License to Wed

I've seen this movie before. It was called "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" and fill in the blank with the title of another stupid romantic comedy. \nBut for those of you who missed it, here is the idea: Ben Murphy (John Krasinski) and Sadie Jones (Mandy Moore) decide to tie the knot, but before they can say "I do," Reverend Frank (Robin Williams) puts them through his marriage prep course. The rest of the plot follows the basics for all romantic comedies: fall in love, have a fight, separate with sad music, realize they love each other after all, make up, roll the credits.\nBut what set this particular romantic comedy slightly above the rest were Williams and his youthful sidekick, played by Josh Flitter. Williams comes up with some really twisted ideas on how to make Sadie and Ben realize their eternal love, and the audience gets some cheap laughs from the process. Also, Flitter adds some much-needed swagger to every one of his waddling steps. And his lines are pretty amusing, too.\nBut for every good, funny scene, there are two more useless, not-funny scenes. \nMoreover, one missing aspect of this movie was its development of Sadie's rich yet bizarre family. Sadie's divorced sister Lindsey (Christine Taylor) had the potential to be a comedic character but, despite Taylor's attempt to salvage a useless role, was left with minimal lines and no laughs. \nThis movie's comedy is a little better for the norm in its genre, but not enough to save the movie.\nI wouldn't recommend seeing this movie if you pee standing up. But if you want to see it and miss your opportunity, don't worry. I saw previews for about five more movies coming out that have the same plot, so just see one of those.