Jonah Abbott
There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
Deanna
There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
Lela
The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
samantha jackson
So before I saw this movie I thought it was impossible for anything to be girlier than a chick flick. Boy was I wrong. This movie is basically a man's equivalent to Sex and the city. It talks about marriage issues and love issues, but with men dealing with them. It's strange and becomes irritatingly annoying because unlike girls guys keep all of their issues bottled up until the end. This makes you scream "OUT WITH IT ALREADY IT'S NOT DRAMA IT'S ANNOYING!"If you like that sort of thing than this movie is for you, if not avoid it at all costs. On the other hand the actors do a good job and everything is well shot. Brittany Murphy (Who is the main reason I watched this film for, I'm currently watching every Movie the late actress has ever been in, when I'm done I shall be moving on to Christopher Walken.) did a great job releasing her jersey accent for the piece even though she isn't there all of the time.
david erban
A film about faith love and friendship. The story follows the misadventures and confusion of a groom (Ed Burns) and his four groomsmen the week before a wedding. Wrestling with issues of father...(read more)hood, honesty and growing up, the five discover their extended Adolescence and must figure out way to fix there problem together as Brothers AND FRIENDS. Following these five character in the movie again you fell the flow of relationship in a Ed Burns movie the movie is touching and hilarious at some time but one thing is for sure the movie has a realistic side and that side is the love and relationship of couple an showed specially from the point of the man. point of view about the man in a relationship how he is an idiot but burn now how to show that. it is quid of scary to see that in a movie like that when your a guy this is no joke. AS ALWAYS THE a Edward burn movie is always well righted and it is always all a bout the dialog and the story about the character in his movie which makes it very exceptional. . Also good directing for this one. Interesting had cam seen as always .and to mention , great scrip once again burns does it again. . I wont says no more now i must say that i am not surprised that this movie so good .if you like she the one and the Brothers McMullen you will love this movie and i must as a fan of the burn universe this movie rocks. you will not be deceived.....................
Ismaninb
Let us sincerely hope, that the rest of the world will not conclude, that the five brothers/friends of the Groomsmen are representative for the average American adult. I cannot believe they are. These five don't know how to cope with anything. 35 and only then come out of the closet? Solving infertility by picking up a whore? Come on. The Groomsmen basically is a soap. We see an endless chain of relational problems. As soon as one is solved - or just disappeared - the next one pops up. Thr idea is to hold our attention. As far as I am concerned: it doesn't. To give the soap a male touch there is a lot of stereotypical "f*** **u". As even Burns got bored of it, he adds the well known gesture with a certain finger in one scene. Acting is decent, there are less than a handful nice jokes, plot is absent, characters are quite uninteresting. Of course end good, all good. All in all a quite forgettable movie. If you want to know how it is to be a male 35, watch Kramer vs Kramer instead.Note the talented John Leguizamo. In The Alibi his talents were much better used.
guyfromjerzee
I'm sure Edward Burns gets plenty of complaints about his films, and I'm probably part of the minority that has enjoyed every single film he's done so far (at least out of the films he's written and directed). I can sort of understand why. Film is meant to be a visual medium, and as much as I enjoy his work, Burns is not exactly a director whose prime concern is the visuals. But I don't care! I'm one of the few film buffs who has never checked out any of the "Lord of the Rings" flicks. Why is that? Because I don't give a damn about special effects or CGI or elaborate sets or elaborate costumes. I care about interesting characters and interesting dialogue, and Burns always delivers in those two departments. I can relate to many of the characters in his films. I can't relate to Hobbits or whatever creatures you see in those "LOTR" flicks. Having watched the film's previews, I thought this might be Burns' attempt at making a more mainstream feature. But it wasn't. It was a typical Burns flick with typical Burns characters, who all have troubled love lives and swig Heineken like no tomorrow. "The Groomsmen" has a few flaws. Some of the NY accents sounded fake and came and went. Jay Mohr is from Jersey, so he really didn't have to try so hard to fake a NY accent when his real accent sounds close enough anyway. Also, hearing John Leguizamo sing was an example of "Don't quit your day job." He sounds almost as bad as I do when I sing karaoke, and I'm pretty sure even a garage band would have a better singer than him. His voice crackles whenever he hits the high notes. Being a baritone, I know what that's like. That's why I don't sing in a band. Plus, the "faking" of the guitar playing wasn't always convincing, even to someone who's never played guitar. And finally, the payoff to the subplot involving Leguizamo's character could've been a lot stronger. I'm not going to give away the twist involving his character, even though someone else on IMDb probably will. Other than those minor flaws, I really enjoyed the film. The cast is solid, though I'm sure Brittany Murphy was put in the movie simply to add star power. I don't hate Brittany as an actress, but a better, lesser-known actress could've played the role instead. The music is great as well. Thanks to Burns, I have two of the film's songs stuck in my head...but that's a good thing. He chose to use good songs from the 70's and 80's that weren't necessarily hits. If you're not a fan of Burns' work, this film probably won't change your mind. If you are a fan like me...enjoy the show.
