DIRECTOR'S CUT: Therapist Reacts to RUNAWAY BRIDE
Is she scared of commitment? Lying to herself and others? Doesn't know who she is? What makes Maggie Carpenter (Julia Roberts) keep literally running from relationships? Why does Ike Graham (Richard Gere) fall in love with her? How does director Garry Marshall not screw it all up?
Relationship expert licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright talk about the classic rom-com Runaway Bride, from quirky characters to classic tropes, and what this one actually gets right about relationships, attachment, and excess flirtatious energy.
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I really like that Jono pointed out that the statement of you can’t love someone else until you love yourself is not correct but the truth of it is that you can’t let someone else love you because I’ve heard the original incorrect statement so many times, and I’ve never really agreed with that. I don’t love myself,and yet I love so many people, with everything I have so I can attest to the truth of his words.