My Best Friend's Wedding / La Boda de Mi Mejor Amigo
In this episode...
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) US film directed by P. J. Hogan, starring Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz, and Rupert Everett
La Boda de Mi Mejor Amigo (2019) Mexican film directed by Celso García, starring Ana Serradilla, Carlos Ferro, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, and Natasha Dupeyrón
Remember nineties-era Julia Roberts? The queen of rom-coms and more, it was hard to hate her, even when she's trying to break up an engagement out of base jealousy, as she does in My Best Friend's Wedding.
Can another actor get away with such an atrocity, though? How does La Boda de Mi Mejor Amigo handle the Mexican setting and the updated 2019 setting? Claire and David are going to find out.
Source Material:
Ronald Bass's original screenplay for the 1997 romantic comedy.
Which is better?
For those who want to skip to finding out which movie David & Claire say is better, podcast spoilers ahead!
Find out what the best movie is...
Claire: My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
David: My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
Interested in which movies tend to be the favorites? Some say the original is always better, but Hollywood always loves a remake. At Two for One, we evaluate each movie on its own terms, but we also keep track of data on what we've liked best.
Listeners Choice
Which do you like better?
My Best Friend's Wedding
La Boda de Mi Mejor Amigo
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