Review of The Big Wedding (2013) by Nicki M — 11 May 2013

Pretty lame. Good cast is pretty much wasted. Katherine Heigl is quite brittle and you can guess her little secret early on. Amanda Seyfried is underused. Diane Keaton is virtually the same mother character she always plays. I hated Robert DeNiro's character - was a sleazy old creep. Susan Sarandan, not at her most likeable either.

I also didn't like the stone-faced biological mother - very cliched until the very end.

Plot is wafer thin. Can't even be bothered repeating it, and it seemed most of the "adult" cast were, or had been, involved in some shocking sexual thing. The younger cast are pretty tame by comparison. The bit with the "moms" at the end was a step too far for disbelief.

The whole thing had me rolling my eyes, and Robin Williams as some marriage advising vicar thing again - didn't he already play that role in that godawful Mandy Moore movie from a few years back? It's not much better here.

There are a few tame laughs, and it is good to see Topher Grace onscreen, but most of these actors have made far better movies in this genre. 27 dresses, Because I said so, Win a date with Tad Hamilton, Mean girls. Rent one of those instead!