movie rec: The Wedding Date

[timepiececlock]

I watched The Wedding Date tonight. How come no one told me this was a likeable movie? They marketed it all wrong in the trailers-- it's not a romantic comedy, just a romance. And yeah, it's got a lot of conventional tropes, but I liked it. It had its unbelievable parts, but I found it to be pleasant to watch, and Durmot Mulroney was just friggin interesting. He really worked the character way beyond what the story asked of him, and the end result was quite nice.

Out of curiosity I went to the Rotten Tomatoes website and found out only 10% of the people liked it. Apparently the whole world of movie critics hated it. Anhd i could understand their complaints, but I thought they were way too harsh on the overall entertainment value of the movie. I'd rather watch this than see Notting Hill another time, to be perfectly honest, and everyone seemed to adore that movie. But I'm the only one who liked this one.

But then I browsed more, and you know what I discovered? I'm not alone! ROGER EBERT LIKED IT. So there! Take that world! Me and Roger Ebert both liked it despite its flaws! The rest of you can go suck dead eggs!

Here's my recommendation: watch The Wedding Date. You won't be blown away by anything new or amazing, and you might roll your eyes, but you'll come out thinking it was kind of nice to watch. I've spent an hour and a half watching a lot WORSE things before.


Also, it has Commodore Norrington from POTC. Just because.

Comments

[taraljc.livejournal.com]

I saw it specifically because of Jack Davenport, and liekd it, tho after reading a bit about the book, I wish they'd kept the whole cast British. Shoe-horning in Americans for the sake of making it a vehicle for whatshername from "Will & Grace" weakened the plot for me.

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

Would you be the slightest bit surprised to learn I hated Notting Hill?

I've caught bits and pieces of The Wedding Date on HBO the past few months. I may put it on my NetFlix queue.

[mswyrr]

Jack Davenport is reason enough to watch most anything, I find. Him and a nice romance in the same DVD? I'm so there! ((puts it in library queue))

[yogashiya.livejournal.com]

The only movie critics you can trust are Roger Ebert. I have always found that when all the others say a movie sucked, it was actually really good.

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've heard of this movie.

But Jack Davenport was in it?

I'm there. In the moment before the heartbeat.

Thanks for the rec. ^_^