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Maureen Dowd notes in the New York Times that Runaway Bride marks the "flatlining" of the traditional romantic comedy and the birth of a new genre: the unsympathetic heroine comedy (see also: My Best Friend's Wedding and Four Weddings and a Funeral ). A few critics come to its defense.
They manage to get Burke's heart started, but his brain shows only scant traces of activity; and in the hospital he keeps flatlining and being resuscitated--15, 16, 17 times.