Made of Honor

With today being Mother's Day, when it came to deciding to pick a movie tonight to watch it was only obvious that a "chick flick" would be the chosen movie. Since Kellianne got this from Dax and myself for Mother's Day this became the decided upon movie. Made of Honor is a solid romantic comedy that while it is very typical in that it is Boy is a friend with a girl. Boy realizes he is in love with said girl only to find out she is in love with someone else. Boy sets down plan to win her back.  Of course they add the twist of him being asked to be her "maid of honor."

While it is a formulaic story, what works, and so long as it does, this type of movies will forever be made, is the chemistry between the leads. There is no denying that Dempsey and Monaghan look great on screen together as a couple, and it is amazing that you find yourself rooting for these two to get past there stupid character flaws and realize that after there 10 year friendship they were made for each other. It is amazing that even though Dempsey playing a playboy named Tom, who initially comes off as an arrogant, self centered guy, you can't help but immediately start rooting for him once Hannah's (Monaghan) fiance comes into the picture.

With a film like this the acting is very simple and does not require stellar acting performances from anyone as the chemistry between the leads and the interaction they produce with the supporting characters. For the most part "Made of Honor" is by the numbers romantic comedy. It does manage a touching turn, because we really want to know why Hannah ends up choosing Colin. It is transparent to us that Colin is the perfect guy, but he is not the perfect guy for Hannah. Fortunately, Dempsey and Monaghan's charm and chemistry for the most part wins over "Maid of Honor". Sydney Pollack provides welcome comic relief and staid fatherly advice.

This ends up being a very popcorn movie that allows you to just sit back and relax and you do not need to use much brainpower to know what is happening in the plot and what will happen in the climax. I am giving this three buckets of popcorn out of five. Well worth renting if you have not yet seen and make sure to look to add this to your collection if you are looking for a good movie present for your wife, mother or even girlfriend.

-The Movie Man-