Runaway Bride

Runaway Bride is a 1999 American screwball romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall, and starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. The screenplay, written by Sara Parriott and Josann McGibbon, is about a reporter (Gere) who undertakes to write a story about a woman (Roberts) who has left a string of fiancés at the altar. It is the second film to co-star Gere and Roberts, following Pretty Woman (1990). It received generally negative reviews from critics but was a commercial success, grossing $309 million worldwide. Plot Margaret "Maggie" Carpenter is a spirited, attractive young woman who has had a number of unsuccessful relationships. Having left a trio of fiancés at the altar on their wedding day, she has earned local notoriety and the dubious and infamous nickname "The Runaway Bride”. Misanthropic New York columnist Ike Graham writes an unflattering article about Maggie after hearing her story from a man in a bar; unbeknownst to him, the man is one of Maggie's bitter ex-fiancés, and his account is riddled with errors. After she sends a scathing rebuttal to the newspaper, Ike is fired for not verifying his source. Later, Ike's boss offers him a chance to restore his reputation by writing an in-depth, truthful article about Maggie, if only to prove that she is indeed the heartless "man-eater" he claimed her to be.