An unlucky in love girl attends loads of weddings but never has an opportunity to get to her own. This film is chick-flick at it's oily, slick best. But that's not to say it is a great movie. It ain't. Some observations:
1. I could never get that whole 'Rachael cannot get a boyfriend' thing from Friends. Jennifer Aniston should have been beating them off with a stick. But here it is again in this movie. Come on, are we supposed to believe that a successful, employed, nice, highly pretty girl like Heigel is the ugly duckling sister in love with her boss who is oblivious to her as anything other than his assistant? I'm sorry but it is too hard to believe her in that role.
2. And this 'great guy' of a boss (Burns) falls for Heigl's sister in less than 2 minutes flat and asks her to marry him? Ridiculous - the sister isn't even as good-looking never mind as pure of heart.
3. Marsden is the cocky, cynical newspaper reporter who covers weddings but secretly hates the occasions. Heigl falls for him? How did that happen? He is the total opposite of what she is? this could only happen in Hollywood. Besides, there is no chemistry between Heigel & Marsden - no sparks at all - in fact it looks like she doesn't even like him, never mind love him.
4. What is with Marsden wearing a T-Shirt under his shirt and blazer? Stupid look.
5. Heigl realises at the end that she loves Marsden. How? Why? Throughout the film there was nothing to suggest her undying love for this guy. Sure, a couple of laughs here and there, a painfully inept bar room performance, a fumble in the dark in a car - but the guy isn't that likable to be perfectly honest. The over-the-top scene where Heigl declares her love via a microphone on a boat totally ruins the whole thing for me. Totally unbelievable.
Some good points include Heigl herself putting in a decent shift as the lead role and she has that air of 'real'ness about her in her reactions. Okay, some of the things she does, says are just plain wrong but that has more to do with the writing than the actor herself. Some moderately funny jokes are splashed along the way and Heigl is easy on the eye.
But the whole thing is too clichéd for me. The ditsy friend (does every rom-com, comedy movie have to have one of these by law?), the pure-hearted heroine, the not-so-nice guy she falls for (but hates him first, then loves him), the happy ending, the not-as-bad-as-we-thought sister...etc. etc.
But how Heigl's character ever falls for Marsden is beyond me? He is everything she is not and then writes an article practically degrading her as an always-the-bridesmaid-never-the-bride person WITHOUT HER KNOWLEDGE !! It gets published in a major New York newspaper but YET SHE STILL FALLS IN LOVE WITH HIM. What? If she had taken an axe from underneath one of those 27 dresses and decapitated him in her apartment - I don't think I would have been as shocked.
Too implausible, too clichéd but a decent turn from Heigl saves the movie from being a total turkey. Nice to watch with your wife but leave your brain outside.
5/10.
1. I could never get that whole 'Rachael cannot get a boyfriend' thing from Friends. Jennifer Aniston should have been beating them off with a stick. But here it is again in this movie. Come on, are we supposed to believe that a successful, employed, nice, highly pretty girl like Heigel is the ugly duckling sister in love with her boss who is oblivious to her as anything other than his assistant? I'm sorry but it is too hard to believe her in that role.
2. And this 'great guy' of a boss (Burns) falls for Heigl's sister in less than 2 minutes flat and asks her to marry him? Ridiculous - the sister isn't even as good-looking never mind as pure of heart.
3. Marsden is the cocky, cynical newspaper reporter who covers weddings but secretly hates the occasions. Heigl falls for him? How did that happen? He is the total opposite of what she is? this could only happen in Hollywood. Besides, there is no chemistry between Heigel & Marsden - no sparks at all - in fact it looks like she doesn't even like him, never mind love him.
4. What is with Marsden wearing a T-Shirt under his shirt and blazer? Stupid look.
5. Heigl realises at the end that she loves Marsden. How? Why? Throughout the film there was nothing to suggest her undying love for this guy. Sure, a couple of laughs here and there, a painfully inept bar room performance, a fumble in the dark in a car - but the guy isn't that likable to be perfectly honest. The over-the-top scene where Heigl declares her love via a microphone on a boat totally ruins the whole thing for me. Totally unbelievable.
Some good points include Heigl herself putting in a decent shift as the lead role and she has that air of 'real'ness about her in her reactions. Okay, some of the things she does, says are just plain wrong but that has more to do with the writing than the actor herself. Some moderately funny jokes are splashed along the way and Heigl is easy on the eye.
But the whole thing is too clichéd for me. The ditsy friend (does every rom-com, comedy movie have to have one of these by law?), the pure-hearted heroine, the not-so-nice guy she falls for (but hates him first, then loves him), the happy ending, the not-as-bad-as-we-thought sister...etc. etc.
But how Heigl's character ever falls for Marsden is beyond me? He is everything she is not and then writes an article practically degrading her as an always-the-bridesmaid-never-the-bride person WITHOUT HER KNOWLEDGE !! It gets published in a major New York newspaper but YET SHE STILL FALLS IN LOVE WITH HIM. What? If she had taken an axe from underneath one of those 27 dresses and decapitated him in her apartment - I don't think I would have been as shocked.
Too implausible, too clichéd but a decent turn from Heigl saves the movie from being a total turkey. Nice to watch with your wife but leave your brain outside.
5/10.