The Wedding Date, starring Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney, is a romantic comedy perfect for a girl’s night out.

The Wedding Date is about Kat Ellis, played by Debra Messing, who has a problem at hand. Her younger half-sister Amy, played by Amy Adams, is getting married back home in London, her ex-fiancé is the best man and she does not have a date to take her to the wedding. Kat decides she cannot go back home alone to face her family. So with the assistance from Kat’s New York magazine editor friend and by use of a recent article on the city’s most discreet male escort service, Kat hires Nick Mercer, played by Dermot Mulroney, to be her date.

Knowing that she wants a jealousy inducing beau upon her arm to flash to her family and ex-fiancé Jeffrey, played by Jeremy Shelffield, makes the hiring that much easier. However, Mick is not the typical escort. He is a suave looker who knows how to make his clients look good, both for themselves and who they are trying to impress. He is witty and says things like, “I’d miss you even if we’d never met,” and he easily has every woman’s eyes glued to him.

Kat and Nick take off on their escapade to London in hope of fooling her family. Nick quickly sizes up the family dynamics, particularly the bride to be Amy’s childlike tendency to be demanding and former fiancé Jeffrey’s distress at losing the woman he loved and he then begins to boost Kats self confidence.

One drunken bachelorette party later and Kat is bedding Nick. The morning after the incident is when the obviously attracted couple begins to have hurdles placed in the way. Kat’s busybody mother, played by Holland Taylor, takes every moment to remind all of the viewers of the recent break up of her daughter, Kat and Jeffrey while her father tries to keep her mother in order.

Nick and Kat seem to fool everyone with predictable bumps along the way.

This was a cute and enjoyable romantic comedy. The film is a little choppy throughout and it leaves some unanswered questions. However, if you are in the mood for a little love and laughter pick this movie at the box office. I give it three and one half stars.