The Big Wedding
Directed by: Justin Zackham
Starring: Rober DeNiro, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl, Ben Barnes !!
Genre: Comedy
Rated: R
Year: 2013
Thoughts: Beware! Warning! This may contain spoilers!
YAY ANOTHER BEN BARNES MOVIE CAME OUT!! and if you couldn't tell already, Ben Barnes is one of my favorite people in the world. Anyways besides Ben Barnes (who didn't get much credit for this movie), this movie has a really star filled cast; Robert DeNiro, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton, Topher Grace, Amanda Seyfried, Robin Williams, Susan Sarandon.
The plot for this movie has a good idea, a divorced couple must pretend to be married in order to please the Groom's biological mother. However, while the idea is a good one and set up for a very humorous situations, the film did not do a good job of exploiting everything it could off of this idea. There were really funny moments, like the squabbles between characters and the really stereotypical moments. But at the same time, some of the humor came from racist things- which may or may not be funny for some people. I found some funny, but I found some pretty offensive.
The acting on behalf of all the actors was really good though. Amanda Seyfried and Ben Barnes did seem to have a genuine love, joking and fighting like married (or almost) couples. It was also really interesting to watch Ben Barnes speak in an American accent. He also spoke Spanish, since he was adopted from Colombia, and he spoke in Chinese, since his character learned a few languages from Harvard.
The movie wasn't bad or anything, it just seemed that not that much happened within the 90 minutes. I have to say, without Ben Barnes being in the film, I probably would not have watched it. But in all honesty, since he is in the cast, I'll still probably watch it one more time.
The plot for this movie has a good idea, a divorced couple must pretend to be married in order to please the Groom's biological mother. However, while the idea is a good one and set up for a very humorous situations, the film did not do a good job of exploiting everything it could off of this idea. There were really funny moments, like the squabbles between characters and the really stereotypical moments. But at the same time, some of the humor came from racist things- which may or may not be funny for some people. I found some funny, but I found some pretty offensive.
The acting on behalf of all the actors was really good though. Amanda Seyfried and Ben Barnes did seem to have a genuine love, joking and fighting like married (or almost) couples. It was also really interesting to watch Ben Barnes speak in an American accent. He also spoke Spanish, since he was adopted from Colombia, and he spoke in Chinese, since his character learned a few languages from Harvard.
The movie wasn't bad or anything, it just seemed that not that much happened within the 90 minutes. I have to say, without Ben Barnes being in the film, I probably would not have watched it. But in all honesty, since he is in the cast, I'll still probably watch it one more time.
Rating: 6/10
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