One of the most incompetent films in
recent memory, The Wedding Date
begins with an expository phone-call
wherein the lead character explains the
entire plot, which is basically that shes
got to go to her younger sisters wedding,
where her ex-fiancé will be the best man,
and so shes hired an attractive escort to
pose as her new boyfriend. Not content
with stealing the plots of classic films,
writer Dana Fox (which may be a
pseudonym, as I can find no other trace of
him/her) decides instead to steal from the
mediocre romantic comedies of the 80s
and the even worse sitcoms of the 90s.
(Wasnt this the plot to three separate
episodes of Fresh Prince of Bel
Air?) Some horrible editing decisions
including leaving in a scene wherein two
characters talk about another scene that
was obviously deleted from the film,
tremendously lack-luster cinematography
and a script that reads like it was spit out
by a machine that scans bad comedies
for their worst jokes and least compelling
characters make this an utter
disappointment, even if ones
expectations were lowered by the awful
previews. The only upside is an
interesting performance by Dermot
Mulroney as the man-whore, but he has
so little script to work with that it barely
seems worth his time to have created
such an odd and interesting acting style
for this role. Not recommended for those
who have working cerebral cortices,
though the comatose might enjoy the
effect of sitting in a movie theater where
no one is laughing.