SHOTGUN WEDDING – “A comical screwball diversion with a game cast of stars”

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RATING

DIRECTOR

Directed by: Jason Moore

MAIN CAST

• Jennifer Lopez as Darcy
• Josh Duhamel as Tom
• Sônia Braga as Renata
• Jennifer Coolidge as Carol
• Lenny Kravitz as Sean
• Cheech Marin as Robert
• D'Arcy Carden as Harriet
• Selena Tan as Marge
• Desmin Borges as Ricky

SYNOPSIS

Tom, Darcy and their lovable but very opinionated families gather for an ultimate destination wedding. Just when the couple get cold feet, the wedding party is taken hostage. The couple must work together to save their loved ones if they don't end up killing each other first.

REVIEW SUMMARY

Jason Moore’s Shotgun Wedding may be a comedy fluff piece, but it’s a spirited one. It’s a movie that knows what it is – a comical screwball diversion with a game cast of stars. So, it’s not an action/comedy genre game-changer, but it is an amusing bit of comfort viewing. You pretty much know exactly what you’re going to get from it, and it delivers – no more, no less. And while the comedy never goes beyond the “chuckle mark,” there is plenty of it. This is thanks to an eager ensemble cast who do a lot of heavy lifting with the material they’ve been given to work with. I mean, it looks like they are all having a good time here, so that helps. As for our 2 leads, Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel, they are effortless in their respective roles. That’s probably because they have done so many of these Rom-Coms that they can do the job in their sleep at this point. There is something to be said for Lopez though, as she continues to exude an undeniably large amount of charisma, not to mention sex appeal. What can I say, the camera loves her. The film’s scene stealer is Jennifer Coolidge though. Coolidge delivers her one-liners with puckered precision and clearly has fun with some of the more physically comedic moments. Plus, we get a slow motion shot of her firing off a machine gun! The big miss here is the odd mix of action. The barrage of bullets and explosions just never meshes with the other elements of the film. It’s a tonal misfire. Luckily, at just 1 hour and 40 minutes, Shotgun Wedding doesn’t overstay its welcome - so it has that going for it. Also, did I mention you get to see Jennifer Coolidge fire off a machine gun!?

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