3/1/2023 0 Comments Wedding ringer![]() The Wedding Ringer even has the requisite scene in which he has to spontaneously make up a name for his fictitious best friend, so he uses objects in front of him for inspiration. And so the lies pile up, creating a mess from which it seems Doug may never extricate himself. Could Doug simply be honest with Gretchen? Sure, but then there would be nowhere for the story to go. The Wedding Ringer is one of those movies where all the characters have to be a little bit stupid in order for the plot to progress. What ensues is straight out of a mediocre sitcom. ("They look like the cast of The Goonies grew up and became rapists," Doug observes.) The hitch is that they all have to convince Gretchen that they're legit Doug has lied to her about having pals. Jimmy takes the Best Man role and rounds up a sad-sack group of pretenders to be Doug's half of the wedding party. For help, he turns to Jimmy Callahan (Hart), a guy who runs a business providing such things for dudes without buddies. As their wedding day approaches, he's dealing with the fact that he has no Best Man and no groomsmen. Josh Gad (who famously voiced Olaf the snowman in Frozen) plays Doug Harris, a guy with no friends and a super-hot fiancee, Gretchen (Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting). So far, it hasn't happened, and based on The Wedding Ringer, it'll be a little longer until it does. ![]() They were hits, as were the two Think Like a Man pictures, but I keep waiting for Hart to make the movie that really defines him as a screen comedian. Ride Along had its moments, and About Last Night was good-but-not-great. Kevin Hart is one of the funniest people working in the entertainment business today, but his movies have yet to be worthy of his immense talent. ![]()
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