I’ve got to write this review quickly, lest I forget this by-the-numbers romantic comedy completely. Playing into the fantasy that the womanizing man truly only wants true love, it flips the scenario of My Best Friend’s Wedding. That is, when he (Patrick Dempsey) realizes he loves her (Michelle Monaghan), she’s about to marry someone else, some Scottish dude. Now, I don’t remember the Julia Roberts character sleeping around so much in Wedding. That idea must have been lifted from some other movie. In any case, it’s not easy to believe that these attractive people who’ve been best pals for ten years have never previously considered each other as romantic partners, and the flimsy setup offered up by the three screenwriters doesn’t help sell it. They’re too busy setting up a generic rom-com plot to create characters of even the slightest depth. There’s the overachieving romantic rival to introduce, the over-elaborate wedding that, for no apparent reason, is set to take place in mere weeks, and, at last, the race-against-time finale. As for the comedy part of the equation, I believe hilarity was intended by having the guy be the “maid” of honor. Cue the gay jokes, and isn’t it funny for a guy to be helping to choose the china pattern? On the bright side, the cheap physical humor and forced wackiness is kept to a minimum. Still, this movie was so dull that it probably could have used a pie fight or two.
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viewed 5/3/08; reviewed 5/5/08
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