A
film review by Lou Lumenick for NYPost.com on June 3, 2011.
Surely
the low-water mark in the recent tide of dismal wedding-themed comedies, actor Dermot Mulroney’s painfully unfunny
directing debut improbably casts Mandy
Moore as a newlywed shrink confronted with the breakup of her parents’
marriage.
Moore’s
new hubby, played by wooden Twilight
hottie Kellan Lutz, feels neglected
as his spouse tries desperately to bring about a reconciliation before her
30th-anniversary party for dad (James
Brolin) and mom (Jane Seymour).
They split after mom learned about a long-ago infidelity (and a secret that
anyone who manages to stay awake will see coming an hour away).
Except
for Brolin as an unlikely born-again Jew, nobody fares well under Mulroney’s
ham-fisted direction. Not Jessica Szohr
as Moore’s sister, nor Christopher Lloyd
and Colleen Camp as wacky marriage
counselors. A voice cameo by Julia
Roberts only serves to remind viewers that Mulroney co-starred in My Best Friend’s Wedding a long time ago
in a universe far, far away. [Lumenick’s rating: * out of 4 stars]
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comedy, wedding
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