License To Wed Reviews

[Highly rated reviewer]

Nutty nuptuals guarantee you a laugh...

I have watched a few of Robin Williams more recent releases and been less than impressed, forget them, Robin is back to his best in this very funny, often hilarious, skit about the vagaries of modern proposals, the inlaws and the ceremony. An excellent marriage of laughter and romance in perfect measure. It definately hit the spot for me, a great light funny watch that I definately recommend.

Very good

Good story, well scripted and well acted. Robin Williams is superb as usual.

overrated and annoying

HUGELY DISSAPOINTED! this film is annoying, in the way 'anger management' is annoying. so if you like anger management you'll like it. Its irrating and i SO wanted to like it too. Crap, overrated, over acted, annoying, irrating, made me angry

[Highly rated reviewer]

Meet The Parents... Only Meet The Rev!!

This is the best way I can describe this film... It's Meet The Parents only its 'Meet The Reverand'

It is brilliant and hilarious and Robin Williams is great as usual.

I wasn't sure about it at first but once you get into it it's really good and funny and it has a really lovely ending.

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Why?

This is a fairly average and occasionally amusing film, but I would like to comment on one particular scene.

All through the film the intention is to show that Robin Williams' reverand character is a bit off the wall, but essentially has the best interests of the couple at heart. However, one scene to me is very irresponsible. This is where he gets Mandy Moore to drive blindfold while her fiancee instructs her which way to go. Ok, this is a comedy and it is out for cheap laughs, but I found this to be distasteful. Those who have had a relative injured through careless driving would be incensed by the sheer stupidity of the scene. And you can hardly say that Robin Williams' character had the couple's best interests at heart! He could have killed them or ended up in prison.

Very Funny

Enjoyed it as thought it was a good laugh if you need a good cheering up! :D

funny

good, funny cringey, but i still think that robin williams could have been alot more funnier, mandy moore excellent as usual

[Highly rated reviewer]

A Real comedy treat

I don’t believe anyone on this planet has the ability to choose a movie for me or you for that matter. We all have different tastes in everything we do, although they are similar they are not the same. Most films you see have a basic synopsis so from there look at the 2 points and make your own decision whether or not you want to watch something. Don’t listen to others , rather make up your own mind.

Here are a couple of tips that have served me well for many years. The choice is yours, whether or not you use them is solely up to you. I am defiantly not going to say you must or must not watch this film. The rating I have given is what I personally think of the film.

1. WHO RELEASED IT? First you need to see which company released the film, like Universal, Lighthouse, Malpaso, Fox, Columbia, Lionsgate and so on. The List is long. Most of the well known companies release fairly decent stuff as they have a budget to do so and can afford the big name actors/actresses. Sure they can make stinkers but the majority are ok. You will come across names never before or seldom herd of which is when you go to the next point.

2. WHO ARE THE MAIN ACTOR/ACTRESSES? Most well known’s make pretty decent films when linked with major companies not forgetting that they are also prone to a stinker every so often but same as the company the majority are good. You might be fooled into a crap film because sometimes they have a well-known in the film and use them to sell it, but on viewing it that well-known is only in it for 2 minuets and is dead or gone leaving you with a cast of unknowns. Sure they can be good films but the majority is reversed with mostly stinkers and a few good ones. Saying this you will also get well-known going it alone or lesser smaller companies but because they good actors and you like them for that reason the film would be well worth it.

Remember this ‘’One mans poison is another mans cake’’

‘’To one a mind quit empty is more use than one to full’’

license to wed

good comedy robin williams brill as ever. will make you laugh out loud at the rules the couple have to abide so they can marry at the church of their choice. just as you think things have fallen apart out pops the happy ending.

Not a Licence to Laugh - could have been SO MUCH better !

Not bad entertainment value, not good, but, save for a few lapses there is much to raise a smile or two if you are a Robin Williams fan; but if not, could be a little too silly. The pace is good, with those few pauses, and the theme, whilst predictable, has some, but too few, interesting moments of true pre-marital reflection. Robin Williams, as the ‘man in the dog collar’, is as unbelievable as ever; the lead couple fairly average and down-to-earth; and the bride-to-be’s family as dysfunctional as are all of ours. The ‘cocktail’ of characters (pale in comparison to Williams - is that deliberate?) needed more direction and exaggeration; the plot yearned for more ‘outlandishness’ and thus failed to deliver any conviction, being neither believable nor truly funny in its attempt at comic farce. Would I watch it again - NO; but you may wish to, the first time, if you are a William’s fan (sorry to repeat that) - if not, you may wish to avoid - there are better.