Licence to Wed (12A)

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Romance

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Time Out rating:

<strong>Rating: </strong>2/5

User ratings:

<strong>Rating: </strong>4/5
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Time Out says

Tue Aug 7 2007

Robin Williams is a priest who ruins a happy couple’s relationship – and does his best to ruin this romantic comedy. Sadie (Mandy Moore) and Ben (John Krasinski) are a pleasant, if familiar couple: he goofy and well-meaning, she the friendly girl next door. They plan to marry in three weeks and mistakenly sign up for Reverend Frank’s pre-nuptial course. His purpose is to drive a wedge between the couple to make sure they can weather the storms: a cynical premise and one that’s totally unengaging. There’s no doubting that Sadie and Ben will unite in the end, and Reverend Frank’s laboured schemes provide a tiresome obstacle. He’s a smug control freak who bugs their apartment, bans them from sex and even forces Sadie to drive blindfolded. Most of his schemes are illegal, and Williams is annoying. And yet the film hails Frank as some kind of hero. Sharp comedy writing gives rise to some laugh-out-loud scenes, making this a sporadically funny watch, but the plot is so wrong-footed it beggars belief.

Author: Anna Smith

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Release details

Rated:

12A

UK release:

Fri Aug 10 2007

Duration:

91 mins

Cast and crew

Director:

Ken Kwapis

Cast:

Eric Christian Olsen, Christine Taylor, DeRay Davis, John Krasinski, Mandy Moore, Robin Williams, Josh Flitter

Music:

Christophe Beck

Editor:

Kathryn Himoff

Production Designer:

Gae Buckley

Cinematography:

John Bailey

Producer:

Robert Simonds, Nick Osborne, Arnold Messer, Mike Medavoy

Screenwriter:

Vince Di Meglio, Tim Rasmussen, Kim Barker

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Rated as: 4/5 (7 ratings)

  • this is a crapi movie :D

    liz Thu Aug 30 2007
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  • shall i go and see it im 11 and me and my mum are going is it worth it ??

    gemma Sat Aug 25 2007
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  • this is an absolutely fantastic film not only is it amazingly funny but amused both myself and my children! the reverand is so evil me and my children thoroughly enjoyed the whole film. the outtakes at the end just added that little bit more comedy!

    katie Fri Aug 24 2007
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • One of the worst films I've seen for some time - it was so laboured and obvious which bits were supposed to be 'hilarious'. I can only assume the outakes at the end (which really only show the cast falling about laughing) were as a result of them laughing with relief the whole thing was over. I don't often feel moved to write stuff like this - that's how bad I thought it was! I wish I'd gone to watch Hairspray again.

    Sue Mon Aug 20 2007
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  • One of the worst films I've ever seen. Would have walked out if my daughter wasn't enjoying it. She's 10. Funniest bit was the outakes at the end. Don't bother.

    ANGIE Sun Aug 19 2007
    Rated as: 1/5
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  • I thought this film was hilarious! Time out's rating is really harsh.

    Emily Allen Sat Aug 18 2007
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • Im going to see the film 2dai iz it ne goood?

    Andrea Smith Thu Aug 16 2007
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • i loved this film it was so funny x

    Jenna Wed Aug 15 2007
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  • i thought this film was hilarious, lots of laugh out loud scenes and the plot was very true to life.i would advise you to go and see it. you wont regret it.

    gem Tue Aug 14 2007
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • I thought this movie was great. I was amazing to watch as a newly wed.

    katie Tue Aug 14 2007
    Rated as: 5/5
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