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Just Married

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Cute couple but the comedy does not match their chemistry
Review: If there is any one thing that I am sure about Tom Leezak (Ashton Kutcher) and Sarah McNerney (Brittany Murphy) after watching their disastrous honeymoon in "Just Married," it would be that their relationship is based on great sex. I am not sure if they really love each other in a way they will help them become soul mates, but there is no sign of sexual incompatibility with these newlyweds; they have the chemistry, but not the story. Ironically, their honeymoon seems to get off on the wrong foot because they are too worn out at the end of their wedding day to have sex. The second wrong foot comes when they try to make up for this in the lavatory on their flight to Europe and Tom gets it caught in the toilet. Things go from bad to worse, to really worse, to horribly bad, and so on, gathering momentum with each and every stop the couple make in Europe.

Let me just point to too things in this 2003 comedy from directory Shawn Levy that shows why it does not work. In the aforementioned scene when Tom and Sarah are trying to join the Mile High Club, their attempts are funny instead of sexy. There is fumbling and bumbling, admits lots of laughter, and then the whole thing ends with the Nasty Stewardess (Jill Parker-Jones, and, yes, that is how the character is named in the credits) who has been banging on the door to get them to return to their seats getting her nose broken, a rather mean-spirited payoff to the scene. Then there is the uncredited Veronica Cartwright as Mrs. McNerney, who has a nickname that she insists Tom use when he becomes engaged to Sarah (I cannot put it here, even though it has five letters and not four). I waited the entire film for this nickname to have some sort of payoff beyond Tom snickering every time he uses it or hears the name, but nothing was forthcoming from Sam Harper's script, which is pretty much the problem with the rest of the comedy.

Cartwright is wasted in this script, as is David Rasche as her husband, but then everybody is pretty much relegated to a supporting role. It was great to see Christian Kane, who did some wonderful work on the television series "Angel," as Peter Prentiss, the guy Sarah's family wants her to marry, but he is also wasted in this film. There is a subplot where Peter refuses to take Sarah's "I do" for an answer and continues to pursue her, but it is pretty lame and just another "by the numbers" element of this film (which includes the happy ending).

There is a weak attempt to add some sort of class conflict to the comedy since she is the daughter of a rich family and he works for a radio station. But it has nothing to do with the story. Tom might not be stupid, despite some evidence to the contrary, but he has no trouble playing the Ugly American and he cuts a path of disaster through southern Europe. "Just Married" also tries to impart serious "lessons," in addition to the fact that you should have sex on your wedding night or horrible things will happen. The main lesson is that you should confess your sins (e.g., he sort of killed her dog) to your spouse so that you marriage is not build on lies. Having something to talk about besides sex and not insulting Europeans because they are not Americans would be better lessons, but this film is not interested in aiming anywhere near that high.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Cute, but boring
Review: I was excited to watch this movie, but found it to be just a little more duller than I expected. I loved the small car that the two ventured out on, and some parts were humorous, but this movie won't be viewed another time, just because I didn't find it that incredibly thrilling. I'm not a fan of Brittney Murphey either, but I still suggest you see it.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: I hated this movie.
Review: Ok, I like corny click flicks, because let's face it, I am a girl. But this movie was just terrible. There weren't many funny parts and the movie bored to me sleep. I do not recommend this movie to anyone, except maybe to people with thicknecks.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Right Next to "Fools Rush In"
Review: Murphy and Kutcher play a couple who fall in love and eventually get married. This hilarious movie shows people who first meet on a whim and have expectations of a relationship based on romance alone. The couple arrived at the airport angry at one another in the beginning of the movie. Then it flashed back to when they first met and the meeting of family and friends. The honeymoon was even more funny. He was so not cultured as she was and nearly caused a hotel in French Alps to be on fire. Then they are off in Italy and that is where the relationship begins to falter. They soon realize that marriage may not be in the cards for them. But both of them have a lesson to learn when it comes to marriage and romance. This is an entertaining movie.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: ~Funny and Enjoyable!~
Review: This movie was an enjoyable film with two hilarious actors! Brittany Murphy is such a likable character in this movie playing Sarah, a rich girl who falls in love with Tom, played by Ashton Kutcher.
These two get into some hilarious situations while on thier honeymoon after getting married "too young" as their families and friends think.It is very funny and the actors are very very convincing especially Brittany Murphy!
It may not be an award winning movie but it's full of fun and laughs!

I reccommend this if you love comedies and just watching movies to have a good time!
The DVD extras are pretty good with a couple of deleted scenes and commentaries.
This movie is really funny and just a fun, feel-good movie!
Give it a try! :-)

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Occasionally funny despite the two main actors
Review: Summary:
Tom Leezak (Ashton Kutcher) is a two-bit Polish traffic reporter working the graveyard shift at a local radio station. But when he meets and falls in love with Sarah McNerney (Brittany Murphy), whose father is ultra rich, trouble is inevitable

The movie actually begins as Tom and Sarah return from their honeymoon in Europe. They are literally doing their best to kill each other as they walk through the airport. In an attempt to adjust back to normal life, Tom finds his way to his microphone at the radio station and, despite the urgings of his show producer, can't help but ponder why his marriage has fallen apart on air. He then proceeds to recount the entire relationship, from hitting Sarah in the face with a football (how they met), to their disastrous honeymoon (which is the majority of the movie), and finally to his decision to talk things over with his father.

As far as the honeymoon goes, it quickly dissolved to near chaotic levels when Tom's unwillingness to embrace all things wealthy and European clashed with Sarah's silver-spoon upbringing. To make matters worse, Sarah's former boyfriend and the man slated by her father to marry her, Peter Prentiss (Christian Kane), shows up and just happens to be staying in their same hotel. The jealousy and incompatibilities result in a night spent together in jail and the airport scene outlined above.

But before the marriage can end, both Tom and Sarah realize (1) why they got married in the first place and (2) that marriages aren't always blissful. Tom is finally able to convince both Sarah and her family that he really is the perfect person for her.

My Comments:
I put off seeing this movie for a long time because I don't like either of the principle actors. Seeing this movie didn't change my opinion of their acting abilities.

The story is pretty much a rehash of a classic plot device - rich person meets poor person, they fall in love, then realize that their different backgrounds make things difficult. The movie is actually a pretty good incarnation of that plot. The only problem I had with the story is that it is annoyingly out of order as it starts about 2/3 of the way (chronologically) through Tom and Sarah's story; but even so, it isn't hard to figure out what is going on. Otherwise, the story doesn't have any major jumps in logic. Everything that happens seems to make sense, belying a well-written script.

Where the movie goes wrong is in employing the two actors that it did. I must admit, Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy really are perfect for each other, but this is only because they can only play one character type - a ditz. But ditz + ditz doesn't make for characters that can carry a movie. And this is definitely the case with Just Married. Yes, there are a few humorous scenes, but invariably they are the result of the situation in which the two characters find themselves and not because Kutcher and Murphy have the comedic talent to pull off a romantic comedy. I laughed when I saw the car. The dildo in the socket was funny. And telling the customs agent that Tom had marijuana stuffed up his bottom was pretty good, but for the most part these are built-in jokes that would have worked if the characters were cartoons or even amoebas (think The Far Side).

Though I've probably already said enough about the acting, I have to say just one more thing: Does Brittany Murphy's smile/laugh bother anyone else? Watch it closely next time you see it and you'll see what I mean. She never closes her mouth and there is a slight delay before every laugh. It's almost as if she has to convince herself to do it and she's surprised rather than entertained. Anyway, I shouldn't mock other people's ticks, but after nearly two hours of this, I was just itching to put my hand under her chin and pry her mouth closed.

Overall, this movie actually had potential even though the basic plot idea isn't novel. The script is heavily laden with easy jokes, but the actors employed for this cake walk amazingly couldn't make it from point A to point B, even with the clear cut directions. I think this is a movie you could enjoy better by reading the script than by watching the poor portrayal that is the final product. It may make you laugh, but is it worth putting up with Kutcher and Murphy for the occasional chuckle? I don't think so.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Yuck! this was the worst
Review: Whoa, this wus the worst eva. Sure I laughed but it wuz 1 of those movies I regretted wasting my money on and would never see it again The only good thing wuz how hot Ashton looked and that wuz it. Waste of time and money. too hyped up

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Cute and Funny...
Review: This film was very light hearted and sometimes funny....it was hilarious all of the things that the couple went through during their honeymoon, and it was sweet in the end that they decided to not let anything or anyone stand in the way of their love for eachother...very cute and something to watch when you just want to relax and have some fun.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Blahh
Review: I personaly thought that this movie was not awsome , but it didn't hit rock bottom either. The reason that i didn't like it very much was because i hate it when people fight all the time. It makes me feel depressed. It had a happy ending, though

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Just OK Romantic Comedy
Review: "Just Married" is not as bad as critics may say. Wide-eyed Brittany Murphy is surpisingly lovely (after her turns in "8 Mile" and "Girl, Interrupted"), and puppy-eyed Ashton Kutcher is also handsome and likable. It's just too ordinary, and too predictable, that's all.

Sarah, young girl from rich family, and Tom, not-so-rich traffic radio announcer fall in love with each other, and they go to Europe on honeymoon. Wrong choice, it turns out, for everything there seems to interrupt the good time tey try to spend, and even Sarah's old boyfriedn shows up, possibly to break the relations between the newlyweds.

The film's opening airport scene shows how their honeymoon ended; that's uncomfortable, because we know what is going to happen (temporarily or not). And what happens is not particularly interesting. In France, you meet a snobbish French hotel manager; in Italy (and postcard Italy) Tom wants to see baseball on TV while Sarah wants him to go to museum. In Switzerland their car gets stuck among the snow, and so on.

The two leads are always likable, but they also look like puppets manipulated by the script, which needs desperately something to amuse the audiences. You can see the director pulling strings behind them when you see the couple ruin the hotel room (and its electricity system too) for no other reason than having a bit of fun, but we know that no one would act like that. Or see how Tom gets invloved in troubles (or another girl played by Valeria) in Venice in a purely slapstick manner. Remember you are in love with cute Brittany Murphy, and you would never act like that, which might invite some misunderstanding on the side of your lovely wife Brittany.

"Just Married" shows that the leading stars can do romantic comedy pretty well, and for the fans of Brittany Murphy it will be a good occasion to remember that she was once in another delightful comedy "Clueless." But the film's ruthlessly eager attitude to be funny is nothing that makes us laugh, lacking natural charma and more articulate characters,


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