Averted, Julianne in particular acts like an absolute psycho bitch through the film, and the script is ''not'' shy about how bitchy she is... [[TropesArenotBad But that]] [[JustifiedTrope is the point.]]
** And deconstructed too, because charas who usually try this [[KarmaHoudini more often than not escape consequences]]... but here Julianne gets completely chewed out. The GayBestFriend constantly tells her her idea is stupid, the NiceGuy is upset when Hell breaks loose, and [[spoiler: when the VillainProtagonist has to confront TheOjou on the shit she did to her, ''all'' the women in the scene side with said Ojou and call the other girl "bitch", "slut" and "couple breaker" in the most hilariously awesome way ever possible.]]

* [[spoiler: MustMakeAmends: Julianne [[ForcefulKiss forcibly kisses]] Michael. Kimberly catches them, believes he's cheating on her, and runs away in the middle of an HeroicBSOD. Julianne realizes that Michael ''really'' cares for Kim, so she's the one who has to convince Kim to come back for Michael's sake.]]

A 1997 RomanticComedy starring JuliaRoberts and Cameron Diaz. Julia Roberts plays Julianne Potter, a restaurant critic from New York who, turning 28, realizes she's getting dangerously close to being stale ChristmasCake. In college, her best friend, Michael O' Neal, and she made a pact that the two of them would marry if neither of them were married by the time they reached 28. He calls close to her birthday... only to tell her that he's found a pretty, wealthy, cheerful young bride in the person of Kimberly Wallace (CameronDiaz), who wants her to be her maid of honor. She heads to Chicago, to not only become said maid, but also [[RelationshipSabotage sabotage the wedding]] and get Michael for herself. HilarityEnsues.

* [[spoiler: MustMakeAmends: Julianne [[ForcefulKiss forcibly kisses]] Michael. Kimberly catches them, believes he's cheating on her, and runs away in the middle of an HeroicBSOD. Julianne realizes that Michael ''really'' cares for Kim, so she's the one who has to convince Kim to come back for Michael's sake.]]
** [[spoiler: Though by the time the two met again, Kim had already decided to fight back for Michael. Most of what Julianne did at that point was to assure her that Michael had no clue what was going on, and to let Kim know that she was giving up.]]

* SpoiledSweet: KIm.

The film opened, embarrassingly, behind ''BatmanAndRobin'' in theaters. It did receive mostly positive reviews, though.

A 1997 RomanticComedy starring JuliaRoberts and Cameron Diaz. Julia Roberts plays Julianne Potter, a restaurant critic from New York who, turning 28, realizes she's getting dangerously close to being stale ChristmasCake. In college, her best friend, Michael O' Neal, and she made a pact that the two of them would marry if neither of them were married by the time they reached 28. He calls close to her birthday... only to tell her that he's found a pretty, wealthy, cheerful young bride in the person of Kimberly Wallace (Cameron Diaz), who wants her to be her maid of honor. She heads to Chicago, to not only become said maid, but also [[RelationshipSabotage sabotage the wedding]] and get Michael for herself. HilarityEnsues.