Just Married (2003)

A young newlywed couple honeymoon in Europe, where obstacles challenge their ability to sustain the marriage.

Director:

Shawn Levy

Writer:

Sam Harper

Stars:

Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy, Christian Kane

9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ashton Kutcher	...	Tom
Brittany Murphy	...	Sarah
Christian Kane	...	Peter Prentiss
David Moscow	...	Kyle
Monet Mazur	...	Lauren (as Monét Mazur)
David Rasche	...	Mr. McNerney
Thad Luckinbill	...	Willie McNerney
David Agranov	...	Paul McNerney
Taran Killam	...	Dickie McNerney
Raymond J. Barry	...	Mr. Leezak
Toshi Toda	...	Yuan
George Gaynes	...	Father Robert
Massimo Schina	...	Fredo
Valeria Andrews	...	Wendy (as Valeria)
Alex Thomas	...	Fred

Storyline

A happy young couple, Sarah and Tom marry against the wishes of Sarah's friends and family and go to Europe for their Honeymoon. Unfortunately for them, Sarah's parents send Sarah's ex-boyfriend Peter Prentis to break up the happy marriage.

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Plot Keywords:

honeymoon | marriage | newlywed | museum | electric shock | 

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Taglines:

Welcome to the honeymoon from hell.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, some crude humor and a brief drug reference

Details

Official Sites:

20th Century Fox Official site [de]

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English Italian French German

Release Date:

10 January 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Recién casados

Filming Locations:

Campo Tures, Bolzano, Trentino - Alto Adige, Italy

Box Office

Budget:

$18,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$202,092 (South Africa) (8 August 2003)

Gross:

$519,013 (South Africa) (12 September 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Robert Simonds Productions, Mediastream Dritte Film GmbH & Co. Beteiligungs KG

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

While filming the scene with the cockroach, they lost it and had to shut down production for twenty minutes in order to find it.

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Goofs

The castle/hotel is supposed to be located in France (in fact it is "Burg Taufers" close to Sand in Taufers, in South Tyrol, Italy). The Tyrolian Flag on the wall belongs to South Tyrol. Despite the fact that the cars have the correct French license tags, you see a local construction company's truck (Kiesunion) on the highway. Also the electrical sockets in the bedroom are Italian and not French. The uniforms of the firemen coming out of the castle after the fire are clearly not French (the helmets used by the firemen are former Wehrmacht helmets repainted in white and are commonly used by fire brigades in Germany, Austria and South Tyrol but not in France).

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Quotes

Tom: So basically, you're asking me if I would rather be married to Sarah or have 51 one night stands.
Kyle: Minimum.
Tom: I don't even have to think about it.
Kyle: Ok, is there a girl you wished you'd hooked up with, but didn't?
Tom: You are like the worst best man ever!

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Connections

Featured in Visionado obligado: Killer Klowns from Outer Space (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Here with Me"
Written by Thad Beaty, Tiffany Arbuckle, Matt Bronleewe, Matt Stanfield
Performed by Tiffany Arbuckle (as Plumb)
Courtesy of Essential Records

User Reviews

Somewhere in my bottom 10

You remember those Jerry Springer episodes where a husband cheats on his wife with her sister, calls her a whore and is actually a woman himself (well, you get my drift). The response the wife gives to everybody: Well, he's coming home with me! When Jerry asks her why she would want to do that, she just looks down and says: Well, I just love him Jerry...

WHY she actually loves her husband is unclear, just as it's unclear why newlyweds poor guy Tom (Ashton Kutcher) and rich girl Sarah (Brittany Murphy) team up. They don't know anything about each other, but get married anyway. OK, it's a mistake others have made, but things only get worse when they are fighting, screaming at each other, basicly hate each other, but in the end, as Sarah says to her father: Well, I just love him Jer... erm... dad.

The story is focussing on the honeymoon of Tom and Sarah. They decided to go to Europe, first stop: France. At this time around Kutcher's character is the most annoying one I have ever witnessed on screen. He's literally a European's nightmare of an American. He hates it that no-one speaks English (well, American anyway), hates the French customs, yells at the hotel manager while he just basicly destroyed the place, he's screaming at his wife for no reason... what fun is there to be married to this illiterate guy?

Things only get worse once they go to Venice, with Sarah meeting an old boyfriend of hers and Tom almost sleeping with a girl he picked up at a bar (he goes to all the time because they show American baseballmatches... screw those old churches!).

So, what happens really, is two people who are not fit for each other end up getting married, which is a huge mistake. Ok, let's go for it then. Make it some sort of War Of The Roses, or whatever. But no, there's always a feeling left in the movie that they will end up happily ever after, until that very last scene. I Just Love Him Daddy! YUCK!!!

Film not only lacking a good story, a good ending, good actors, good directing, but also some laughs (why would you call this one a comedy?) as it sure is one of the worst movies I have ever witnessed. Down there with Freddie Got Fingered, Spice World, Glitter, Showgirls and other crap. Shame on you!

1/10.