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Is this the Deborah Kaplan of "Married to Breckin Meyer and co-writer of Can't Hardly Wait" "fame"? I can't feel my legs. I have no legs!!!

Not seeing this. Never seeing this. My sister's wedding was last weekend, my good friend's wedding is tomorrow, and my best friend's brother's wedding is NEXT weekend. I have had enough of the bouquet-tossing receiving-line-waiting bridesmaid-dress-wearing shenanigans to last me a lifetime. Iron Man...save me from the buttercream frosting covered evil!

McCockblock. very, very funny. or it's the extreme jet lag talking. not sure which...

Hmmmmm.....sure, it's "guy movie" counterprogramming....but it's Dempsey v. Downey.

I wonder how that pans out.

And yeah, has the guy not figured out how to shave? "Oh, I have a tough beard!" Sure, it looks like a full one, but I'll just bet one hair/makeup person or another has told you how to deal with it. Hell, I'll give you advice, just put some conditioner on your face for a few minutes first. No, you're doing it on purpose, and I hate when men will dress formally for an awards show or something, and then not shave. Sure, you've got a nice head of hair, but you don't deserve it if you're gonna be such an insouciant prick. I can't in good conscience even put on a tie if I haven't shaved. Who started this shit, Tom Ford? Enough!!

Yeah, this movie doesn't look good. You're better than that, Dwayne Wayne!

Not to nitpick, but I think you mean "Tomoyasu Hotei." Otherwise, nice review of a bad film.

"Despite being a total dick, Tom has always fallen into good fortune, both literally and in the bedroom, and he has always scored big with minimal effort."

Anyone who would write a film that revolves around a premise like that deserves to be publicly shamed. THIS 18-34 year old female wants nothing to do with McDouche and his impish "charm!" I hope this gets crushed by Iron Man!

No no no no no no no. I'm taking a cue from Sarina...I stopped believing this movie even existed when I saw the first trailer. It's horrendously bad..in all ways. Concept, characters, concept, title, concept, actors, concept.

So after I post this, the review will cease to exist for me.

I am being dragged to see this by a good friend who LOVES Dempsey and hates comic book flicks. If it wasn't her birthday, I'd shoot myself before I saw this.

Will someone else put me out of my misery? Please. My show starts in 30 minutes...

Wait...this sucked? Damn, I didn't see that coming. Oh wait, yes I did. From about 12 parsecs.

The local free paper's review of this was titled "Made of Poop."

... enough said.

McCockblock made me giggle!

Ewww. This sounds horrendous. And besides, I'm so tired of seeing fat-chick jokes. Really. "Oh my god! A fat girl is allowed to live!! Laugh until you pee and collectively make retching noises!"

Here's what I've never understood from the wedding brings out true love twist on the romantic comedy:

Say there are people as attractive out there as Julia Roberts, Michelle Monaghan, Patrick Dempsey, Dermot Mulroney, Skank Cancer, et al and that they're all friends with one another.

...why is it that none of these pretty people are already hooked up? I'm sorry, but if Michelle Monaghan and I grew up together or became friends in college or whatever, I don't think I'd wait till some other pretty guy comes along to snatch her away to express my feelings.

Apparently, only in Hollywood do the pretty people not want to get in bed with other pretty people. That might explain why Judd Apatow can get away with saddling Seth Rogen and Jason Segel with their respective hot women.

It's just yet another fairy tale where no one learns a lesson, yet all live happily motherfucking after.

So... no lawyers in this movie?

"I'm sorry, but if Michelle Monaghan and I grew up together or became friends in college or whatever, I don't think I'd wait till some other pretty guy comes along to snatch her away to express my feelings."

No. Fucking. Shit. BFredo.As soon as I saw the commercials for this shitheap of a flick I said (loudly, as I often do), "I liked it better(er) when it was called "My Best Friends Wedding"". Fer fucksake... Listen, I've had women as "best friends" now and again, but if at any moment during said friendship I realized she was the peas to my motherfuckin' carrots, I'd have made a move - especially after several years... Shit, I've had guys as best friends and on more than one occasion have said "Sweet Moses, if you were a woman I'd have totally moved in for a smootch just now". And in some instances, I've woken up confused about what happened the night before with a chaffed dinkle and whether or not I should spoon my college roommate - while at the same time figuring out how to cover a hickey using anything but a turtleneck. I. FUCKING. HATE. THOSE. THINGS.

This is almost worse than a "re-imagining" of an already - or in many cases, a not already good flick being re-made for the absence of an original idear. The... GOD I CAN'T EVEN GO ON!! Riding in on a horse while wearing a kilt?! Are you fucking kidding me?!

Vomiting repeatedly... vessels bursting... drawers being pooed in...

The only thing good I have to say about this is that Michelle Monaghan is cute as a bug on a rug. I'd let her take a dump on me, no questions asked...

in the event that Ms. Monaghan is reading this, I'm not really into poop, but if that's the way you roll, fine. Alls I ask is that you help clean up a little afterward and pay for me to have whatever injections may be necessary (yeah, I spellded it wrong - fuck off) to ward off dook-related infection and/or parasites. Other than that, I make a mean omelette (did I spelt that wrong too? tough shit bitches...) and give a back rub that'll make an Aryan Nation feller hug a colored guy... For reals, B!

Sincerely,
S. Maximus Esquire III
President & CEO
Gramma MurderTank's Old Fashioned Taco-Flavored Scrabble Chips, LLC.

I'm confused about the title. Is it supposed to be punny, because it makes absolutely no sense from what I know about this movie. Patrick Dempsy's character is supposed to be "made" of honor while being the "maid" of honor? He seems like a total skeaze in this movie. Obvisouly homophones don't always equal a good pun (if that exists). Long story short, homophones, irony, homonyms, and anything else once wielded to genius by Shakespeare got totally screwed over by romcom titles.

I'm still not entirely convinced that this isn't a made-for-TV movie that was supposed to air on the Oxygen network, but got shipped to theaters by mistake. After every preview, I keep expecting to hear, "Premiering Sunday night after an all-new episode of Snapped!"

...Yes, I watch Snapped. Shut up.

Do you get to pick which movies you review, or did you piss someone off?

I can't think of any movie genre more repulsing and less innovative than the classic romcom.
Hugh Grant's frowny face makes me gag, Julia Roberts' cackling raises my blood pressure to dangerous levels, and the plain sight of Meg Ryan makes me huddle in a corner chanting "Kumbaya".

I just can't get past Whatshisname's hair. Ick.

Scotland, you say? Well, you know my fondness for all things Scottish; I'll wait until this flick comes out on DVD.

Kadeem Hardison! Dwayne Wayne!

Another brilliant overshare by Skittimus.

I don't know what annoys me more, the fact that movie-makers think we are stupid, or the fact that we are stupid. This flick will take in 20 mill this weekend. And if not for the love of Iron Man, maybe even 30 mill.

I'm with Jay, from the perspective of one who enjoys kissing boys, that "scruff" hurts. I don't make out with sandpaper for a reason, make friends with your Mach 3 or whatever and take care of it.

I will not see this movie unless it's forced on me by a female friend at some point in the future. I saw Iron Man and I'm amazed the two movies can even exist in the same multiplex. Even if I were picking a movie on the basis of which leading man was better looking/had better hair, this movie would not win. And Iron Man has a semi-romantic subplot! Involving a rich spoiled guy and the woman who's stood quietly by him for years, exactly like this drivel, only better! Why would anyone want to see this mess?

None of this answers the big question; why would anyone go for McCrappy when they already have McKidd? This makes absolutely no sense. Even in the world of rom-coms.
Oh, Kevin, I look forward to your portrayal of Dylan Thomas to erase this cinematic disaster. Fat and drunken, you'll be infinitely preferable to Dempsey.

back in the day, you were supposed to unexpectedly fall in love with your "ugly" best friend.

"Some Kind of Wonderful is noted for having the same basic premise as Hughes and Deutch's previous film, Pretty in Pink: A quiet blue-collar high-schooler with aspirations of upward mobility (Stoltz in Wonderful and Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink) becomes infatuated with a "popular" classmate (Thompson and Andrew McCarthy), while remaining oblivious to the attraction to them felt by their close friend of the opposite sex (Masterson and Jon Cryer) and avoiding the attention of a spiteful and petty "rich kid" with a connection to the love interest (Sheffer and James Spader). Hughes originally wrote Pretty in Pink ending with Ringwald and Cryer's characters falling in love, but was pressured into changing the story so that Ringwald would end up with McCarthy. Supposedly, Hughes wrote Some Kind of Wonderful in response, with the ending he preferred."

Hee. Shadows, it's totally true: I don't believe in this movie. I didn't even believe in this movie when it was inside out and called My Best Friend's Wedding and I saw it for free with the buffer of alcohol to ease me through the idiocy. Why the hell would I believe in it just because Patrick Dempsey has become Julia Roberts (Now with more penis!)? I mean sure, there are fewer horse teeth and less guffawing, but there is just as much hair and, judging by the previews, even more smarm. Ew. No, thank you.

Ms. Monaghan, I am very disappointed in you. You were so wonderfully awesome in Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, and I even liked you in MI:3. Now this?

Young lady, you are too talented for this dreck. And while that skinny-chick cute ain't normally my thing, you are quite adorable. Shape up, or I will be forced to take action.

Also, I'm offering one full week of your own personal zombie slave to whoever brings me the eyeless head of Patrick Dempsey.

movie like this (and the loads of money they will inevitably make) are one of the reasons my faith in humanity is waning....

now if you will excuse me I have some hunting to do

[sharpens T-square and x-acto blade
grabs phone book]

hmmmmm....Dempsey Dempsey Dempsey
here it is!

[grabs tools of death and destruction
on second thought borrows Communal Spoon of Gore and Violence as well and heads out the door]

" ... people as attractive out there Julia Roberts ..."

BFFrado, Say what? Have you really taken a hard look since, like, "Mystic Pizza"? How has this witch fooled so many people for so long?

Cripes. I'll admit, I got half way through the review and gave up. This actually sounds even worse than the trailer threatened. Thank God my wife hates chick flicks.

A very good review of a ridiculously stupid movie. I may like the IDEA of a romantic comedy (see Much Ado About Nothing, Merchant of Venice, etc) but why must 'romcoms' insult the intelligence of anyone with functioning brain cells? What is so attractive about beautiful, emotionally retarded, and almost always rich people blundering through life before they discover 'love'? And why are women supposed to love this crap?

Made of Crap.

The second I saw the trailer for this dreck, I not only knew *exactly* what it was going to be like (not to mention plot, conflict, resolution) but I also knew it was just a cheap rehash of 'My Best Friend's Wedding', which was also a horrible movie barely redeemed by Rupert Everett.

But what exactly is keeping me from hating some douchebag who only realizes what a great girl he has in front of him when someone else gets her? Or for that matter, why am I supposed to like some asshole who is bent on destroying a wedding? Why am I supposed to like this?

As a woman, I'm just pissed off when Hollywood tells me I should like this. Shut the fuck up, Hollywood. Movies like this just make me ANGRY. grr arrgh.

What's with the "Patrick Dempsey is the MOH" ad campaign? As I'm sure we are all aware, "MOH" sounds like "'mo", which is short for "homo," which is short for "homosexual." If this was intentional it is offensively stupid. But, if it was unintentional it is hilarious. I'm guessing it was intentional. Those turds.

Everything said above + my own lack of original thought = AGREED

Maybe it's just me, but the repeated use of 'something-porn' phrases is becoming quite grating. It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

ugh. I even like romcoms and I won't be seeing this. I haven't even seen a trailer and I know I don't want to see it - all it took was the poster at the theatre for me to go "no thanks".

The things that pisses me off with these movies is that people, and by that I mostly mean women, wind up believing that this shit happens in real life, and wind up insanely dissatisfied with their own love lives. What is is about romantic comedy that robs otherwise intelligent women of all their brain cells??

"Not seeing this. Never seeing this. My sister's wedding was last weekend, my good friend's wedding is tomorrow, and my best friend's brother's wedding is NEXT weekend. I have had enough of the bouquet-tossing receiving-line-waiting bridesmaid-dress-wearing shenanigans to last me a lifetime."

GhoulS, beware catching the bouquet. Your noobers may make an appearance. NOOBERS!!!!

Look, I like McDreamy because Dempsey is so him. He's that one-note guy. He found his note, good on him. Dude doesn't have a lot of range it seems like, which surpises me, cause he was pretty good in Can't Buy Me Love (showing often on A&E). I just don't see him as rom-com material. However, I can see him as a charming killer. American Psycho 3, perhaps?

Julie- Breckin Meyer is married? Really? I just can't see him as anyone but the dude in Clueless.

And seriously, I would totally believe Breckin Meyer so much more in this movie instead of Dempsey. I can see him doing the stupid shit all earnestly and puppy dog like, being that guy we all know who's sweet but...clueless. (Sorry, bad pun. Still, better than the one in the title.)

"A small price to pay to the party gods!"

Ugh, this movie sounds like a great way to spend your Saturday night before you down a bottle of arsenic. And, for the record, I do not see the appeal of Dempsey. He might be kinda cute, but he has all the charisma of a pair of shoelaces.

In all honesty though, I wanted this to be good. I adore Michelle Monaghan, I think she has so much potential, but she keeps screwing me over time and again...first The Heartbreak Kid, now this. All in all this movie sounds like a rip off of When Harry Met Sally and My Best Friends Wedding...except crappy.

I resent that Hollywood thinks that women are dumb enough to want to watch this crap. And I resent that women have lowered their standards enough to do it. And I really resent the whole vicious circle. Thus, tomorrow, finally that Iron Man matinee. Hurrah!

Way to state the obvious, Spambot.

"Apparently, Tom is that guy who invented the "coffee collar" and, consequently, he earns 10 cents for every collar used by Starbucks customers."

Well I've been re-using the same one for weeks. In your FACE, Dempsey.

And I absolutely hate the movie title. It makes me grind my teeth.

What I want to know is, what the fuck is Kevin "Lucius Vorenus" McKidd doing in this piece of guano? As the cockblocked fiancee no less. I hope there's a scene where he tears out Patrick Dempsey's tongue and feeds it to him, or just cuts his head off and walks off with his bride, covered in "McDouchebag's" blood.

THAT I'd pay to see.

THIRTEEN!!!! THIRTEEN!!!!

I'm getting more and more grossed out each time the pajibians describe anything/everything excessive as "porn".

The whole "torture-porn" thing I understand.

Well, the phrasing anyway

but enough already !

Dwayne Wayne in the house!!!!

Still not seeing this shit.

Any Sinbad appearances?

Let's see...torture-porn, straight-porn, gay porn, lesbian porn, clown-porn, romatic-porn, rom-com-porn, mcdreamy-porn, stoner-porn, Oscar-porn, indie-porn, Whedon-porn, MacGuyver-porn, food-porn, beer-porn.

Did I miss any, Wilderness?

Is this movie set in 1989? I ask because it's my impression that Dempsey plays a 28-year-old in this movie. Please advise.

TWoP Fan, impressive list, but I think you may have missed just plain ol' porn-porn, which coincidentally happens to be my Grandpap's favorite...

Kevin McKidd is the REAL McDreamy. Did anyone stay for the Easter egg when Lucius Vorenus decapitates Dempsey with a motherfucking broadsword? Yeah, it's pretty awesome.

"...you'll somehow end up with a more interesting story than the latest romcom from a cast member of "Grey's Anatomy."

You'll also end up with something more interesting than "Grey's Anatomy".

Wait, there are people who find Patrick Dempsey and Julia Roberts attractive?

That explains why my pretty darling movie genre, the romantic comedy, has gone to hell in the last couple decades. And why democracy will never be a success.

TT, you're not the only one who watches SNAPPED. And this shit doesn't even look good enough for the Oxygen network.

Will every single one of thos GRAY'S ANATOMY tools now demand their own bridal movie? I've never watched that show but I hate it for extending the careers of people like Katherine Heigl and McDempsey.

seriously? They end up together at the end ya'll. Fuck it if it's a spoiler I actually had to search for, but that? Is bullshit. I am a romance novel junkie and in my addictive state I have read some real shit, but the least romantic thing in the world is a girl who would go so far as to ALMOST MARRY someone and THEN pick someone else. How little self respect would you have to have to ditch some guy you supposedly love enough to marry and then go after the guy who ten years later says one fricking i love you? Seriously. The ONLY good thing about MBF's Wedding was Jules getting the heave-ho at the end. The fact they changed the story line in this one proves how f-ing retarded they are.

And when will Hollywood figure out the men and women really can be friends without falling in love? Argh!

"They end up together at the end ya'll."

At least Dermot's character married his fiance and not Julia's character in My Best Friends Wedding. People do not just dump their fiance for a friend who lacked the guts to make a move for years when they were single.

This is actually kind of how my boyfriend and I got together. Except that he didn't sleep around, he just had crushes on prettier and more popular girls, and he didn't take ten years to figure out he was really in love with me, just about ten weeks. I think I would probably have cut the fucker off well before we hit that ten-year mark. This is honestly insulting. That guy clearly deserves a kick in the teeth, not to get the girl. Even as a girl who loves chick flicks, I will NOT be watching this, ever.

"Riding in on a horse while wearing a kilt?! Are you fucking kidding me?!"

Not for nothin' Skitt, but no one had a problem with Mel Gibson doing it in Braveheart.

But otherwise, Yeah, it looks like it sucks balls.

I'm not ashamed to admit that I find Dempsey's version of Raskolnikov in the made-for-tv "Crime and Punishment" pretty impressive. I choose to believe he once had some acting skills, they just got lost in the Grey haze. Common, if you had to say those stupid stupid lines every day for 4 years, it would affect you too, right? Right?

"The film's misogynistic streak doesn't end there"

So, anything that involves men sleeping with women (was he raping them? Oh, they agreed to sleep with him...) is misogynistic? Women should be able to take care of themselves...

I saw this movie. Yes, it's filled with cliches, but if you enjoy romantic comedies, it's a fun movie to watch.

Valerie: Yay! Someone who actually -watched- the movie before commenting on it.

The movie was not good. at all. It was also not horrible, either. There's a difference between good film and mindless entertainment, and this fills the latter niche fairly well. It's mindless, it's predictable, and it's great for those times when life isn't particularly awesome or you just don't feel like thinking very much. That is, if you're not way too cool for the occasional romcom.

I saw this on a plane on the way back to the States, and the two hours it took to pass only made my four-hour trip seem LONGER, not shorter. The worst part (besides the flying off a horse and skidding out on church floor in the middle fo the wedding part) was when we saw a glimmer of McKidd being a "baddie" but then that never came to fruition. Why include it if it has no relevance? Stupid stupid stupid movie.