Marry Me is also an excellent movie to watch while wearing MTV pajama bottoms eating a vulgarly large bag of chocolate kisses with your pillow sweetie or a real live sweetie. There is also the com part of the equation, which screenwriters John Rogers, Tami Sagher, and Harper Dill kill. There are several laugh-out-loud moments. Silverman’s line about cameras making a dog nervous is so devastating I wonder if she ad-libbed it. The comedian/actor is an enormous asset as comedic support. She is the Flavor Flav of the picture, hyping the laughs to the next level. There is also some crazy clever satire on the pop industry, a la Josie and the Pussycats. The latex nun dancers with Lopez’s nude bodysuit with stained glass naughty bit paneling during “Church” is brilliant.
While many rom-coms hinge on the anticipation of that first kiss, certain elements are cemented in because our leads got hitched right away. Wilson delivers his trademark aura of a human golden retriever and never pushes the obvious too hard. Lopez does an excellent job as well. But the audience rides the tension of each tick during the countdown to kiss. This does mean the stakes remain pretty low, as both characters’ lives will still go on pretty much as before if things don’t work out. Kat will keep singing, and Charlie will keep teaching.
“It is great to see Lopez and Wilson together…”
Maluma misses his opportunity to go full-blown villain, instead portraying Bastian as playfully flawed. Having him be more ruthless would have increased the audience’s feelings about whether Kat ends up with him or not. We also never have any inkling about why Charlie’s first marriage failed, which could have introduced an element that could potentially upset the new dynamic. The film leaves a lot of plot toys left unused in the box. The race to the climax is not a nail-biter.
In the end, Marry Me is funny and worth watching. It is great to see Lopez and Wilson together here as they both broke big at the same time with their unlikely 1990s blockbuster Anaconda. Thank you, Jennifer Lopez, for not being more of the same. Thank you for showing there can be more than just one type of woman out there. You did a great job in a funny movie. It just so happens the movie’s wedding dress bridal train drags some.
"…watch while wearing MTV pajama bottoms with a vulgarly large bag of chocolate kisses..."
