The Wedding Ringer (2015)

The Wedding Ringer (2015)

Two weeks shy of his wedding, a socially awkward guy enters into a charade by hiring the owner of a company that provides best men for grooms in need. Doug Harris (Josh Gad) is a loveable but socially awkward groom-to-be with a problem: he has no best man. With less than two weeks to go until he marries the girl of his dreams (Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting), Doug is referred to Jimmy Callahan (Kevin Hart), owner and CEO of Best Man, Inc., a company that provides flattering best men for socially challenged guys in need. What ensues is a hilarious wedding charade as they try to pull off the big con, and an unexpected budding bromance between Doug and his fake best man Jimmy. (c) Sony

Rating: R (for crude and sexual content, language throughout, some drug use andf brief graphic nudity)

Genre: Comedy

Directed By: Jeremy Garelick

Written By: Jay Lavender, Jeremy Garelick

In Theaters: Jan 16, 2015 Wide

On Disc/Streaming: Apr 28, 2015

Runtime: 101 minutes

Studio: Sony Screen Gems

The plot's old, the title's borrowed and the jokes are blue - but there's nothing remotely new in this wearying bromantic comedy. Screenwriters Jeremy Garelick and Jay Lavender don't even try to make the premise seem plausible; rather, they use it as a springboard for screwball complications and verbal humor. The Wedding Ringer isn't innovative, but ultimately it's a crowd-pleasing movie. It's a pleasant experience, if not a revelatory one, and the chance to see a part of the world we'd otherwise never know. An unapologetically silly movie that manages to hit the right notes, this free-wheeling comedy makes up for its corny premise with sharp writing and acting.. It's a mix of silly, crass, wild and predictable, but one thing is for sure, Garelick's debut feature is hare-brain funny. What saves the film are its two leads, who aren't afraid to show their sensitive sides -- along with other parts of themselves. A mostly disposable, occasionally quite funny bromance distinguished at times by its earnestness.

It's a pleasant experience, if not a revelatory one, and the chance to see a part of the world we'd otherwise never know. I find the movie entertaining, all the characters were funny and it does provide many laughs. I give the movie 4/5.