Marry Me! A review

[Barry]

Marry Me! A review

There were two factors prodding me to look at this movie that is in the theaters  and also streaming on Peacock.

First, I saw the trailer while waiting for Spider-Man No Way Home and thought it was the worst premise to a movie I have seen in a long time.  And I was right.

Second, my plumber was here fixing my leaking toilet this morning and I had to watch something.

The premise of the trailer was that famous celebrity, Jennifer Lopez, discovers on her wedding day that her finance had been cheating on her.  So, at random, she picks a stranger from the crowd (Owen Wilson) who is with his young daughter and she immediately marries him.

So I knew the plot of the entire movie, instantaneously, from the coming attraction. This is what I knew BEFORE I saw the movie.
1.  Owen would be a “regular” guy, who does regular, but good things. (I was right, he was a teacher.)
2.  He would be a widower or an unjust divorced man who has a bit of trouble raising his someone precocious daughter. But at the end of the movie they would be closer than ever. (I was right, he was divorced)
3.  They instantly married, in front of a large audience, but it was done without a marriage license.  So the wedding went off without a hitch.
4.  They would fall in love and the couple would get to know each other and Lopez would eventually want HIS way of life.
5.  Lopez would get close to the daughter.
6.  The last half hour of the film would present a moral dilemma that appears to separate the two.  But they will come to their senses and come together, with the daughter at the end.
7.  Sarah Silverman is in it so it will have funny moments.

I was mostly right but there were no funny moments. This movie is so formulistic, you have seen it before.  Lopez, now in her 50s, is still playing roles written for 30 year olds. I saw and felt no chemistry between the two stars. This movie is as familiar as you can get, there is nothing new or creative here.

I saw it streaming so the image was good and the sound was okay, but not much surround.

I give it 1 out of 4 stars. It’s not the worst movie I have seen. That would be “The Spirit.” If you never have seen a romcom you might give it two stars.

[tripplej]

Thanks Barry for taking this one for the team.. Based on your lack of a recommendation, I will skip it.