Wedding Daze (2006)

down to earth review

this is a great romantic-comedy, jason biggs with a great supporting cast turn this film into one you can watch over and over again, not to predictable, great laughs. a movie you can watch with friends or that special someone. i just hate the reviews these wanna be movie critics put on here. this is a great film period. September 26, 2008

Wedding Daze

I have not seen a movie so simple and touching for a long time. The casts are easy and the whole story is so romantic (somewhat not very real). I would recommand this movie to all the people who lives with love. This is a wonderful movie. I need one for my collection. April 26, 2008

Potential--NOT realized

This movie's plot HAD potential. I don't know where it went, but it WASN'T in the final cut of the movie.

Not that the main actors involved didn't turn in good performances. Jason Biggs has gotten his one-trick pony of pathologically-spastic-eccentric-geek-stunts/"potty humor" performance down pat. (Not as much of a compliment as that might sound, Jason!) Isla Fisher turns out to be the bright side of this movie, turning in a fresh and genuine performance that nicely compliments her physical beauty.

Love is not an emotion--contrary to popular opinion. Love is a decision. Even the best relationships do not FEEL the emotion all the time. This movie COULD have chosen to emphasize the fact that in all marriages there comes a time when you must continue to CHOOSE to love the other person. That love is a decision you make daily, is the mechanism of how arranged marriages have worked down through the ages in multiple cultures. (Don't get me wrong--I'm not advocating arranged marriages; this is just to illustrate and emphasize my point.)

By its wild exaggeration of decision over emotion, the premise of this movie could have made the point that a committed marriage CAN result from sheer force of wills and the valuing of commitment. The movie COULD HAVE chosen to emphasize these positive things that are sorely needed in this age of near-universal devaluation of marriage and easy divorce--but it didn't.

Instead, it emphasizes the feelings which most people confuse with love anyway. By the glorification of entering into marriage frivolously, it suggests that love and a stable marriage can come without thought, without doing any the SANE things that dating couples should be doing prior to marriage to discern whether someone is a proper mate. In the process, it takes every opportunity to demean and degrade the institute and sacrament of marriage.

Sadly, there are also several examples of the "lowest common denominator" bathroom humor and impurity/immorality that one associates with Jason Biggs and the "American Pie" crowd.

There is some good writing in this movie, and several (non-bathroom humor) laugh-out-loud moments. Those and the aforementioned performance by Isla Fisher are the reasons I didn't give this only one star. This is a good movie to see for free--and even then you may feel cheated. I certainly recommend against buying it.

The DVD is of average quality, with scant extra features--but then again, perhaps that's a plus. April 11, 2008

A decently funny, but completely unbelievable movie.

The movie does have it's funny moments. Though a lot of it's jokes are pushed for, which gives you that awkward feeling where you feel bad for the actors at the time... heh. But like I said, there are some funny moments in the movie, more than I expected, which is why this movie didn't get a one star from me. Actually Isla Fisher helped the movie also. Her acting might not be that believable at times, but at least she's doesn't hurt the eyes.

Now you're probably wondering what the movie is about so I'll let you know real quick. This is what makes the movie bad. The whole plot itself. Anderson is broken hearted a year after his planned proposal didn't go so well. His friend tries to get him to date again, but instead he just likes to mope. With much begging from the friend, Anderson finally agrees, but instead of asking a girl to go on a date, he jokingly (sorta jokingly), asks a girl, Katie (Isla Fisher), to marry him. She was just asked by her boyfriend to get married, but she doesn't want to marry him, so instead she agrees to marry Anderson.

Stop right there and soak that in ladies and gentleman. A beautiful girl...just agreed to marry some strange normal looking guy...in a diner. This is not a joke.

Ok lets turn back to the movie. So since they are getting married, they decide to go out and get to know one another....meet parents...move in together...meet each others friends. During these encounters are when the funny moments occur (or are supposed to occur)...or maybe when the `romantic' parts of this RomCom are supposed to occur. I didn't find it of the sappy parts to be believable. "Why?" you ask. BECAUSE THEY JUST MET LIKE A DAY AGO. I personally believe in love at first sight, but this just was not that.

Is the movie worth watching at least? Yeah sure. You can't go wrong with laughing, and this movie will make you laugh sometimes. It's not really a BAD movie; it's just really hard to get into since you can't believe in it. But I did catch myself laughing actually out loud at some parts. SOME parts.

One last thing. Jason Biggs is a one track actor. I swear he needs to just be in every American Pie movie because that's all I ever see him as since his acting just never changes.
April 6, 2008

Wedding Daze

There was a reason this went directly to DVD. It should have gone directly in the garbage can. I am dumber after watching this movie. This movie is terrible. I'm glad I was able to get it free at the library as I would have been mad if I spent a dime. I gave it one star as both parents of both main characters did have a few funny things going but other than that...train wreck. April 1, 2008

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