Kiss The Bride (2002)

I discovered this movie because one of my friends' last name is Sposato, and upon entering his name into Wikipedia he found this movie about a Sposato family set in Westerly, coincidentally our home town. I saw that Sean Patrick Flanery, one of my favorite actors, was in it, and I decided to rent this movie from Netflix. Altogether, I was not impressed. First of all, Sean Patrick Flanery is one hundred percent Irish, in case you couldn't tell, and he simply cannot pull off a character named Terranova. It just can't be done. While the movie was allegedly filmed in Westerly, Rhode Island, my friends and I recognized only one setting, and that was a brief three-second drive through down town. The portrayal of an Italian-American family was poorly done. No self respecting Italian with grandparents that came from Italy would call said grandparents "Grandma" and "Grandpa." The behavior of three of the four sisters would not be acceptable in an Italian-American home. Also, the general characterization and plot were poorly developed. Most of the characters were lifeless and flat, and the climax was so obvious it was like the script said, "Insert horribly cliché climax here." While the movie had some funny bits, some romantic bits, and some clever Italian bits, all in all it was not very impressive.

I was home sick for the day, and this movie was on cable. Sounded mildly interesting, so I caught it about 20 minutes in. (To date, I've still never seen the first 20 minutes.) I was immediately held by what was happening on-screen, and I never looked back. This movie swept me away. I loved every minute of it, and I'm not easy to please. The acting was really quite refreshing and surprising, as I'd seen most of the cast in other roles. This movie proved to be a nicely-done reminder of exactly why I liked them so much (ie. Brooke Langton in The Replacements, Amanda Detmer in Saving Silverman, and Talia Shire...c'mon..."ADRIAN!"). I'm currently searching my DVR for upcoming showings so I can record it and see what I'm missing. Do yourself a favor, be sick from work and catch this one. You won't regret it if you've got a heart and a brain.Note: I'll return and give this movie a 10 if proved worthy.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I submit that this is one of the worst films of the 21st century. Insipid plotting and dialog and inefficient acting even from seasoned pros like Talia Shire and Burt Young. This was advertised as a feel-good romantic comedy. If this is a feel-good comedy, then "War and Peace" must've been a laugh riot.Granted, this film garnered an 'R' rating for good reasons. There are scenes of drug use and gratuitous nudity which, frankly, did not advance the plot one whit. The entire film seemed to flirt with borderline porn in both the editing and the directing and the music on the soundtrack seemed to be for a different movie altogether.Please do not waste your time on this movie. It will be ninety minutes of your life you can never get back!

As I watched the movie I noticed there was something really wrong about it. The script, the casting, the cuts. So, as I checked on imdb to find out who wrote it. Well, Vanessa Parise wrote it, produced it, directed and acted in this...autobiographycal ego-trip trash. Maybe the title should be "all about myself, according to myself"