Wedding Bell Blues is a 1996 romantic comedy film directed by Dana Lustig and starring Illeana Douglas, supermodel Paulina Porizkova, and Julie Warner. The film was named after the classic 1960s Laura Nyro/5th Dimension song "Wedding Bell Blues".
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Plot
Three women are apartment mates: one is about to be married, another discovers she is pregnant by her longtime boyfriend, and the third has an endless queue of men in and out of her bedroom. Sudden jiltings lead them to Vegas.
Cast
Illeana Douglas as Jasmine
Paulina Porizkova as Tanya Touchev
Julie Warner as Micki Rachel Levine
John Corbett as Cary Maynard Philco
Jonathan Penner as Matt Smith
Charles Martin Smith as Oliver Napier
Richard Edson as Tom
Joseph Urla as Jeff Freeman
Carla Gugino as Violet
Stephanie Beacham as Mrs. Touchev, Tanya's mother
Liz Sheridan as Mrs. Levine, Micki's mother
Steven Gilborn as Samuel Levine, Micki's father
John Capodice as Jasmine's father
Jane Seymour as Jan
Kamala Dawson as Pregnant Woman
Leo Rossi as Robert
Victoria Jackson as Mrs. Spell (Botique Customer)
Carol Ann Susi as Aunt Anash
Debbie Reynolds as herself
Release
The film, with an R Rating, grossed only $44,052 in the domestic box office, on a maximum/initial release of 11 theaters.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 40% of 5 critics' reviews are positive.