Shotgun Wedding

Shotgun Wedding is a dull romantic action-comedy that drags for everything of its 100-minute run time. There is a myriad of issues on the subject of this entry by director Jason Moore, starting from the cookie-cutter plotline to the noticeable lack of chemistry inside its crew. Not as soon as did this film appear to hit its stride, it’s a slog from begin to end, a totally uninspired comedy that deserves to be skipped.

Darcy (Jennifer Lopez) and Tom (Josh Duhamel) are preparing for his or her huge day. After some tedious wedding ceremony planning, Tom decides to get married at a “budget” resort within the Philippines, refusing to make use of any of Darcy’s household cash. The couple takes pleasure in paying for their very own wedding ceremony, a lot to the dismay of Darcy’s father. On the day of the marriage, the soon-to-be newlyweds get right into a battle, and determine to name off the wedding. Before they’ll break the information to their visitors, the marriage get together will get hijacked by Filipino pirates. Now, Darcy and Tom should save their associates and their relationship.

The plotline looks like it could possibly be attention-grabbing if a reliable movie have been constructed round it. There is simply no weight to any choice made all through the story. When Darcy and Tom determine to name off the marriage, the viewers is simply left questioning, properly, why? It didn’t appear to be issues have been that dangerous. And should you’re in search of the plain tropes, don’t fear, Shotgun Wedding has all of them. Ex-boyfriend invited to the marriage? Check. Groom-to-be vying for his father-in-law’s love? Check. The movie is suffering from story beats we’ve all seen earlier than; solely this time, they’re set towards the backdrop of a hostage state of affairs.

The casting selections additionally come throughout as curious, with virtually everybody feeling out of their league. Lopez does a ok job on her personal, however when she and Duhamel share the display screen, it turns into troublesome to look at. The solely good shock here’s a humorous efficiency from Jennifer Coolidge, who performs Tom’s out-of-place midwestern mom.

Shotgun Wedding, for probably the most half, is senseless. If you’re in search of one thing that permits you to simply shut your mind off for a few hours, this could possibly be a tremendous decide. Just don’t go into it in search of something memorable, as a result of you could have seen all of it earlier than. For everybody else, Moore’s romantic comedy is unquestionably price skipping.