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License To Wed (2007)

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Reviews Counted:121

Fresh:9

Rotten:112

Average Rating:3.1/10

Consensus: Featuring one of Robin Williams' most shtick-heavy performances, the broad and formulaic License to Wed wrings little out of its slightly creepy, unappealing premise.

Rated: 12A [See Full Rating] for sexual humor and language.

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:10-08-2007

Synopsis: An all-star cast inhabits this romantic comedy about a couple who must endure a humiliating obstacle course of a marriage-training program in order to gain permission to wed from their church's... An all-star cast inhabits this romantic comedy about a couple who must endure a humiliating obstacle course of a marriage-training program in order to gain permission to wed from their church's over-the-top reverend (Robin Williams). Hilarity follows as the lovebirds (Mandy Moore and THE OFFICE'S John Krasinksi) put their devotion to the test. From the moment they met in a Starbucks line, the couple was prone to cute mishaps and clumsiness, but they also displayed amazing chemistry. Then Reverend Frank and his creepy child assistant intervene, putting Sadie and Ben through a torturous process which involves couples counseling, bedroom surveillance, and a very funny sequence in which the couple must take care of two robotic fake babies while shopping for their registry at Macy's. While Krasinski's average-guy expressions are fun to watch, his persona on the big screen isn't too much of a stretch from his role in the television sitcom. And Moore's typical likability becomes irritatingly upbeat in several scenes. Packed with OFFICE cameos, LICENSE TO WED promises laughs up until the end, where it veers towards the trappings of an archetypal romantic comedy. [More]

Starring: John Krasinski, Robin Williams, Mandy Moore, Christine Taylor

Starring: John Krasinski, Robin Williams, Mandy Moore, Christine Taylor, De Ray Davis, Eric Christian Olsen

Director: Ken Kwapis

Director: Ken Kwapis
Screenwriter: Kim Barker, Tim Rasmussen, Vince DiMeglio
Producer: Arnold Messer, Mike Medavoy
Composer: Christophe Beck
Studio: Warner Bros.

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Too dependent on Williams to fill in the humorless gaps here, and the humor itself just isn't funny in the first place.

Full Review Source: Mark Reviews Movies | comment Comment
07/08/07
Mark Dujsik
Mark Dujsik
Mark Reviews Movies

Sadie (Mandy Moore) and Ben (John Krasinski) are getting married (because they met at the start of the movie.)

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
07/08/07
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Looks like Robin Williams has replaced Cuba Gooding, Jr. as the kiss of death on the set of any comedy.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
07/08/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
NewsBlaze

Forget blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, wasting our time with License to Wed is the one unpardonable sin.

comment Comment
07/08/07
Martin Scribbs
Martin Scribbs
Low IQ Canadian

The movie's premise isn't a story. It's a stand-up comedy joke...

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
07/07/07
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

"License to Wed" is so awful that if I had to choose between sitting through it or "RV" again, I would actually have to sit and think about it for a while

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/07/07
Peter Sobczynski
Peter Sobczynski
eFilmCritic.com

This is both a Robin Williams movie and a Mandy Moore movie. There's really no saving that.

Full Review Source: Can Magazine | comment Comment
07/06/07
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
Can Magazine

License to Wed might have been a cutting comedy; instead it's a mild embarrassment for all concerned.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
07/06/07
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

If for any reason your wife or girlfriend - or both - try to drag you to this thing, break up with them instead. It would be less painful.

Full Review Source: Maxim | comment Comment
07/06/07
Pete Hammond
Pete Hammond
Maxim

Despite its fuzzy, getting-to-know-you message, the movie itself offers zero motivation for any of its protagonists.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
07/06/07
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Salon.com

Krasinski and Moore are an adorable couple, but marriage material they aren't, especially since they're given a mere ten minutes to form a full-fledged relationship before Williams breathlessly barges into the picture.

Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | comment Comment
07/06/07
Stephen Saito
Stephen Saito
Premiere Magazine

Like some weddings, License to Wed is a long sit and a bland buffet.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
07/06/07
Moira MacDonald
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

This assaultively unappealing 'romantic comedy' could well mark the opening salvo in a whole new Hollywood campaign against movie piracy. Anybody who'd steal this dud would stink just from carrying it around.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
07/06/07
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star

You have to go back to the worst Hanna-Barbera cartoons to find gag material this excruciatingly contrived.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
07/06/07
David Elliott
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune

I hereby pronounce you a flop.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment 1 Comment
07/06/07
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
New York Post

Want to enjoy License to Wed? Go in expecting to have your eyes gouged out. I promise you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
07/06/07
Kevin Williamson
Kevin Williamson
Jam! Movies

Any movie with this many eye-rolling moments should have its comedic license revoked.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
07/06/07
Alex Markerson
Alex Markerson
E! Online

A misguided, not to mention mean-spirited, premise for a story.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
07/06/07
Josh Rosenblatt
Josh Rosenblatt
Austin Chronicle

Williams is the worst offender. Even he finally seems to be tired of his own act.

Full Review Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram | comment Comment
07/06/07
Scott Von Doviak
Scott Von Doviak
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Williams doing his bad boy standup comic cleric routine with relish, can be counted as performing an act of salvation on a movie desperately in need of such not quite divine intervention.

Full Review Source: Long Island Press | comment Comment
07/06/07
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
Long Island Press
 
 
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