Audience Rated by buyers PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Type of bind: Video Download
Release Date: August 28, 2008
Running Time: 92 minutes
Sale Popularity Level: 4928
Studio: Warner Bros.
Theatrical Release Date: July 03, 2007
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Reverend Frank (played by Robin Williams) holds this movie together with a portrayal of a psycho reverend that puts couple, Sadie and Ben (played by Mandy Moore and John Krasinski) through a couples workshop before the big day (aka wedding). He puts them through some grueling and insane things such as bugging their apartment, staging fights, no sex till the wedding, taking care of a set of fake babies, etc.
The movie has its laughs and the acting isn't half bad (although to be honest without Robin Williams you wouldn't have much of a movie). I give it a three because although it was cute and I got through it, I was bored. Some parts of the movie follow along the similar lines of all the other wedding movies. There are some funny parts where I found myself chuckling (when Reverend Frank really goes overboard) but then again, the ending is pretty predictable.
My suggestion would be to make it a rental, or an on clearance purchase. Unless of course if you don't like Robin Williams, then I wouldn't see it at all, because the rest of the movie won't keep you interested long enough to get through it.
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License to Wed isn't one of Robin William's finest moments, but he was easily the highlight of the film. While he had some funny lines, the main storyline of the movie is about two young people in love who have to go through some rather silly steps in order for Robin to agree the couple are ready to marry.
If you were to take out Robin Williams from the movie, you'd be left with one unmemorable storyline. The actor and actress who played the man and woman in love were good enough in their role, but weren't really funny or interesting when the story focused on them. It always had to be Robin Williams on screen to keep things above average.
In fact, the final 20 minutes of film were really average and looked like any other romantic comedy out there. About as predictable as you'd expect a storyline to be. A very average conclusion.
The one thing about the movie I DID like was when the young couple were foolish enough to believe they'd never get in a fight with each other *ever*, and Robin had to show them that EVERY couple gets involved in an argument from time to time. I liked that part.
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I rented this movie recently, but was dismayed by what Robin Williams has come down to. I mean, I've seen what I would call some of his best works till date - Good Will Hunting, Insomnia, Bicentennial Man... why, even Mork & Mindy, and I was terribly surprised by what he's been made to do nowadays.
After the smash crash "RV", one would have thought he would do better. Well, he perhaps does.
The story revolves around a couple who decide to enroll in a pre-nuptial course run by a Minister, who guarantees that it will make them ready for married life. Little do they know that by going through this, they might possibly end up with no married life at all.
I mean, seriously, some of that stuff is outright crazy and stretched. Like that sequence about "learning to fight fair - especially when you've never had a fight before", or "driving blind-folded"... the intro / breaking the ice routine is typical Robin Williams stuff, and was actually reasonable. However, most everything else is not.
See this movie only if you are a die-hard Williams fan. Under no other circumstances. No other performer does anything worth writing home about.
2 out of 5 - only because of RW.
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Not even Robin Williams could save this movie. And normally I like him. What's wrong about this movie? Mandy Moore is just there to look pretty (sorry but she is), the male lead is just a pain, there's annoying priest-to-be, and Robin Williams seems to be sleep walking through the role.
Of course when you're a couple you have all the firsts: very first time you set eyes on each other, very first date, very first kiss, very first time you go to bed together, then there's the whole moving in process, the engagement, the marriage, the baby. Not necessarily in that order. But in order to lower the divorce rate, Reverend Frank tries to make couples fall out before the wedding, therefore negating the purpose of the wedding. He tries his hardest with one couple, who seemingly have never had an argument (do they ever talk?) to realise that they shouldn't get married. (What's wrong with living in sin? Buy rings but the rest is just a piece of paper.)
Really, Licence to Wed is not worth seeing. It's instantly forgettable, with characters sleep walking through their roles, and this certainly isn't Mandy Moore's or Robin Williams' best movies.
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License to wed is an often fall down funny film that delivers an experience few romantic comedies can. There are some of the best gags ever in any comedy let alone a romantic one, and Robin Williams is at his best as reverend Frank, a minister hell bent on ensuring that those who enter into matrimony are truly made for each other. I wont bother to go over the many factors that our young couple must deal with, that's best for you to experience by watching the movie. I will give you the negatives however. A scene of "healing" was gratuitous, poorly placed and unnecessary except for Williams to over hype a parody heavy televangelist joke leftover from his stand up act. The creepy robotic baby twins were over used and lost their ability to be amusing long before the diaper changing gag. The finale was too quickly delivered and allowed for little preparation. The choir boy sidekick was unnecessary and annoying. The shortcomings aside, License To wed is a terrific fun romp through the elements that make a relationship work or not work. 3.75 stars
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