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***Kiss the Bride Theatrical Release 2008 (Not Yet Available on DVD)***
Starring: Tori Spelling, Philipp Karner, James O'Shea, Joanna Cassidy, Tess Harper, Robert Foxworth, Garrett M. Brown
SYNOPSIS
When Matt receives an invitation to high school best friend Ryan's wedding he's surprised - especially that Ryan is marrying a woman! Matt plans to rescue his former love from whatever "she-devil" has trapped him into this huge mistake.
On the other hand, Ryan's perky fiancé Alex takes quite the liking to Matt. Is she very cunning, disarmingly ditzy, completely adorable - or all three? As Matt tries to rekindle the old flame, Ryan is intent on putting out any sparks. Ryan dismisses their old romance as just a high school thing, but Matt realizes Ryan may still be the love of his life. All the while, Matt must deal with "his new best friend" Alex, the two families, and a hometown he thought he'd left entirely in the past.
"Kiss the Bride" is a sexy, fun, romantic comedy, proving the boundaries of love, sexuality and identity are never constant.
MOVIE REVIEW:
Matt (Philipp Karner) is one of those cute, clever queens who's better at slinging the dish than at maintaining a stable, rewarding relationship. But unlike some people, he's got a very specific reason for being unable to commit — he's still mooning over his high school sweetheart, hunky Ryan (James O'Shea). That was ten years ago, but Matt can't move on. He covers his frustration by reviling gay marriage as "our obsession . . . so masochistic." But when he receives an invitation to Ryan's wedding, he can't resist going back to his hometown to see his old flame and, with luck, snatch him away from the bride. Of course, once he's there, nothing is quite as expected. In one of those predictable mixups, he's mistaken for an erotic dancer at Ryan's fiancée Alex's (Tori Spelling) bachelorette party. Alex is not the manipulative shrew he imagined but a simpatico gal who becomes his new best friend. And Ryan — well, best not to spoil what's up with Ryan. Suffice it to say that the plot twists and identity shifts come fast and furious.
If all a movie needed to be considered successful were snappy dialogue, Kiss the Bride could confidently be called a masterpiece. Some samples: "Tom took too many drugs, and didn't want to share." "You can't get hung over if you don't stop drinking." "I'm like Mother Teresa but with better skin care." Kiss the Bride is a little reminiscent of Will and Grace, with superficial characters slinging brittle but hilarious dish, then pausing for a moment to be all vulnerable. In fact, if the dialogue were cleaned up and the butt shots removed, this might make a dandy ongoing series on, say, the Logo Channel. Most of the actors are refugees from television, and the whole thing has the slick, contrived feel of a sitcom.
Still, Kiss the Bride gets points for its sexy cast, fleeting moments of recognizable emotion, and perhaps the best movie line of the year. When Matt's Asian fag-hag coworker hears about the messy doings Matt's involved in, she quotes her wise grandmother: "Granny Ho is right. 'The gays — they make too much big crazy!'
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Posted by............jebpac66
Posted on............8/8/2008
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