My Best Friend's Wedding

This sparkling comedy proved to be a career-resurrecting movie for Julia Roberts, and for once she plays someone who may not get the guy. When she hears her best friend and former lover (Dermot Mulroney) is getting married, Roberts realises she wants to be more than just friends after all. What makes this film - from Muriel's Wedding director PJ Hogan - work so well is that it's not just "The Julia Roberts Show". While she does the bumbling, adorable routine she's best at, the stunning Cameron Diaz (as the bride-to-be) and superb Rupert Everett (as Roberts's gay friend and accomplice) battle it out for best supporting performance - and it's a dead heat. You'll cry with laughter when you watch Everett serenade Roberts (in a crowded restaurant) with I Say a Little Prayer. Terrific stuff.