Made of Honor (2008)

A guy in love with an engaged woman tries to win her over after she asks him to be her maid of honor.

Director:

Paul Weiland

Writers:

Adam Sztykiel (screenplay), Deborah Kaplan (screenplay),

Stars:

Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin McKidd

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Patrick Dempsey	...	Tom
Michelle Monaghan	...	Hannah
Kevin McKidd	...	Colin
Kadeem Hardison	...	Felix
Chris Messina	...	Dennis
Richmond Arquette	...	Gary
Busy Philipps	...	Melissa
Whitney Cummings	...	Stephanie
Emily Nelson	...	Hilary
Kathleen Quinlan	...	Joan
Selma Stern	...	Grandma Pearl
Sydney Pollack	...	Thomas Sr.
James Sikking	...	Reverend Foote (as James B. Sikking)
Kevin Sussman	...	Tiny Shorts Guy
Beau Garrett	...	Gloria

Storyline

Made of Honor revolves around Tom and Hannah, who have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her "maid" of honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her.

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Plot Keywords:

maid | maid of honor | love | wedding | marriage | 

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Taglines:

It takes a real man to become a maid of honor.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some sex-related material

Details

Official Sites:

Sony Pictures [France] Sony Pictures [United States]

Country:

USA UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 May 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Quiero robarme a la novia

Filming Locations:

Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£749,611 (UK) (2 May 2008)

Gross:

$46,012,734 (USA) (27 June 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Original Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The company filmed at Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye for five days. Though there are only at most 12,000 people on Skye at any one time, the Made of Honor production rolled in with a crew of 250, a cast of 25, and 300 extras.

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Goofs

In the second scene, Tom cuts off a white police car. In the next shot, a yellow cab is behind him. In the shot after that, it becomes a van.

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Quotes

Tom: I'm sorry I can't break that rule. I have a rule about that.

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.2 (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Stop Crying Your Heart Out"
Written by Noel Gallagher
Performed by Oasis
Courtesy of Epic Records and Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
By Arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment

User Reviews

Deep Six this Movie...

Sometimes I'm literally amazed at the load of horse dung that comes out of Hollywood. This movie is no exception. This was clearly a formula movie, something produced to generate revenue and nothing else. I'm guessing someone in Hollywood was sitting around, trying to come up with new angles on old spins, and they blurted out, "Let's make a man the Made of Honor." Then they wrote a dry, bland, done a thousand times before script. The sad thing is, people actually pay to go see this stuff. Don't waste your time.

The acting is ho hum. The storyline is a mirror of so many other stories. And the overall intelligence of the characters and their life path decisions is insulting. And the ending…well, it's pure fantasy. Something only school girls' dream of. Which is probably the target audience for this movie.

When I watch movies like this, and yes, unfortunately, sometimes I do, it makes me wish they would have just donated the money to the homeless or the starving. It would have been money better spent. If you're going to watch this movie, get ready to do some serious snoozing. And maybe some "dejavuing" too. I give it a D. And that was being nice.