Marry Me
Directed by Kat Coiro
Written by John Rogers, Harper Dill, Tommy Sagher
Starring Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson
Release Date February 11th, 2022
I went into the new romantic comedy Marry Me, starring Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson, with the expectation of hating the movie. It was a feeling that was not unfair given the track record that Jennifer Lopez has in terrible romantic comedies. Lopez has been party to the decline of the rom-com genre over the last two decades by churning out one horrific example of the genre after another. Movies like 2001’s dreary The Wedding Planner, the abysmal, unwatchable failure that was Gigli, the gag inducing comedy The Back Up Plan, and 2018's regrettable Second Act, in my mind, perfectly justify my expectation to hate Marry Me.
Lopez’s taste in romantic comedies is a bland, borderline unwatchable example of everything wrong with the genre. Owen Wilson is only slightly more reliable in the genre because he’s made so few genuine romantic comedies in his lengthy career. What a lovely surprise it is to have my expectations proven wrong. Granted, Marry Me benefits from extremely low standards on my part but given the attitude I went in with, it’s impressive to me that I can sit here and recommend Marry Me to you, dear reader.
Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here.
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