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 likeab...