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Made of Honor
Columbia Pictures (Sony)
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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for some intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, and brief suggestive content
Starring
Patrick Dempsey,
Michelle Monaghan,
Kevin McKidd,
Kathleen Quinlan,
and
Sydney Pollack
For Tom, life is good: He's sexy and successful, has great luck with the ladies, and knows he can always rely on Hannah, his delightful best friend and the one constant in his life. It's the perfect setup until Hannah goes overseas to Scotland on a six-week business trip...and Tom is stunned to realize how empty his life is without her. He resolves that when Hannah gets back, he'll ask her to marry him. He's floored when he learns that she has become engaged to a handsome and wealthy Scotsman and plans to move overseas. When Hannah asks Tom to be her "maid" of honor, he reluctantly agrees to fill the role, but only so he can attempt to woo Hannah and stop the wedding before it's too late. (Sony Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Action
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Adventure
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Drama
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Sci-fi
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Suspense/Thriller
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Adam Sztykiel (& story)
Harry Elfont
Deborah Kaplan
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Paul Weiland
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: September 16, 2008
Theatrical: May 2, 2008
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| RUNNING TIME: |
101 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
75
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
A nice cookie-cutter comedy, no more and no less, but Dempsey, with his relaxed charm, and Monaghan, with her soft and peachy sensual spark, rise to the challenge of making friendship look like the wellspring of true love.
70
The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
Has something a bit edgier in mind than the usual, soft-focused wedding bell high jinks.
For the most part, that's exactly what it delivers -- an amusing, smartly cast romantic comedy told from a guy's perspective.
63
TV Guide
Erin Fox
As unpalatable as stale wedding cake.
63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
The film is just middling. A clever line here and there, a debonair Dempsey wink, a cute Monaghan nod, and another Bill and Monica reference to tie things all together.
60
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
Patrick Dempsey and Michelle Monaghan make an agreeable pair in this above-average comedy.
50
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Made of Honor has some funny moments, and it keeps your attention, but it's certainly not worth rushing out to the multiplex and paying top dollar for. Catch it on TV on a lazy afternoon with little else to do.
50
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
Made of Honor retains enough sweetness to satisfy the cotton-candy addicts. For true believers in fairy tales, no romantic fantasy is too extravagant if the heroine is a sweetheart. The rest of us can sit there and roll our eyes.
50
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Keith Phipps
What do you call it when someone pulls a gender reversal on someone else's movie? If that movie is "My Best Friend's Wedding," you call it Made Of Honor.
50
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
If you're in the mood for seeing a Lothario humbled by true love, you're in luck. You may wish, however, that Made of Honor had given its stars something more of interest to occupy their time. And ours.
50
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
A prefabricated example of shoddy workmanship.
42
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
The only surprise to me about this movie is that there no jokes about kilts – a serious omission in an otherwise entirely predictable farce.
42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
Dempsey also needs some fashion advice. As always, he sports his trademark five o'clock shadow in every scene (which in itself is excessive). But with Dempsey at age 42, it's beginning to make his face look more sinister than sexy, less Dr. McDreamy, more Richard Nixon.
40
Variety
Lael Loewenstein
Like a shopworn wedding gown disguised with a new sash, Made of Honor feels recycled from top to bottom. That's because it's essentially a gender-swapped version of "My Best Friend's Wedding."
40
Empire
Anna Smith
A strong opening, bursting with wit and vigour, gives way to a predictable, patronising and immensely lazy second half. Could have been so much more.
40
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
There's no energy, no spark, in Made of Honor. Even its clichés -- including a dashing rescue on horseback -- are trotted out with bland indifference.
40
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
The cinematic equivalent of a cookie-cutter wedding, Made of Honor ultimately feels a little depressing.
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Rick Groen
Made of Honor should come with a bar code and a Wal-Mart display - this isn't a movie, it's a commodity. The generic brand is the romantic comedy, and the manufacturer's material of choice is recycled plastic, smoothly glued together to assure the consumer that the purchase is risk-free and thoroughly predictable.
38
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
In Made of Honor, the leads are beautiful and everyone else is a freak. So where does that leave us?
38
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Dempsey's pleasant enough, but he hasn't yet learned how to play against a mediocre script's obviousness. Monaghan has, which is gratifying.
30
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
At its worst (and this is where Made of Honor comes in), it can leave you with a bad taste, not just in your mouth but in your soul.
30
Village Voice
Robert Wilonsky
Director Paul Weiland and the three (!) screenwriters it took to boil down thousands of bad movies into 101 minutes haven't provided this one with a single original thought; it should only entertain those still getting adjusted to the idea of talkies.
30
Austin Chronicle
Kimberley Jones
What this really comes down to is the film's central lie. Made of Honor pins its hopes on a character who acts utterly without honor, and on an actor who has only two settings – sensitive or smarmy. The smarm wins.
25
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
This is a story that should have been, at the absolute most, 20 minutes long.
25
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
Don't waste your money.
12
New York Post
Kyle Smith
It's something old, it's something new, it's something borrowed and it's something that blows.
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