POSITIVES…
As a romantic comedy that is in the same vein as those British farcical weddings, the premise is I suppose okay enough for light entertainment.
Sam Claflin is a charming lead, who is game for the ludicrous things he has to do in this movie.
Olivia Munn is playing exactly the kind of Olivia Munn role you expect from her, and she’s great at that. She also got almost all the best and funniest lines in this.
Joel Fry had this scene where he thinks he was dreaming that was cringe worthy entertainment.
NEGATIVES…
It’s just not that funny of a movie overall. I recognize all these jokes, but I could probably count how many times it was actually funny with just one hand.
I found the movie far more of a chore to watch than anything else. It has all these plot threads and characters that I absolutely could have lived without.
Watching this movie, I get why they wanted an ensemble cast, but half of them were either useless or just embarrassing to watch. The characters that were played by Tim Key, Freida Pinto, Allan Mustafa, Jack Farthing, and Aisling Bea, at one point or another just annoyed me to no end.
Story-wise it ruined my suspension of disbelief multiple times. There were many things about this movie that came off as completely illogical and nonsensical.
Writer-Director Dean Craig clearly had some ambitious ideas for the story, but the end result just comes up lazy and tired.
As expected, there are tons of cliches and familiar plot tropes.
Seems like a nitpick to say, but the editing also needed more work. It became a game for me to spot all the inconsistencies within the scenes.
There are a series of cut scenes for us to watch during the credits, and surprisingly enough, I would have preferred to have seen some of those scenes in the actual movie itself.
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