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Charles is a charming but gaffe-prone thirtysomething whose friends are getting married one after the other, with him as the most likely candidate to be best man. He has come to find attending weddings unbearably tedious, and he himself remains single (or, as an ex-girlfriend of his puts it, a "serial monogamist"). One day, at yet another wedding, he meets Carrie (Andie MacDowell), and he has a one-night stand with her.

 

When he meets her again at another wedding, he begins to think she might be the right one. Unfortunately, she's now engaged to someone else...

* [[Author Appeal]]: Oh, Richard Curtis, with your clumsily adorable Hugh Grant characters and your alluring American women and your quirkily awkward dialogue and your minor social crises.

* [[Babies Ever After]]: {{spoiler|Charles and Carrie, in the [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]], as well as the couple married at the first wedding, seen briefly at Charles'}}

* [[The Ditz]]: Scarlett.

* [[Dreadful Musician]]: The amateur duo at the first wedding. They're even listed as "Frightful Folk Duo" in the credits.

* [[Fairytale Wedding Dress]]

* [[Foreshadowing]]: At the fourth wedding: "When someone asks you a question, just say "I do"

* [[It Always Rains At Funerals]]: Played straight.

* [[Last-Second Word Swap]]:

* [[Life of the Party]]: Gareth.

* [[Lost Wedding Ring]]: At the first wedding, Charles, as the best man, realizes at the last minute that he's forgotten to bring the rings.

* [[Malaproper]]: The priest at the second wedding makes a number of verbal blunders ("awful wedded wife" for "lawful wedded wife", etc.).

* [[Running Gag]]: Charles oversleeps and shows up late at every wedding he's invited to. {{spoiler|His friends make ''absolutely sure'' he's on time for his own.}}

* [[Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace]]: Played straight {{spoiler|by David at his brother Charles's wedding. David is actually ''mute'' and Charles must translate for everyone else what he says in sign language. Cue an [[Armor-Piercing Slap]] from the spurned bride.}}

* [[Wedding Day]]: [[Captain Obvious|Four of them]], three hilarious in one way or another.

** {{spoiler|No rings, trainee vicar, groom having second thoughts}}

 

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