Runaway Bride

Lack of chemistry between Richard Gere and Julia Roberts lets the air out of this souffle about a fleet-footed girl who can't say "I do" and the man who lassos her heart. Cynical New York newspaper columnist Ike Graham (Gere) gets inspired by a barroom anecdote about a bride who keeps leaving bewildered grooms at the altar, and pens a bitter rant about man-eating women. Maggie Carpenter (Roberts), the "Runaway Bride" herself, dashes off a furious letter to the editor, denouncing the piece as both mean-spirited and filled with factual errors. Ike gets canned (unlike several real-life columnists caught in the same ethical net) and decides to prove that Maggie's every b...