Marry Me review: the lowest-stakes comfort fluff for rom-com fans

Our dearly beloved, today we gather to discuss You can marry me.

Romantic comedies are like weddings: You usually know what you’re getting into when you RSVP. You will see two people you like and want to support, and they’ll stand up for their feelings in front of the audience. You will hear catchy pop songs. And even if there are hiccups along the way, you know you’re most likely walking out of there after watching two people smile and smooch.

Start at Girls5Eva Director Kat Coiro, and Harper Dill adapt a webcomic written by Bobby Crosby. You can marry me This fits right in with the expectations that rom-com lovers have when they enter the doors. For the most part, that’s a good thing. The movie isn’t the most comedic or innovative addition to the romantic comedy genre, but it is sweet romantic fluff. Occasionally, it falls into the pitfalls of the genre by introducing fabricated tension that the rest of the film doesn’t really justify. It still ticks all the right boxes.

[Ed. note: This review contains spoilers for Marry Me, but fewer spoilers than the trailer.]

owen wilson smooches jennifer lopez, who is wearing a beautiful crystal-adorned wedding gown

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You can marry meKat Valdez (Jennifer Lopez), a superstar, is to wed Bastian (Colombian singer and songwriter Maluma) on the final performance of their huge tour. Kat discovers, just moments before she goes on stage, that Bastian had cheated with her personal assistant. On the verge of a panic attack, Kat looks out into the audience and sees regular ol’ grade-school math teacher Charlie Gilbert (Owen Wilson) holding a sign that says “Marry Me,” and she impulsively pulls him onto the stage for an impromptu wedding. This movie is about the aftermath of this chaotic whirlwind.

Kat doesn’t want to be seen as a laughingstock after her breakdown, so she offers Charlie a deal. If he commits to the relationship for six months as they own up to the impulsive move and tell the press that they’re using this time to get to know each other, she’ll donate money to his school’s math program. Charlie reluctantly agrees, urged by a coworker (Sarah Silverman), but also because he feels sympathy for Kat’s situation. However, rom-coms require that Kat and Charlie remain together despite their initial businesslike relationship. DoYou will fall for one another. Most of the movie is dedicated to them navigating this weird relationship they’ve entered, blossoming from complete strangers to unlikely allies to budding friends before they make their final romantic connection.

This is the tension point. You can marry me doesn’t even really occur until the last 20 minutes or so. It’s a movie about comfort food. Charlie and Kat go bowling. She arrives at Charlie’s math club meeting to help the children overcome their stage fear by teaching them how to dance. They end up dancing together at school, which leads to some awkward moments. He buys her a corsage.

jennifer lopez and owen wilson sit at a press conference

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Certain romantic comedies rely more on the tension created by the lead actors, such as Ten Things I Hate about You Other people prefer the romance plot.The Long Shot You can marry me It’s neither one nor the other. You can marry me is about two good-looking people enjoying each other’s company, giggling together, and slowly falling in love. Fans of the actual comedy in romantic comedies probably won’t feel that You can marry me scratches that itch, but if you’re in the mood for some low-stakes comfort, this movie checks all those boxes.

You can marry me definitely focuses less on the “Oh man, we come from two totally different worlds!” aspect of the story than it could. Coir and Dill attempt to make the leads’ relationship even out in terms of what they learn from each other, but while Charlie successfully pushes Kat into letting go of her constant livestreams and dozens of personal assistants (including her manager Collin, played by Game of Thrones’ John Bradley) and live more in the moment, she never gets Charlie to do anything besides sign up for Instagram and maybe get a little more confident. This is because their inevitable short relationship hiccup happens suddenly and for so little reason.

A good rom-com must have some kind of fallout so that your final love confessions can fly. It’s the breakdown. You can marry meKat realises this, and she realizes it is fake. IsCharlie falls in love with Charlie, and wants to spend time with him strikes all the right notes even though it is obvious from miles away. Did the trailers spoil all this? Yeah, absolutely. Do you still find it heart-pounding when Kat experiences her epiphany? It’s also true! Is that the final confession of love? You betcha.Get married to me Does everything that it claims, so we need to love and treasure it every day.

You can marry meFilms released in theaters on February 11th and Peacock March 11.

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