Newly engaged, Ben and Sadie can't wait to start their life together and live happily ever after. However Sadie's family church's Reverend Frank won't bless their union until they pass his patented, "foolproof" marriage prep course consisting of outrageous classes, outlandish homework assignments and some outright invasion of privacy.
This assaultively unappealing 'romantic comedy' could well mark the opening salvo in a whole new Hollywood campaign against movie piracy. Anybody who'd steal this dud would stink just from carrying it around.
– Geoff Pevere,
Toronto Star,
6 Jul 2007
rotten:
Like some weddings, License to Wed is a long sit and a bland buffet.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
6 Jul 2007
rotten:
Despite its fuzzy, getting-to-know-you message, the movie itself offers zero motivation for any of its protagonists.
– Mary Elizabeth Williams,
Salon.com,
6 Jul 2007
rotten:
Add a lot of musty, Eisenhower-era gags (most women are shrewish ballbusters! all fat people love food!) and you wonder why the producers didn't just throw in canned laughter as well.
– David Fear,
Time Out New York,
12 Jul 2007
rotten:
It's exactly what it looks like from the commercials -- a one-joke movie, and that one joke isn't even funny to begin with.