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License to Wed
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List Price: $19.98
Special Price: $14.99
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Robin Williams, Mandy Moore (II), John Krasinski, Eric Christian Olsen, Christine Taylor
Directed By: Ken Kwapis
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085391160694
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-10-30
Running Time: 91
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2007-07-03
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Editorial Reviews:
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Newly engaged, Ben Murphy (John Krasinski) and Sadie Jones (Mandy Moore) can't wait to start their life together and live happily ever after. The problem is that Sadie's family church, St. Augustine's, is run by Reverend Frank (Robin Williams), who won't bless Ben and Sadie's union until they pass his patented, "foolproof" marriage-prep course. Consisting of outrageous classes, outlandish homework assignments and some outright invasion of privacy, Reverend Frank's rigorous curriculum puts Ben and Sadie's relationship to the test. Forget happily ever after--do they even have what it takes to make it to the altar? Also available in HD format.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: This movie was a knockout...not sure why so many people didn't like it.
Comment: I rented this movie from Blockbuster yesterday and although I don't consider it my "favorite" movie, I am still giving it 5 stars because the plot was hilarious and Robin Williams (John Krasinki) and Mandy Moore (Sadie) made me laugh throughout the movie. I was at first surprised to see more than 20 1 star reviews for this movie, and how people repeatedly commented the movie was a "waste of time". For me it was 90 minutes well spent and I might actually purchase this movie and watch it with my friends.
The character of the reverend is kind of creepy of how he tries to ruin the couple's marriage, spies on the them through a wiretap planted in their apartment, and nearly kills them when making Sadie drive blindfolded (I definitely don't recommend that at home because that is a one way ticket to the afterlife!). He has some problems and needs counseling but I thought his ultimate motive to lower the divorce rate and make a successful marriage work was good. He was just should have been arrested for nearly killing the couple by having Sadie drive blindfolded!
In closing this is a very funny comedy. I recommend that you do not take it too seriously and enjoy whatever the story is trying to tell you. Because in the end it is only a movie and it is meant not to be taken so seriously. The actors Robin Williams, Mandy Moore, and Josh Flitter (as the younger student) did a great job playing out their roles. This isn't a really a family oriented movie, but it is still laugh out loud comedy. I hope a sequel to this movie comes out.
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Summary: Great Movie!
Comment: I realize a lot of people hated this movie, but come on! Movie's are meant to be enjoyed and if you want realism, try a reality show. "License to Wed" was a great movie. I have not laughed so hard in a long time. I especially enjoyed the robot babies in the department store changing room scene. I watched it over and over again, because of it's slaptstick qualities. Granted the robot babies did look a little creepy, but it just added to the laughs.
Robin Williams is a great actor and his one liners are hard to beat. Maybe his role was a little far-fetched, especially all the spy parts. But he did it with a certain elegance that made me laugh and want to see the movie again and again.
There is probably no movie ever made that has 100% realism. If there was, it would be boring and there would always be few people that would think it is unrealistic.
So instead of looking at "License to Wed" as a monumentally unrealistic movie, see it as a rollercoaster ride of laughs and what it is like to learn to get along.
I am looking forward to purchasing this movie after renting it from NetFlix, because in this world with all of it's negativity, it is great to laugh and find something to pick me up when I need it most.
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Summary: Robin Williams - Good, Movie - Just OK
Comment: Reverend Frank (played by Robin Williams) holds this movie together with a portrayal of a psycho reverend that puts couple, Sadie and Ben (played by Mandy Moore and John Krasinski) through a couples workshop before the big day (aka wedding). He puts them through some grueling and insane things such as bugging their apartment, staging fights, no sex till the wedding, taking care of a set of fake babies, etc.
The movie has its laughs and the acting isn't half bad (although to be honest without Robin Williams you wouldn't have much of a movie). I give it a three because although it was cute and I got through it, I was bored. Some parts of the movie follow along the similar lines of all the other wedding movies. There are some funny parts where I found myself chuckling (when Reverend Frank really goes overboard) but then again, the ending is pretty predictable.
My suggestion would be to make it a rental, or an on clearance purchase. Unless of course if you don't like Robin Williams, then I wouldn't see it at all, because the rest of the movie won't keep you interested long enough to get through it.
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Summary: average at best
Comment: License to Wed isn't one of Robin William's finest moments, but he was easily the highlight of the film. While he had some funny lines, the main storyline of the movie is about two young people in love who have to go through some rather silly steps in order for Robin to agree the couple are ready to marry.
If you were to take out Robin Williams from the movie, you'd be left with one unmemorable storyline. The actor and actress who played the man and woman in love were good enough in their role, but weren't really funny or interesting when the story focused on them. It always had to be Robin Williams on screen to keep things above average.
In fact, the final 20 minutes of film were really average and looked like any other romantic comedy out there. About as predictable as you'd expect a storyline to be. A very average conclusion.
The one thing about the movie I DID like was when the young couple were foolish enough to believe they'd never get in a fight with each other *ever*, and Robin had to show them that EVERY couple gets involved in an argument from time to time. I liked that part.
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Summary: Some license...
Comment: I rented this movie recently, but was dismayed by what Robin Williams has come down to. I mean, I've seen what I would call some of his best works till date - Good Will Hunting, Insomnia, Bicentennial Man... why, even Mork & Mindy, and I was terribly surprised by what he's been made to do nowadays.
After the smash crash "RV", one would have thought he would do better. Well, he perhaps does.
The story revolves around a couple who decide to enroll in a pre-nuptial course run by a Minister, who guarantees that it will make them ready for married life. Little do they know that by going through this, they might possibly end up with no married life at all.
I mean, seriously, some of that stuff is outright crazy and stretched. Like that sequence about "learning to fight fair - especially when you've never had a fight before", or "driving blind-folded"... the intro / breaking the ice routine is typical Robin Williams stuff, and was actually reasonable. However, most everything else is not.
See this movie only if you are a die-hard Williams fan. Under no other circumstances. No other performer does anything worth writing home about.
2 out of 5 - only because of RW.
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