Rating:

Storyline in a sentence: Black man and hispanic woman want to marry and their family initially freaks out because of the culture clash and eventually deals with it.

The jokes were sporadic and mostly related to sexual humor and/or the culture clash. For instance, the hispanic grandmother cracks jokes in Spanish about being one Mexican short for a Mexican wedding. Likewise, Carlos Mencia jokes about black people and credit scores. At another point, a goat is brought to the wedding and it devours a bottle of Viagra and humps the black guy’s dad. None of it is particularly funny.

Also, unlike MBFGW, the characters in this film are not very intriguing. Indeed, the father of the groom is a metro-sexual, ladies’ man addicted to Viagra and young girls. He is shown sleeping around constantly and having issues with marriage in general. He goes nuts about Carlos Mencia touching his car the wrong way and using his personal bathroom.

For some reason, it didn’t strike a chord with me because it seemed like they were trying too hard to craft this character. It just wasn’t funny. Get a better plot if you’re venturing into the raunchy humor. As to the racial issues, the same problem.

Overall, I’m disappointed. This is a mediocre film. I give it a “C -” because, while bland, it was not so terrible that I had to turn it off (i.e. Lower Learning; Wicker Man — two of the worst films ever produced).

Rating:

The best part about the film is its cast. A gorgeous America Ferrera shines as Lucia, wife-to-be of future doctor Marcus Boyd (Lance Gross of House of Payne). Great acting and chemistry between the two offer warm scenes that will make viewers both laugh and cry. As a long time fan of Forest Whitaker, it was refreshing to see him in a comedy. And is it just me, or does Regina King get even more lovely with each film?

While Chappelle Show veteran Charlie Murphy has limited screen time in the movie, he steals every scene that he’s in. Warren Sapp, Noel Gugliemi and Taye Diggs also make for funny moments, though all three get “blink and you missed them” roles (Diggs oddly isn’t credited).

My biggest complaint with the movie is that the story has been done before. Boy meets girl, parents get involved, culture clash ensues, all leading up to a predictable ending. It’s more Meet the Parents than Hangover, with only a few laugh out loud moments (though the reception seating montage is funny and clever). What’s interesting is that they really don’t milk the ethnic differences as much as you’d assume that they would.

It isn’t a comedy blockbuster, but it’s still a good film, especially if you enjoyed movies like The Wood. A good cast and some feel-good moments make it worth watching at least once before you decide on buying the DVD.

Rating:

Storyline in a sentence: Black man and hispanic woman want to marry and their family initially freaks out because of the culture clash and eventually deals with it.

The jokes were sporadic and mostly related to sexual humor and/or the culture clash. For instance, the hispanic grandmother cracks jokes in Spanish about being one Mexican short for a Mexican wedding. Likewise, Carlos Mencia jokes about black people and credit scores. At another point, a goat is brought to the wedding and it devours a bottle of Viagra and humps the black guy’s dad. None of it is particularly funny.

Also, unlike MBFGW, the characters in this film are not very intriguing. Indeed, the father of the groom is a metro-sexual, ladies’ man addicted to Viagra and young girls. He is shown sleeping around constantly and having issues with marriage in general. He goes nuts about Carlos Mencia touching his car the wrong way and using his personal bathroom.

For some reason, it didn’t strike a chord with me because it seemed like they were trying too hard to craft this character. It just wasn’t funny. Get a better plot if you’re venturing into the raunchy humor. As to the racial issues, the same problem.

Overall, I’m disappointed. This is a mediocre film. I give it a “C -” because, while bland, it was not so terrible that I had to turn it off (i.e. Lower Learning; Wicker Man — two of the worst films ever produced).

Rating:

The best part about the film is its cast. A gorgeous America Ferrera shines as Lucia, wife-to-be of future doctor Marcus Boyd (Lance Gross of House of Payne). Great acting and chemistry between the two offer warm scenes that will make viewers both laugh and cry. As a long time fan of Forest Whitaker, it was refreshing to see him in a comedy. And is it just me, or does Regina King get even more lovely with each film?

While Chappelle Show veteran Charlie Murphy has limited screen time in the movie, he steals every scene that he’s in. Warren Sapp, Noel Gugliemi and Taye Diggs also make for funny moments, though all three get “blink and you missed them” roles (Diggs oddly isn’t credited).

My biggest complaint with the movie is that the story has been done before. Boy meets girl, parents get involved, culture clash ensues, all leading up to a predictable ending. It’s more Meet the Parents than Hangover, with only a few laugh out loud moments (though the reception seating montage is funny and clever). What’s interesting is that they really don’t milk the ethnic differences as much as you’d assume that they would.

It isn’t a comedy blockbuster, but it’s still a good film, especially if you enjoyed movies like The Wood. A good cast and some feel-good moments make it worth watching at least once before you decide on buying the DVD.