Kiss the Bride (2007)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

C. Jay Cox

Writer:

Tyler Lieberman (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Guess who's coming out for the wedding?

Plot:

In high school, Matt and Ryan were best friends. More than friends, actually. But in the ensuing ten years...

Plot Keywords:

Love | High School | Wedding | Friendship | Family Relationships

Cast

Tori Spelling	...	Alex Golski
Philipp Karner	...	Matt Roman
James O'Shea	...	Ryan Woodson
Joanna Cassidy	...	Evelyn Golski
Tess Harper	...	Barbara
Robert Foxworth	...	Wayne Woodson
Garrett M. Brown	...	Gerald Golski
Amber Benson	...	Elly Golski
Michael Medico	...	Chris
Steve Sandvoss	...	Sean
Jane Cho	...	Stephanie
E.E. Bell	...	Dan the Mattress King
Brooke Dillman	...	Virginia
Dean McDermott	...	Plumber
Elizabeth Kell	...	Monica

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content and language.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Shadow Factory

Quotes:

Stephanie: You totally love him. You want to wreck the wedding and steal him for yourself. You are so Julia Roberts in "My Best Friend's Wedding" right now.

Soundtrack:

U Found Me

Flawed but enjoyable.

This was enjoyable, if not exactly a "feature" - it looked like it was shot for TV (especially the toaster graphics for the opening credits!). I thought the script was good, but the direction was very uninteresting and static (C. Jay Cox, whose script for "Latter Days" wasn't this strong but who did well with "Sweet Home Alabama", fumbled the ball behind the camera). The acting was uniformly strong among the supporting cast and two of the three leads were quite good. Pleasant surprise? Tori Spelling was among those two. She didn't play too broad and achieved some real moments of emotional connection to her character that made you feel for Alex.

In the end, it's the small things that work best in this movie - the little human moments between characters outside of the craziness a romantic comedies conventions demand. The script could have used a polish, but overall this is an enjoyable movie that I'd be happy to catch on cable again in the future.