Mother of the Bride is a 2024 American romantic comedy film directed by Mark Waters and written by Robin Bernheim.

It stars Brooke Shields, Miranda Cosgrove, Sean Teale, Chad Michael Murray, Rachael Harris, and Benjamin Bratt.

After a year abroad in London, Emma returns home and stuns her mother Lana with the news that she's getting married in a month at a resort in Phuket, Thailand.

Things get worse when Lana discovers that the husband-to-be RJ is the son of Will, the man who broke her heart years earlier.

After a year working for Discovery Resorts in London, Emma Winslow's boyfriend RJ surprises her with a proposal.

She reluctantly agrees to it, feeling the brand manager is taking away the joy of the wedding by imposing plans to make it into an event.

As Lana isn't included in that day's wedding plan, she and the Stanford group head out to a secluded island and go skinny dipping.

The jeep they take to the remote spot fails to start for their return, so they head down to the nearest beach to flag down a boat.

In February 2023, Netflix announced a romantic comedy film written by Robin Bernheim and to be directed by Mark Waters was in pre-production.

The website's consensus reads: "Mother of the Bride serves an oft-overlooked demographic and takes us to crystalline beaches before it ceremonially drowns in generic waters.

"[7] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 39 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.

[8] Benjamin Lee from The Guardian scored the film a two out of five, writing: "It's a slight cut above just how very bad these things can get, but not enough to edge it toward something that would deserve your full attention.