Okay, I'm giving it a solid 7 out of 10, since I missed a few spots in between. It could be an 8 or a 9, if those are as good as the rest of what I saw.
There are a million things going against this movie: Tyra Banks, the fact that your main character is played by French Stewart, or just that it was being played on the TVGuide Network above the listings (that's one way to make letterboxing look more natural!).
Without giving too much away, Stewart and a marriage-obsessed Wilson fall in love, move too fast, and then when the ring doesn't come, things get ugly in a comical way. Someone likened this to "War of the Roses", but that movie was much darker, and was not nearly as playful. Plus, French Stewart really has some fantastic lines in this film; I frankly didn't think he had this in him. Both play their parts over-the-top, and that's what makes it work. Bill Bellamy is pretty solid as the best-friend, and Tyra Banks does her best "Robin Givens" in looking like a complete control-freak golddigger.
I'd like to see the "unedited" version, to catch more of the angry commentary between the two combatants. And the good news is, it has an unbelievably happy ending.
I'm not saying this ranks up there with a truly great film, but it's better than 90% of what's out there (that you probably didn't already see in the theatre). I'd recommend you see this, but it's definitely NOT a date film. Unless you want to break up, that is....
There are a million things going against this movie: Tyra Banks, the fact that your main character is played by French Stewart, or just that it was being played on the TVGuide Network above the listings (that's one way to make letterboxing look more natural!).
Without giving too much away, Stewart and a marriage-obsessed Wilson fall in love, move too fast, and then when the ring doesn't come, things get ugly in a comical way. Someone likened this to "War of the Roses", but that movie was much darker, and was not nearly as playful. Plus, French Stewart really has some fantastic lines in this film; I frankly didn't think he had this in him. Both play their parts over-the-top, and that's what makes it work. Bill Bellamy is pretty solid as the best-friend, and Tyra Banks does her best "Robin Givens" in looking like a complete control-freak golddigger.
I'd like to see the "unedited" version, to catch more of the angry commentary between the two combatants. And the good news is, it has an unbelievably happy ending.
I'm not saying this ranks up there with a truly great film, but it's better than 90% of what's out there (that you probably didn't already see in the theatre). I'd recommend you see this, but it's definitely NOT a date film. Unless you want to break up, that is....