An invasion of wild brides seeking nothing but money inheritance is really what makes James
realize that love come from the heart, not out of pocket. The movie starts with a scene of wild
horses running. This represents all the single men who are free to do whatever they want and eat from
whatever grass they want. Of course this has a metaphorical meaning. Marriage is represented as
some sort of bad thing that takes away a man’s freedom. James Shannon is the type of guy that
thinks like that, but little does he know that he will be valuing love at the end of the story.
James and Ann’s love story begins in a rather odd way. Who would’ve thought that breakups could
bring people closer? James and Ann are breaking up with their partners in the same restaurant,
sitting opposite of each other, unknown of each other’s existence. Jimmy is breaking up with his
thirty-fifth girlfriend, yeah can you believe that? Well it’s hard being a handsome and rich
young gentle man. Let’s go back to the story. James and Ann are left alone at their tables
as their exes had already left. Ann sees James and says that she has a sudden urge to have lunch with
him. James is very fond of that idea. It’s a love at first sight type of thing for the young people.
They enjoy their lunch and go to the park to share a cupcake, how romantic now isn’t it?
Love is just so simple. James feels like he had finally found his favorite grass again.
His friends had a tradition that was fairly odd. Whoever catches the bride’s bouquet has to get
married in a month. As James’s friends get married they are presented as horses that are tied down
in the marriage rope and their freedom is taken away from them, how ridiculous right? Well James
gets this luck as well. After three years of a loving relationship, one day at a wedding as such,
Ann catches the bouquet. This is the end for James as even the thought of marriage is miserable to
him. He rushes home and takes the box of pictures with his ex girlfriends to get rid of it.
As ridiculous as this is, James justifies his box by saying that if he gets married, he can’t
enjoy “other wild grass” again. We later learn that he got his behavior from his grandfather.
As he engages into a conversation with him, he orders James to get married and have children now.
His grandpa tells him that he was a wild horse once but had to sacrifice his freedom to expand
the bloodline. James reveals that he had the ring already prepared and would love to propose to Ann
tonight. The night comes and a whole disaster is ahead. Here comes the worst proposal in history.
James goes on about his willing to sacrifice for some things and the lost of others. He claims that
he wanted to remain a wild horse but Ann had “won” in the end. He says “you win” to Ann and puts the
ring on the table. When Ann asks what she had won, James says words that should never be mentioned at
a proposal. He says that “You can’t just stick to one toilet without pooping”. Ann is offended and
takes it as James is calling her a toilette. Ann realizes that James doesn’t want to get married
yet. He wants to remain a wild horse. She leaves James and goes to her best friend’s place to vent.
That’s what friends are for. From then on she keeps receiving flowers every day. The flowers
are from James as some sort of an apology. The whole city finds out about James’ proposal;
making fun of him and quoting his toilet line. Some time passes and James’ grandpa passes away.
Ann visits James to pay her condolences to him. They make up again and their relationship goes
well. James’ grandfather was a very rich man, with a lot of fortune. All was about to be inherited by
James, but his grandfather was a tricky man, setting up some requests that needed to be
fulfilled in order to receive the money. James had to be married by his thirtieth birthday,
the marriage has to last at least ten years and they can be separated once a month.
And probably the worst one is that he has to have a child in the first five years of the marriage.
James is upset and is fuming. Want to know what the trickiest thing is? James’s thirtieth birthday
is tomorrow! He has to get married till six pm or he has to say goodbye to one billion dollars.
James immediately goes to propose to Ann, but has no luck as Ann had left for a vacation.
He runs to the airport and manages to catch up to her. He proposes to her but as Ann’s asking
him some questions, the wild horses appear back in his mind. Ann sees that James is not ready to get
married yet and leaves him at the airport. James’s second proposal had failed and he was planning on
giving up on the billion dollars. The shareholders tell James that without the money the factories
would have to close and hundreds of people will lose their jobs. They come up with a plan as they
take out the box of pictures of his ex girlfriends to find a girl that will marry James and inherit
half of billion dollars. On the other side Ann is furious, she decides to cancel her trip and
go back to her apartment. James’s quest to find a wife begins. He finds his first ex girlfriend but
she is already married. He goes to the second one. She is a sales woman and is more than thrilled to
marry James as she was still in love with him. The unexpected happens as James sees what he thought
to be Anne and runs after her. He catches up to her but realizes it’s just a girl that looks like
her. He goes back to the sales woman but finds out that she had set the store on fire due to
her anger towards him. James has no luck and is left without a bride. The search doesn’t stop
there as he goes on to the next one. His next ex girlfriend is an actress. When he tells her about
the million dollars she just laughs at his face and says that she doesn’t even need them. Another
failed proposal, how many has it been already? Is anyone counting? James continues to the next one.
Guess what happens next? He got rejected again. The day had ended and there was
still no luck for James. They tried to continue the journey but their car had stopped working,
so there they were alone on the bus, looking for a girl to marry. Ana had decided to go back
to her apartment but on the way there she and her friend miss the train because they were distracted
in a photo booth. They decide to go Ann’s parents place to crash the night. They regret the decision
immediately as they can’t stand the corniness of the couple. On the other side, James is gone to
his fourth ex who is a cop. She is a very strong and courageous woman. She realizes that James
only wants to marry her for the money and that he doesn’t really love her. She rejects him. James
goes to see his ex girlfriend who is a baker. She rejects him by saying that she’d rather marry a
waiter than spent any time with him. He is out of hope but decides to propose to an arrogant girl
he finds in the aquarium. She is the only one that was convinced by the one billion dollars.
James thinks that this is it, he is finally about to get the billion dollars. He will finally make
his grandpa proud. But of course, what good can happen to James? As they are about to say “yes”,
she finds out that the marriage has to last ten years, she thinks about it but agrees to marry
him either way. It is when she finds out about a child when she decides to get out of there. James
is left single, yet again. He has only seventeen hours left to get someone to marry him or he could
say goodbye to the money. James’s friend is tired of the situation, as he has been helping James
with every proposal and decides to make sure that James is married by tomorrow at six pm. He tells
James to wait for him at the church tomorrow at six pm and he will help him propose successfully.
On the other side, Ann is fed up by seeing her parents act corny and all. All she thinks about
was James, everything reminds her of him. She tries contacting him but he doesn’t answer.
James and the priest are having a talk. The priest tells James that getting married was
the best thing that has happened to him. This is when James realizes that he doesn’t want to be the
rich single guy anymore. All he wanted was Ann and he was going to get her. Ann is able to contact
James’s friend. She tells him that she’s getting on a train and wants to invite Jimmy to a dinner.
James’s friend realizes that it’s too late, as he had published in news papers, that whoever’s come
to the church by 6 pm is going to get married and receive a billion dollars. All the girls had put
on a wedding dress and ran to the cathedral. As it gets crowded James’s friend appears in front of
the brides and reveals that the whole thing was a joke. The brides don’t take that seriously. James
has to hide but is unable to escape the money hungry brides. He manages to escape the church
and goes to find Ann at the train station. James had only forty minutes left to get married or his
one billion dollars could go to dust. He runs to the station but is chased by the brides. James
gets to the train but sees a devastated Ann. She had found out about his billion dollars and her
heart broke. James reassures Ann, telling her that she is the most precious gift in his life
and expression his love for her. Ann is finally convinced that James loves her and says yes to
his proposal. They hurry to get married. Ann goes into a bathroom to change into a wedding dress.
Poor James has to run away from the brides as they find him and start going after him.
He ends up climbing a building just to escape the chase. He tries to tell the brides that he
doesn’t want to marry them but they don’t listen. Ann finds her way through the crowd and climbs the
building to get to Jimmy. The priest arrives to make sure the young boy gets married in time and
gets his one billion dollars. The movie ends with Ann saying “He’s mine” to a crowd full of brides.
They hug and share a kiss. I guess true love really does go only by heart and not by pocket.