Marry Me reviewed by Mark Kermode

Mark Kermode reviews Marry Me. When international pop sensation Kat Valdez is betrayed by her fiancé moments before their very public wedding, she decides to marry Charlie instead - a stranger standing in the crowd.
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[@PirateJacques79]

I almost walked out of that clip.

[@joancampbell7995]

😂😂😂

[@thebillryan]

That clip was buttock clinching. Vomitorium levels of awfulness.

[@Dacre1000]

I almost demanded my money back from that clip.

[@onibabapapa2659]

out of all the movies, this is the one i would have expected least to be based on a graphic novel

[@KeithFraser82]

I must have seen an advert or preview for the graphic novel containing the first couple of pages, because I was listening to the description of the premise and suddenly realized it sounded familiar.

[@swiftlymurmurs]

A webcomic, actually. A very high quality webcomic for sure, but graphic novel is a bit of a strong term. I read it in high school and I have some vague memories of it, but from the trailer they really only took the basic premise (schlubby guy holds his gay friend's "marry me" sign while she's in the bathroom, pop star promptly marries him on stage) and ran with it, instead of taking plot points from what I remember as a creative and weird story. Could be that I remember it wrong though, and the meandering style of a webcomic doesn't lend itself well to film adaptation at all

[@TheDreamerExtreme]

Mark: "it makes the plot of Moonfall make sense" Owen Wilson: *"wow"*

[@bexdavison]

can't begin to count how many times i've seen the trailer in the cinema recently. not surprised in the slightest to hear it's a load of old tosh

[@vanessaheine8093]

Jennifer Lopez is actually a pretty decent actress. The problem was she became a superstar and people stopped directing her and giving her notes. Which is why you get the same faux sweet nonsense from her every time.

[@tobyhart]

She was very good in Out of Sight but that's where it ended A string of awful films since. Very poor choices by her. There was her virtuous Pretty Woman role as a hotel maid, some wedding planning debacle, that weird thing with Affleck and of course her Jodie Foster gone bad impersonation in Enough. I had already long since had enough...of her movies.

[@andrewchapman4267]

Somehow I just knew this review would go exactly as it did

[@valsaville8877]

If only they'd cast Johnny Vegas instead of Owen Wilson.

[@russellb5573]

Trailer was ghastly! Film is ghastly! What a surprise! 😂

[@Andy15991]

J Lo doing the junkets at the moment saying how this film is life changing 🤣

[@aneskarvoy]

I liked it. It was fun and I was in a good mood as I left the cinema. Of course I knew exactly how the movie was gonna go, but that’s honestly why I watch rom-coms. It’s nice to see a lighthearted story that you know is gonna end well sometime. Not everyone is in the target audience for movies like this.

[@danieldoherty8101]

The end of this review, reminds me of my Dark knight Rises review to my friend after seeing it before him

[@Luvie1980]

Skipping this movie and moonfall. I bet the foo fighters movie and sonic the hedgehog 2 are better movies.

[@Ira__L]

Did anyone understand why Owen Wilson was stomping on her hair extensions and she just took them back to wear again later, like no problem?

[@tombutler6451]

Sounds like Mark is right about this one unlike Ghostbusters Afterlife and Sing 2!!!

[@stephenswift9868]

Try my mayonnaise!

[@xellosmetallium8519]

It's a slow start as far as the Romance goes in the film. However, realistically you wouldn't expect instant chemistry between two strangers like in Notting Hill, because that is fantasy. Real love is based on hard work like the film says. Marry me isn't brilliant, and yet it is entertaining and not a razzie either.

[@toma6068]

Wow

[@pcoldlight5631]

No there isn't, it's rubbish. Tell it like it is Mark.

[@andrewpercival1427]

It does look truly vomit inducing.

[@benjaminthomas2247]

Worse than Moonfall? lol

[@lapislazuli5035]

I wonder what Mark's career would have been like had he decided to be an Owen Wilson impressionist instead of a movie critic.

[@ShaneyBright]

Plot twist: He did! 😆

[@ennesshay5040]

Has Owen Wilson got incriminating photos of Hollywood producers by any chance ? They keep employing him for some reason. As an actor aswell !!!

[@maxjones503]

@@ennesshay5040 Just good connections I guess. Came up with Wes Anderson and his brothers. Also he could be a decent actor at a niche.

[@nyelo7217]

That pause after the clip tells you everything

[@stevenlannister184]

Mark's pauses tell as much as his words ever do. Lol

[@redlightmax]

1:42 Mark's sigh.😄

[@MrBdiddypop]

Most people say, “I’d rather be alone than with the wrong person.” This movie says, “I’d rather marry a random person in a crowd than be alone. Because being alone sucks.”

[@L_Martin]

I mean, put that way it could be a searing critique on celebrities who are addicted to their social media and rely on their fans for validation. (Sort of doesn't sound like this movie tho)

[@markusbisma5015]

Yeah but it's an escapism movie. It just need that premise for the hook.

[@imallfordabulls]

“Quite a certain charm to it. No there isn’t. It’s rubbish.” 🤣

[@DeathblowMateria]

Honestly one of the funniest endings to a review, I was in stitches

[@pureounce.9184]

Owen Wilson as Loyd Grossman, now that'd be one hell of a movie!

[@patrickfreeman8257]

We finally get movies back in the theater and this is what we get. Sigh

[@123Neilob]

“Try my mayonnaise” 🤭😳

[@Gnator8t4]

Two rants in the space of a week, we're really being spoilt at the moment!

[@johnnymizanin4835]

Looks like one of those fake movies in 30 Rock

[@KeithFraser82]

Or at the beginning of Tropic Thunder.

[@blaisetelfer8499]

It reminds me of the fake Channing Tatum / Olivia Munn rom com from Don Jon

[@fuzzmex3]

Will he get taco flavoured kisses?

[@naysaynever]

Taco taco, burrito burrito 🤣

[@KeithFraser82]

"I understood that reference!" -Captain America

[@thomasbunnell3616]

love a classic kermode rant

[@jameshunt6414]

The clip was definitely funny, I'm just not sure that was supposed to be a funny bit.

[@stephenburke682]

Sorry but why should Jennifer Lopez have got showered with awards for Hustlers? Nothing special.

[@blaisetelfer8499]

yeah it's weird to hear that even Kermode was on that ridiculous hype train. That was the year Olivia Coleman won for The Favourite; why would you expect Hustlers to win?

[@fantasiazplatkami]

J. Lo just played sexy, cunning Latina, it was kind of role greatly suited to herself, as she always does.

[@hastingsboy0413]

Can't agree on Richard Curtis films. Absolutely loathe Love Actually, Notting Hill and Four Weddings. Dreadful middle class tosh.

[@joandolliedoyle775]

Totally agree. I don’t understand the love for them. I like the odd rom com for some feel good escapism but a lot of them are just rubbish. Unfortunately the presence of JLo and Owen Wilson would automatically make me wary of what is to come.

[@hastingsboy0413]

Although not a Romcom, Another on my list would be The Full Monty. Dreadful film.

[@davidjones272]

Love actually is horrific

[@TCGTales]

Cinematic garbage! Gigli is a "masterpiece" in comparison! haha..

[@greatpoochini1]

That moment of silence after the clip was perfect. OW looked full of botox.

[@ManLikeMorrison]

Really disappointed in this. It's no secret that Rom comes have not been doing so well of late, less money in them than back in the DVD and cinema days... Disappointed in the studio allowing this terribly written, advertising strewn monstrosity to go to the cinema, and put Rom coms back another 5 years.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

4:14 Sounds like Mark is doing an impression of Vic Reeves doing an impression of Lloyd Grossman in that Vic+Bob Masterchef sketch for his Owen Wilson impression!

[@rburst]

I thought you were about to say “it makes Moonfall look like 2001”

[@leonperkin508]

I've just been to see and it and normally aggre with Mark But gotta say its alright in places and have to admit I enjoyed it for my sins

[@lh7369]

I thought this was a joke movie when I saw the trailer 😅

[@JamesDescutido]

This film wasn’t meant for you , Mark.

[@tma2001]

well one of, if not the richest woman in the world, married a chemistry teacher after being cheated on ...

[@FruitFlyKilla]

I thought when I saw the trailer on TV 'this has Golden Raspberry award written all over'.

[@owenhaskins7193]

"The plot makes MoonFall seems really well thought out!" A must see then!

[@blaisetelfer8499]

JLO: "You jump off a cliff so high you can't even see the fall." Me: 🙄🙄🤮🤮

[@fantasiazplatkami]

J.Lo just says aloud random platitudes without connection to the plot....

[@blaisetelfer8499]

@@fantasiazplatkami it has a connection. The plot is so bad, sentient audience members will want to jump off a cliff.

[@fantasiazplatkami]

@@blaisetelfer8499 it was cheesy and fake, fairytale of rich beautiful princesss and poor but honorable common man for the masses to dream of.

[@blaisetelfer8499]

@@fantasiazplatkami for real. If there's one thing I hate in film, it's depictions of relationships with zero nuance.

[@fantasiazplatkami]

@@blaisetelfer8499 yes, very basic

[@loiracitr]

Have you ever wondered what Notting hill would be if they got rid of all the meet cute and all the "I'm just a girl" that we all love about it? 😂

[@annaczgli2983]

I know I'll never, ever, ever watch this garbage when sober. But, is this a good watch when drunk/stoned? That's what I want to know! #AskingTheRealQuestions

[@bencornish6910]

Looks truly awful……. 🤮

[@nikolailucyk]

My wife loves these films/shows which are telegraphed from the beginning with no surprises. It has a market

[@frankmerker630]

That’s what the Hallmark channel is for

[@motherplayer]

I don't know what it is about most Rom-Coms. I want to try to see more, but so few of them actually balance the comedy and romance in a way that seems right. Must just be me, but the only one I've genuinely loved was a Japanese film called "The Night is Short, Walk on Girl". Only one that seems to look at young love from many angles while making it a charming night in a colorful town. Ahem, anyway, this already comes off more like a parody than an honest attempt from that clip. I mean, I want to get into the emotions of it and all and don't want to say I don't sometimes enjoy something a little more primal in romance than logical like some of the Disney Princess films, but man does that just come off as goofy.

[@1324Potato]

That movie was great in cinema

[@alansmith4748]

@@1324Potato The only one I've loved is "The Appartment"

[@motherplayer]

@@alansmith4748 Holy crap, I completely forgot about that and a dozen others like Annie Hall or Punch Drunk Love. Those were damn solid too. Thanks for reminding me.

[@alansmith4748]

@@motherplayer Hehe Thanks ok :)

[@Bakoska]

When I saw the trailer for this in theater, my first thought was Nothing hill 2, but even worst...

[@stephenkissane4268]

Is the graphic novel as bad as this turd of a film

[@eriamjr]

Sounds like Straw Dogs without the bloodshed.

[@blaisetelfer8499]

You could probably get someone who's never seen Straw Dogs to agree with you

[@johnnyboywonder]

Try my mayonnaise 😆

[@richardlambeth9513]

Kermode what are you smoking. The chemistry between the leads is what kept this film afloat. It’s not bad at all.

[@maggielarkin9314]

What have you been smoking????

[@Disney65Fan]

That's what this film reminded me of only both are Americans.

[@danielcastillo4537]

I was dragged to see this movie in my defense! I don't mind rom coms, there should be contrivances and stuff happening on cue. It's just that I don't get why they are attracted to each other. The movie never explains their motivations. And every second was a J-Lo song interspersed shamelessly throughout the film. The thing is that as much as I have misgivings about this film there is an audience for it.

[@DarkKnightwing75]

Please do a review of the utterly terrible Uncharted movie which is the first film that made me walk out of the cinema not even halfway through

[@mistybehaviours]

I’ve just seen this, I thought it was alright but it seems like a film just to promote the soundtrack and music.

[@HuplesCat]

It actually wasn’t that bad in a bland Hugh grant sort of way

[@LateCambrian]

There's a whole world of people who will think this is a good movie....lol

[@geoffreystout5814]

I saw the trailer for this recently and immediately knew it was a steaming pile of S**T!

[@Lina-lq7jm]

I got so much second-hand embarrassment watching this...

[@hartshaped]

I recommend against anyone using “try my mayonnaise” as a pick up line

[@johnbateman88]

Looked at the poster for the film and thats all I needed to know about this film…

[@chriswilkinson7636]

Going off the clip, this film is a definite one not to watch.

[@lapislazuli5035]

Hmm. It seems like a perfectly serviceable romcom to me.

[@robtatum5277]

Marry me lloyd grossman !!!!

[@bartmann81]

Cheaty Cheaty... that made my day.

[@aak26]

Try my mayonnaise 🤣

[@johnyoung7763]

Hahaha I liked it

[@gamleskalle1]

Zzzzzzzzzzz

[@Clads5]

I don't think this movie is taking itself seriously. I'll see it for Maluma

[@dirtyturps]

Seriously underrated film.

[@Richard_Jones]

I like a good romcom, this does not look like one.

[@pokejammerz]

It was surprisingly stunningly beautiful

[@katef1617]

Rom coms can be great as a bit of light hearted fluff to cheer one up, but the best ones have a certain je ne c’est quoi. A lot of the magic is down to the casting eg the Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks pairing (can’t bear Owen Wilson, flat personality and looks like an ant eater bless him) and a great script is key. RIP Nora Ephron 🌹

[@octaviomingura6087]

Big picture: we just experienced a massive pandemic. And all things considered, this film is OK. What I’m trying to say is lighten up

[@redlightmax]

Raise your standards.

[@nubianfx]

Mark Kermode is a funny, funny man. lol... and a rather good impressionist to boot. i had a good laugh!

[@lornai7171]

Rom coms make we want to gauge my eyes out with rusty spoons.I don't want to even contemplate Wilson's... err... Mayonnaise...

[@britsluver]

I want to be in a owen jen sammich. I liked the movie. They had chemistry and it had funny moments

[@FrenchCreekFilms]

Watched it on Peacock last night with my girlfriend and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Yeah, its not great, but it was sweet and funny enough. I mentioned the lack of chemistry between the two leads to my girlfriend as we were watching, then suddenly, the chemistry shows up and you really notice the change. Its not ghastly or rubbish, "its alright".

[@RS-jb1lf]

What is the issue? This is a romcom. You know exactly what you’re setting yourself up for. It’s a date night movie.

[@blabla124151515]

Rom coms don’t have to be shit movies. Why not just watch Notting Hill?

[@blaisetelfer8499]

I had a great date in which we saw Licorice Pizza. "Date night movie" doesn't have to mean a steaming pile of shit.

[@aneskarvoy]

@@blabla124151515 I have seen that movie so many times I know it be heart. Not the same as watching a new movie is it.

[@blabla124151515]

@@aneskarvoy Why would you choose to watch a remake of a classic with worse acting, a worse script, and no charm? It's like trading in your porche for a toyota corolla because both cars can get you from A to B

[@blaisetelfer8499]

@@blabla124151515 you really think Notting Hill is a classic? It was the 90's equivalent of this.

[@NickHunter]

Make it stop!