Mother of the Bride | Film Review

When her daughter announces her engagement, Lana (Brooke Shields) is shocked to discover that the groom's father is the ex who broke her heart (Benjamin Bratt).

I was looking forward to seeing this one! It looked fun and cute, and it had some great actors, so at the very least I thought it would be somewhat enjoyable.

Thankfully, this was what I thought it was going to be - and what I wanted!

I loved that it got straight into the story without feeling the need to set too much up. We learnt about the characters' relationships as we went along and that was really beneficial in terms of allowing the audience to build their own relationships with the characters.

While the idea was quite far-fetched, it was still enjoyable.

The characters themselves are interesting and well written, but unfortunately none of them (whether romantic or otherwise) have any real chemistry. Which again adds to the film feeling far-fetched.

And in addition to that, the parents are the only actually likeable characters.

Not to mention there were a couple of characters that didn't need to be there at all, including the character played by Chad Michael Murray. What was his purpose?

But in saying that, there were still some really sweet moments, and a cute ending.

It's reminiscent of the film 'Ticket to Paradise', but not as funny, with much less chemistry.

Overall, this was a fun, light, easy watch. I definitely had some problems with it, but it was still an enjoyable watch.

6/10