The
Wedding Ringer (2015/Sony DVD)
Picture:
B+ Sound: B Extras: B Film: A-
Doug
(Josh Gad) is a socially awkward groom to be who needs to find a best
man (and groomsmen) for his wedding, but he really doesn't really
have any friends ....so he does the next best thing, he hires one.
With less than two weeks before the wedding, Doug hires Jimmy (Kevin
Hart) to be his best friend 'Bic' and they have to convince the bride
and her family that he is the 'real' deal and Doug's long time best
friend. When plans go out the window they have to pull off the
world's greatest con job and go on the bromance trip of a life time.
In
Jeremy Garelick's The Wedding Ringer (2015), Doug needs that
best man and Jimmy runs the Best Man Inc., a company that provides
the most charming best men money can buy. As Doug, Jimmy and the
boys get to know each other they must pull off the 'Golden Tux' where
ALL the groomsmen are fakes/social outcasts and who must look and
behave like gentlemen (and knows how to perform a party trick
distraction). But they have one golden rule; don't ever become real
friends. As Doug learn what how to make friends, Jimmy may actually
learn what it means to be a friend.
This
was hilarious movie, about marriage, how crazy a wedding can be, how
even more crazy men can be and what it means to be someone's best
friend/best man. There were times that seems things couldn't get any
crazier ...but it does. But through it all it was funny, heart
warming and leave you laughing. Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Dan Gill,
Jorge Garcia, Affion Crockett, Olivia Thurby, Mimi Rogers, Cloris
Leachman, Jenifer Lewis, Ken Howard, Josh Peck and Neal Israel also
star.
The
anamorphically enhanced 2.35 X 1 image looks so good, you'll wonder
where the Blu-ray version is, while the lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 mix
is solid throughout. Extras include Going to the Chapel of Love
featurette, a full length audio commentary with director and Josh Gad
and trailers.
-
Ricky Chiang
