So, pour a glass of champagne, ignore your own to-do list, and watch Mary Fiore trip over a manhole cover one more time. Sometimes, the best weddings are the ones that almost didn't happen.
Steve is engaged to Fran (Bridgette Wilson-Sampras), a wealthy, beautiful, and genuinely nice heiress. Fran isn't a villain. She is just... wrong for Steve. But Mary is employed by Fran.
In a modern era where dating apps let us swipe through options like catering menus, The Wedding Planner reminds us of a messy, analog truth: Love rarely arrives with a printed itinerary. It usually shows up in dirty sneakers, pushing a forklift, asking if you need a hand.
The movie glosses over the professional malpractice of a wedding planner falling for the groom, but isn't that the point? The Wedding Planner asks a forbidden question: