Thomas C. Foster, in How to Read Literature Like a Professor, reveals that every trip is a quest. If this is true, then quests are everywhere in literature and movies. One of my personal favorite movies, The Wedding Date, involves a quest.
Quester(s): Kat Ellis and Nick Mercer. Kat is a single woman in her mid-thirties who is uncomfortable with her relationship status. While she is desperately looking for a professional escort in the newspaper she finds Nick. He agrees to be her date on this eventful quest.
A Place to Go: They go to England for her younger sister's wedding.
A Reason to Go: Kat has to go because it is her sister's wedding. Nick goes along with Kat because Kat's ex-fiance is the best man at the wedding, and she wants to appear happy and in love, when, in reality, she is still hung up on her ex-fiance.
Challenges and Trials: Leading up to the wedding Kat has to deal with her dysfunctional family and her ex-fiance. A piece of information is revealed that sends Kat into a depression, and almost shatters the relationship between the bride and groom, the day before the wedding.
The Real Reason to Go: Like in any romantic comedy, Kat and Nick's plan to make the best man jealous backfires and in the end Kat and Nick fall in love. This simple quest turned into an incredible journey that helped two soul mates find each other.
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