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Made of Honor (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 91 Fresh: 11  Rotten:80 Average Rating: 3.9/10
 
Consensus: A forgettable, formulaic chick flick. Sharp performances by Patrick Dempsey and Michelle Monaghan can't save this forgettable, formulaic chick flick from its comic failings. more
 
Rated: 12A
Theatrical Release: 02-05-2008
Synopsis:
For Tom (Patrick Dempsey), life is good: he’s sexy, successful, has great luck with the ladies, and knows he can always rely on Hannah (Michelle Monaghan), his delightful best friend and the one constant in his life. It’s the perfect setup until Hannah goes overseas to Scotland on a six-week... [More]
For Tom (Patrick Dempsey), life is good: he’s sexy, successful, has great luck with the ladies, and knows he can always rely on Hannah (Michelle Monaghan), his delightful best friend and the one constant in his life. It’s the perfect setup until Hannah goes overseas to Scotland on a six-week business trip… and Tom is stunned to realize how empty his life is without her. He resolves that when she gets back, he’ll ask Hannah to marry him – but is floored when he learns that she has become engaged to a handsome and wealthy Scotsman and plans to move overseas. When Hannah asks Tom to be her “maid” of honor, he reluctantly agrees to fill the role… but only so he can attempt to woo Hannah and stop the wedding before it’s too late. --© Sony Pictures [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Sydney Pollack, Chris Messina, Busy Philipps

Director: Paul Weiland
Screenwriter: Adam Sztykiel, Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont
Story: Adam Sztykiel
Producer: Neal H. Moritz
Composer: Rupert Gregson-Williams

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05/06/08 03:16 AM
BBC
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Made of Honour, as well as flaunting one of the most useless titular puns in the history of cinema, is rubbish.

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05/02/08 05:19 AM
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph
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This is an enjoyable romcom enlivened by strong performances from Dempsey and Monaghan.

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05/01/08 03:15 AM
Matthew Turner
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While it's slickly made and just about charming enough to keep us engaged, there's not much that's fresh or new in this formulaic rom-com.

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05/01/08 03:15 AM
Rich Cline
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A strong opening, bursting with wit and vigour, gives way to a predictable, patronising and immensely lazy second half. Could have been so much more.

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04/29/08 10:12 AM
Anna Smith
Empire Magazine
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I felt like I was watching a fairy tale or something. It just didn't seem realistic at all.

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05/17/08 11:13 AM
Kevin McCarthy
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I hate Patrick Dempsey!!!

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05/12/08 12:31 PM
Bob Grimm
Tucson Weekly
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The film just revels in gay jokes and marriage clichés. There's no actual awkwardness to Tom doing a traditionally female job, so they just call him gay over and over and over.

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05/09/08 11:11 AM
Fred Topel
Can Magazine
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Made of Honor is like a paint-by-the numbers exercise in filmmaking, sealed with a misogynistic lacquer.

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05/07/08 09:48 PM
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Christianity Today
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Comic desperation can be seen at alarmingly frequent intervals.

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05/07/08 09:05 AM
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing
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The fact that this is not in any way original isn't really much of a problem. The fact that it's completely awful is.

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05/05/08 07:51 PM
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
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I know Julia Roberts, and you, Patrick Dempsey, are no Julia Roberts

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05/05/08 07:36 PM
Jackie K. Cooper
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...makes little effort to be believable...

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05/05/08 05:24 PM
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
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[A] very very very tired and familiar love story.

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05/05/08 09:55 AM
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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For those who find 'My Best Friend's Wedding' too mentally taxing.

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05/04/08 08:54 PM
Dan Lybarger
eFilmCritic.com
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Best friend takes his first wife.

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05/04/08 11:43 AM
Victoria Alexander
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That we're now in such a safe sex cautionary era aside, turning a horny lecherous guy into Prince Charming is a tad more problematic than, say, transforming that mythic frog. A womanizer's guide to marital bliss.

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05/03/08 12:06 PM
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze
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Despite its predictability, the feature has enough satire and comedy to be entertaining.

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05/03/08 12:06 PM
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve
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I admit the need for a frequent romantic-comedy fix, but 'Made of Honor' left me totally unsatisfied.

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05/03/08 11:54 AM
Betty Jo Tucker
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Made of Honor takes zero liberties with the rom-com formula, but the delightful Michelle Monaghan makes walking down this aisle a treat.

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05/03/08 08:08 AM
Christian Toto
Washington Times
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