My Best Friend's Wedding
Focus

  
By Toby Klein Greenwald
Director, WholeFamily Room

Print and discuss after the film, around the family dinner table or while you're out for a ride. Reading them before the film will help focus your viewing.
 
  1. How does Julianne talk about Michael when we first see her sharing dinner with a colleague at a restaurant? Do you have any hint then that her feelings are anything other than platonic?

  2. How is Kimmy different from Julianne? How is she the same? Does Michael appear to have been attracted to the differences or the similarities?

  3. Give examples of some of the schemes Julianne pulls in order to separate Kimmy from Michael. What do we learn about Julianne in the process?

  4. Describe both the amusing and serious “spins” on in-law relationships in the film (including brother and sister-in-law).

  5. How do you think Julianne really felt at the end of the film?

  6. Do you think it is possible that platonic friends, if they met as "dates", would often develop into lovers? Did you ever have a relationship with a platonic friend that turned into a romantic relationship?

Please share your thoughts with us that were triggered by these questions at our Film Board.

 

Ms. Toby Klein Greenwald is Co-President and Director of Creative Development of WholeFamily.com. In her former life she taught film analysis and wrote scripts.
 
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