The Gist
Marcus (Lance Gross) and Lucia (America Ferrera) want to get married. The problem is, neither of the parents know that they’ve been dating. But, they know they’ll have to tell their parents eventually, so they set a date and hope everything goes smoothly. The day after Marcus and Lucia decide to tell their parents, their fathers unexpectedly meet each other. Brad, Marcus’ single father, leaves his car in a no-parking zone. Miguel, Lucia’s father, is the one whose job is to tow it. Brad manages to get back to his car in time to see that Miguel is about to tow it away. And they get into a fight about whether or not Brad’s car should be towed. The next day the two families – Marcus’ and Lucia’s – get invited to dinner so they can learn the good news of the engagement. The two families get to the restaurant and quickly realize that the only thing they have in common is that they don’t want Lucia and Marcus to get married. Lucia and Marcus have to fight to get their families to accept each other.
What We Think
What We Think
Reviewed by Dream Catcher
Run Time: 90 Minutes
Rating: PG-13
This was a thoroughly boring movie. It was supposed to be some type of mutated romance-comedy. It was most certainly not that. Firstly, there was hardly a plot. At all. They decide to get married and their families hate each other. Wow, haven’t heard that a million times already. So basically, the plot was crap. It started off okay – maybe – and just got worse and worse as it went along. By the end, maybe the last ten minutes, I was deathly bored. I was looking around the room for something else that might entertain me. Sadly there was nothing and I had to wait it out. Okay. Secondly, the characters weren’t really all that likeable. Both fathers – Miguel and Brad: huge “comedic” parts in the movie – annoyed me. They were terrible. Brad was this total player who didn’t understand the meaning of the word “love” and therefore couldn’t understand why his son was going to get married. In my opinion, Brad is the definition of the phrase “get a life”. I felt no sympathy for him even though, at times, I was supposed to. Miguel on the other hand was married. But he all but ignores his wife and daughters so he can work in the car shop he loves so much. I found his character ridiculous. Like with Brad, I couldn’t work up the feelings of sympathy I was supposed to feel for him. Together, Brad and Miguel have two things in common. Their lack of enthusiasm at the news their kids are engaged, and they’re both racist. Really racist. It’s sad and I didn’t enjoy watching them together at all. The only thing I have to say about Marcus is that he has to GET A CLUE because he’s so oblivious and annoying. Lucia also got on my nerves a bit. She would never stick up for her fiance when her family made fun of him (which happened quite a lot). And her spinelessness in her family’s presence really irked me. So for characters, they kind of failed. As for the script…I dunno what to make of it. The script makes the characters who they are, so I guess that if I didn’t like the majority of the characters then I really didn’t like the script so much. The one good thing I have to say about this movie was that the acting wasn’t terrible. It was actually pretty good, for what the actors were given to work with. Overall, I wouldn’t recommend anyone see. It was mostly just boring and a waste of movie. Who knows, maybe if I hadn’t watched that movie I could have used my time more wisely. Like…I could have watched the most amazing movie ever created…or something like that. Anyway, I don’t think it was worth my time, but I managed to get through it and write this review…so it wasn’t the worst movie I’ve ever seen (by far!). I guess it was just kind of there.
Real Teen Rating~ C- : I’d much rather read a book.
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