Thursday 18 June 2015

The Wedding Ringer (2015) 7/10

Starring : Kevin Hart, Josh Gad, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting
Director : Jeremy Garelick
Running Time : 102 mins

Doug Harris (Gad) can’t believe he’s about to get married to Gretchen Palmer (Cuoco-Sweeting), who he considers to be way out of his league, but as their wedding quickly approaches he is faced with another dilemma – he doesn’t have any close friends he can use as groomsmen. So he hires Jimmy Callahan (Hart), a Best Man for hire who has the unenviable job of convincing Doug’s in-laws that he is one of his oldest friends.

From the trailers I didn’t expect to like this movie, but this was actually pretty funny, even though the main character wasn’t exactly likeable. Hart and Gad make an interesting pairing, and in spite of some predictable plot twists and some implausible romantic entanglements this is still fun to watch and reaches a satisfying conclusion that makes sense based on what has happened earlier in the film.

You’ll like this if you liked : I Love You, Man


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