Wow! That's all I can say... wow! Our Family Wedding is new in theaters this week, and if you want to see it you better sprint there, because with any luck this train wreck will be pulled away from the crash scene sooner rather than later. This is a comedy....supposedly.
My goodness. OFW is the story in a nutshell about a young couple in love. She is Hispanic, he is African American. Neither one has told their families about the other. So finally they decide it's time. They are getting married and living together. So you can see where this is going. Neither family thinks this is a good idea. Each family wants different things for their kids, and this leads of course to predictable culture clashes, and breaking down of stereotypes that we're supposed to laugh at for the next 90 minutes.
This movie is completely cliche'. There is nothing new here, and in fact it's so horrible, it may have just set the comedy producing film industry back decades. Alright, that may be overstating, but wow! And here's the kicker. I sat in a half full theater with a good mix of all kinds of people. People laughed 2 times! Other than that, it was pin drop city.
Let's start with the writing. This story line in one way or another has been told a thousand times before in both drama or comedy. The dialogue is horrible, and the physical comedy is terrible. Too many dumb story lines here, all wrapped up nice and tidy in mere minutes. Outside of America Ferrera and Forest Whitaker, casting is deplorable. Maybe next time cast some people in a comedy that are actually funny. But there is no hope here. It's all so bad at it's core, it's not salvageable
Even the film editing is tragic. Looks like pieces of film were cut with a razor blade and scotched taped together with a bunch of unbearable scenes lifted from someones supposed imagination. You'll swear you're going to hear the director yelling, "action" and "cut" at some point. The whole mess is actually worse that this. OK, there's a laugh or two here and there. But those will long be forgotten after you reach for, and use the bag tucked in the seat pocket in front of you.
Then after you are forced to endure this whole disaster, the last 10 minutes of this 90 minute sludge fest, you for some reason have to watch scenes from this wedding with absolutely no point to it whatsoever. I wasn't sure a film in 2010 could be this bad. But it is. Looks like someones first try, and if that's true lets hope this is it.
Our Family Wedding. Cliche, dumb, not funny, bad...take your pick. I know it's early, but this might be the worst movie of 2010.
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