My Best Friend's Wedding
Movie: My Best Friend's Wedding
Location: New York City to Chicago, Illinois
Julianne Potter (Julia Roberts) is traveling to from New York City to Chicago for her best friend Michael's (Dermot Mulroney) wedding. Still secretly in love with Michael, Julianne is pretty jittery about being in his wedding party and extremely jealous of the bride, Kimmy (Cameron Diaz). Julianne tries her hardest to break up the wedding by spreading lies and twisting the truth, but Michael isn't noticing Julianne because he only has eyes for Kimmy, the love of his life.
Because Kimmy's father fictitiously owns the Chicago Cubs, the viewers get to see a lot of the stadium, including the Cubs' dressing room, press rooms, and VIP viewing booths. The shots of the stadium are gorgeous and you almost feel like you are in Chicago.
In one of Julianne's attempts to sabotage Kimmy, she brings her and Michael to a cute bar which happens to have karaoke. Kimmy wins the entire crowd over while Julianne's plans are ruined.
Michael and Kimmy's wedding is held in Kimmy's family's mansion estate just outside the urban city streets of Chicago. The gardens are full of blooming gardenias and roses while there is an ornate gazebo right in the middle of the five acre backyard.
Not only does this movie portray glorious shots of Chicago, is it a movie where you can both laugh and cry. Julia Roberts is in a perfect role for her and a memorable scene will have the song "Wishing and Hoping" in your head for the rest of the week.
