I Want to Marry Ryan Banks (2004) (TV)

Director:

Sheldon Larry

Writer (WGA):

Chad Hodge (written by)

Release Date:

18 January 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Ryan Banks's manager and old friend, Todd, comes up with the idea to have Ryan be the bachelor on a reality dating show in order to clean up his image. The only problem is, Todd falls in love with Charlie, the girl Ryan has chosen to propose to.

Plot Keywords:

Fictional Reality Show | Character Name In Title

Cast

Jason Priestley	...	Ryan Banks
Bradley Cooper	...	Todd Doherty
Emma Caulfield	...	Charlie Norton
Mark L. Walberg	...	Stan
Paige Jones	...	Jessica
Nicole Oliver	...	Trish
Lauren Lee Smith	...	Lauren
Leah Cairns	...	Mindy
Allison Warnyca	...	Dana
David Parker	...	Patrick
Jennifer Kitchen	...	Leslie Lyon
Erin Karpluk	...	Nikki
Cameron Bancroft	...	Larry
Garwin Sanford	...	Ed Miller
Melissa Barker Sauer	...	Tristin (as Melissa Barker-Sauer)

Also Known As:

The Reality of Love (Philippines: English title) (cable TV title) (UK)

Runtime:

USA:120 min (including commercials) | Brazil:95 min | Argentina:95 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Greece:K | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Goofs:

Continuity: During Ryan's private dinner with Charlie, when Todd is feeding Ryan his lines, the microphone on Todd headset is down then the very next shoot of him it is up again.

Quotes:

Ryan Banks: [to Japanese waitress] A couple of dragon rolls, definately. Thanks.
Charlie Norton: [to waitress] You know, I would like a Chinese chicken salad.
Ryan Banks: Charlie, this is a Japanese restaurant.
Charlie Norton: Uh, yeah.
[to waitress]
Charlie Norton: Could you make sure the chicken isn't cooked in oil, the lettuce is triple washed and the dressing is egg free?

Movie Connections:

References "The Bachelor" (2002)

Soundtrack:

Le Cafe

Definitely watchable - and likable!

I'm a sucker for romantic comedies so evidently, watching this movie (known under "The Reality of Love"), i couldn't help but like it. It is definitely typical in a sense, more or less predictable - the movie does manage to pull in a twist or two. The amusing thing about this is perhaps the somewhat "realistic" look at reality TV that the movie gives... Really gives you an inside on how "real" these shows are...

Emma Caulfield here is very sweet and natural, very different from her Buffy days. Her character, Charlie, is stereotypically the perfect girl that eventually attracts Bradley Cooper's character... Both actors I thought had some chemistry - perhaps not explosive in the sense but on-screen, these two looked like they had known each other for a long time.

Jason Priestly, I suppose didn't have to stretch too far to play Ryan Banks - its an almost autobiographical mirror self of his old days in BH90210, which I must say is a long long time ago. He has definitely shed the good looking image he once had - I had trouble liking him in the movie, not only because of his egotistical character but for him to supposedly be HOT, i just didn't buy the act.

Overall, I did love the movie - it's really just a sweet TV film, simple, predictable but devilishly charming.