Romantic Tuesday

Made of Honor

Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin McKidd

Tom, a playboy who has enjoyed having Hannah as a friend so finds out that he is in love with her. The only thing wrong with this is that it came a little to late because now Hannah is engaged and she has asked him to be her made of honor. Now he will do just about anything to win her love away from her fiance.

Now I must say, that Patrick Dempsey has came a long way from Can't Buy Me Love (1987). Though I don't watch Greys Anatomy, I do believe he lives up to his name of McDreamy. (Sighs) Okay back to the movie..lol. When I first seen a clip of this movie though it looked good I thought to myself...hmmm so that is sort of like My Best Friends Wedding, but in reverse. Though it is a bit like the other movie it has a lot of differences that makes it a cute movie. There was a quiet a few places that had me laughing, and other place I had to raise my eyebrow a bit.

This movie is Rated PG for some sexual content and language and may not be suitable for young children.

Sex/Nudity: There is no graphic nudity in this film, nor any actual depictions of actual sex, but there is a lot of reference to sex (the main character's father is getting remarried, and on the way to the wedding he is still working on the pre-nup and negotiating on how many times his bride-to-be will be obligated to have sex with him per week, as well as references to other sex acts). There is also a scene where, during the bridal shower, a woman (hired mistakenly by the hero thinking she is a tarot-card reader, but she actually sells sex toys/"pleasure toys") sells here wares to the unsuspecting bridal party. A few items are actually shown on screen, albeit quickly for the more graphic/phallic toys, and the bride-to-be's unknowing grandmother buys an item and wears it as a necklace. If you bring children to see this movie, you may be asked questions about what the various characters are talking about, and what the sex toys are. The main character is also an acknowledge womanizer, with a variety of girlfriends/bed-mates, which may also raise questions. In another scene, a drunk bridesmaid throws herself, in nothing but lingerie, at the main character. Finally, there is a scene in a men's gym where several male characters make reference to "size" (no overt nudity, but blurry figures in the showers behind the main action).

A woman lying in bed we see her bare thighs, legs and cleavage, with a man bare chested. Shower scene contains, a bare chested man with other men staring and commenting "it is a monster thing" directed towards male genitals, clearly blurred nude males in the background. Nude male/female statues, male genitals visible.

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: There are lots of scenes where characters are drinking (or drunk). These include downing shots to survive a wedding, the bridal party going from pub to pub, drinking and following a custom where the bride receives payment every time she kisses someone during this bridal pubbing. There are also scenes where characters, who are unhappy, are scene musing over a drink. The flashback to college also shows a college party where there is a clearly drunk girl, who ends up throwing up.

Profanity: Not extremely bad, but typical for a PG 13 movie.

Fun Facts:

Trivia:

Whilst filming at the Park Lane Hotel, on Park Lane in London, some 30 extras had to be called in at short notice when the production team noticed the frequency of passing red double-decker buses, a common enough occurrence in London, but not in New York, where the scene is set. The extras were used outside the hotel to try to block the buses out.

The Spanish subtitles in theaters changed the name from Made of Honor to "Quiero Robarme la Novia". This translates in English to "I want to steal the bride".

Oops, Did I do that!

Opening Scenes: when showing the Brooklyn Bridge/Manhattan Bridge with Verizon building in the background, the picture is flipped. The Brooklyn bridge is SOUTH of the Manhattan bridge when looking at Manhattan. You can barely see the Verizon logo spelled backwards.

In the scene where Tom calls Hannah, she says it is 3am in Scotland. With the 5 hour time difference, that makes it 10pm in New York, yet light is shining through Tom's window.

Hannah states that as Colin is a duke, he requires permission to marry her. If he is indeed a member of the Scottish Peerage, he would be Presbyterian, yet Hannah speaks to her minister at Grace Church, which is one of New York's historic Episcopal churches. In no way would he be allowed to preside at the wedding.