The Wedding Date

This movie has a lot going for it -- charming lead actors portraying characters who you root for, amusing secondary characters, excellent use of gorgeous English locales, some witty and funny dialogue. However, the movie is hobbled by overlooking a basic plot development -- explaining how and why these two people fall in love. This should be unforgivable, but fortunately it's not -- the movie is watchable even though it's deeply flawed. Will and Grace's Debra Messing acquits herself nicely as an Everywoman stuck in the unenviable situation of having no date for her spoiled half-sister's lavish wedding, and Dermott Mulroney, well, he nearly sizzles with sex appeal and suave charm. There is an excess of plot machinations, some amusing and some less so, and of course all is settled satisfactorily in the end. A less than perfect movie, but not a complete waste of 90 minutes.