What is the movie Runaway Bride about?

Having already left three grooms at the altar, Maggie Carpenter (Julia Roberts) is branded “the runaway bride” by jaded city journalist Ike Graham (Richard Gere). But, after his facts are called into question, Ike races to Maggie’s hometown to save his reputation and report on her upcoming fourth trip down the aisle — during which he’s convinced she’ll run again. Though he’s there on a muckraking mission, Ike can’t help but fall for this breathtaking heartbreaker.
Runaway Bride/Film synopsis

Is Runaway Bride a good movie?

Runaway Bride is an enjoyable romantic comedy. Yes, it isn’t perfect, the story is very predictable and repetitive, the direction is perhaps a little too leisurely in some parts and there are parts when very little happens. But it is a very well played romantic comedy at that.

Is Runaway Bride based on a true story?

Interestingly enough, her 1999 film ‘Runaway Bride’ seems to have inspired some real life events. In 2005 a woman named Jennifer Wilbanks left her then-fiancé John Mason days before they were meant to say ‘I do’, and her story of what happened is truly wild.

What town was Runaway Bride filmed in?

Berlin
In 1998 Berlin was the location for the filming of Paramount’s Runaway Bride starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts. In the movie, Berlin became the fictional town of Hale, Maryland, Maggie’s (Julia Roberts) hometown.

Do Maggie and Ike marry?

In the end, they are shown riding away on horseback while everyone in Hale and New York (clued in via cell phone by Ike and Maggie’s family) celebrates the fact that Maggie finally got married.

When was Julia Roberts born?

October 28, 1967 (age 54 years)
Julia Roberts/Date of birth

Julia Roberts, in full Julia Fiona Roberts, (born October 28, 1967, Smyrna, Georgia, U.S.), American actress whose deft performances in varied roles helped make her one of the highest-paid and most-influential actresses in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Where is Jennifer Carol Wilbanks now?

Now, 16 years later, Wilbanks is quietly living in Gainesville, Ga., and working as a Human Resources Director at a telecommunications staffing agency, where she has worked since 2015.

Who is the runaway bride in the State Farm commercial?

How old was Julia Roberts when she filmed Runaway Bride?

Roberts, 53, and Gere, 71, would go on to reunite in the 1999 rom-com, which was also directed by the late Gary Marshall. (The famed director died at age 81 in July 2016.)

Does Julia Roberts get marry in Runaway Bride?

She “turns in” her running shoes just before proposing to Ike. Ike hides his eyes, but she persists. The two are married in a private ceremony outside, on a hill, avoiding the big ceremonies that Maggie notes she never actually liked.