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photojournalists Manning,
Frank dives into the ROM com marry me
featuring Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson.
Next to Julia Roberts or Meg Ryan,
there was a period of time with
Maine in Manhattan and the wedding
planner where Jennifer Lopez was
in contention for status of ROM.
Com queen. Yes, shockingly,
I do know my romantic comedies,
so I was pessimistically curious at what
this next outing would be in with marry me.
Despite a hokey premise.
I'm happy to report this film.
Utterly, no right to be
as delightful as it was.
Is 3 months. I don't even know her.
We both did this so whether we like
it or not, we're in this together.
We have to embrace the
spontaneity of the moment.
I don't want to be the punchline.
Pop superstar Kat Valdez played
by Jennifer Lopez has it all and
it's about to get married before
a live audience of 1,000,000.
Charlie Gilbert played by Owen Wilson
is a math teacher at a local middle
school and a divorced father to a young
girl they couldn't be more different.
Yet when the nationally televised
marriage goes awry with a fellow
singer and groomed to be cat locks
eyes with Charlie and impulsively,
why not gets married to him instead?
'cause what I've started as a last minute
publicity saving stunt turned into real love.
That's what cat and Charlie are destined to.
Figure out the best way to describe
marry me is like Carnival cotton
candy and taste sugary sweet and
leaves the taste buds on a temporary
high before ultimately dissolving
and being completely forgotten.
That's not a bad thing.
Mary does an excellent job in hitting the
similar beats of a traditional romantic
comedy while still feeling engaging.
Thanks to the genuine chemistry
between Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson.
Obviously,
for a ROM com you need two charming leads.
And as I said,
Lopez and Wilson are 100% committed
to this film.
These are two individuals you wouldn't
expect to play off each other so well,
yet there is such a maturity
to their relationship that,
while not electric,
shows that these two have a
comfortability with each other that's
refreshingly tender outside of our
two leads and some good laughs.
The biggest take away of this movie
is the original music performed by
Lopez and musical artist Maluma.
Without a doubt,
the songs walk a tightrope between
being shoehorned into the production
and being incredibly catchy
slash emotionally necessary.
While it will ultimately come
down to your taste in music.
Everyone had been listening to the soundtrack
more than I probably should care to admit.
Mary may take itself too seriously
at times with its outlandish premise.
But at its core,
it's a movie that is full of hearts,
laughs and good music.
Just barely.
You might be surprised,
but I am giving Mary me a two approved.
You can watch the movie both in
theaters and streaming on Peacock.
I could read Manning 'cause I
know him so well. He was like
reluctant to admit that he likes
it. That's like trying to.
He was fighting it. Yeah, yeah
I want I love.
First of all, I love Jennifer Lopez.
We were talking about her.
I want her to do something
gritty again, you know.
I mean the ROM. Com thing,
this is what it is, right?
You know what you expect to go in?
It's not going to be some Oscar winner.
It is for fun, yeah,
and that's OK too.
But I want to see her in something really
something fun. I always think
movies like this are good,
like when it's a Sunday and
you just like are laying on
the couch is something good to.
Yeah, pass the time with.
I mean I love Jlo and I love Owen Wilson.
He's so great I I just feel like
this is a good time of year for one
of these like cheesy cute movies and
it just makes me think of all those
classics that Jlo was in back in the day.
Like the wedding planner and made
him in hat which are two that I
just I love that good like feel.
Good stuff. Yes what
was the one she did wear
enough that was good.
That was a good one. I saw that where
she like learn self defense and she
was in an abusive relationship.
That's a good one, and that's the kind
of like to see her. Yeah,
action. You can see her like.
Yeah, that's right.