License to Wed (2007)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Ken Kwapis

Writers (WGA):

Kim Barker (screenplay) and
Tim Rasmussen (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

3 July 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

First came love... then came Reverend Frank.

Plot:

A reverend puts an engaged couple through a grueling marriage preparation course to see if they are meant to be married in his church.

Plot Keywords:

Church | Marriage Proposal | Minister | Premarital Counseling | Priest

Awards:

1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Tue. July 21	6:30 PM	HBO
Sun. July 26	9:45 AM	HBO
Wed. July 29	11:15 AM	HBO

Cast

Robin Williams	...	Reverend Frank
Mandy Moore	...	Sadie Jones
John Krasinski	...	Ben Murphy
Eric Christian Olsen	...	Carlisle
Christine Taylor	...	Lindsey Jones
Josh Flitter	...	Choir Boy
DeRay Davis	...	Joel
Peter Strauss	...	Mr. Jones
Grace Zabriskie	...	Grandma Jones
Roxanne Hart	...	Mrs. Jones
Mindy Kaling	...	Shelly
Angela Kinsey	...	Judith the Jewelry Clerk
Rachael Harris	...	Janine
Brian Baumgartner	...	Jim
Jess Rosenthal	...	Jewelry Clerk

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual humor and language.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

UK:12A | Ireland:12A | Singapore:PG | Germany:6 | Portugal:M/12 | Brazil:10 | Chile:TE | Argentina:13 | Taiwan:PG-12 (original rating) | Sweden:Btl | Australia:M | South Korea:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43543) | Norway:A

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

WILHELM SCREAM: During the marriage road test, an old man on a scooter crashes into a car.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Reverend Frank is playing the Ten Commandments quiz game with the children, he flips the "coveting" card to its answer-revealing side on the board behind him; but in the closeup afterwords of his face, it's flipped back to its answer-hiding side. In the next shot, it's back to its correct, answer-revealing position.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Reverend Frank: I'm gonna have to heal you. We have got to pray! We have got to pray! We have got to pray to make it through the day!
Ben Murphy: [pause] Was that M.C. Hammer?

Movie Connections:

References "Dora the Explorer" (2000)

Soundtrack:

New Shoes

A disaster of a comedy. . .almost better as a horror film.

This movie was terrible.

I was more than a little tempted to just get up and walk out early in the movie, when it just wasn't funny. I thought maybe it would pick up and really get going soon, it didn't. It tries to be a romantic comedy, and what little chemistry exists between the couple is ruined by Robin Williams trying to be funny while doing unfunny things. Instead he comes off as a creepy, sadistic voyeur with a phony veneer of humor (and a minister having a prepubescent boy sidekick with him at apparently all times day and night is more than a little creepy in it's own right).

There isn't a single funny joke in the film that's not in the trailer, not one. There are a lot of gags that fall flat though.

The whole thing made me miss the time when Robin Williams in a movie was a sign it was going to be a great film.

In retrospect, I should have gone with my hunch and just walked out early, and saved myself the time.