Rotten
The plot's old, the title's borrowed and the jokes are blue - but there's nothing remotely new in this wearying bromantic comedy.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
The Wedding Ringer
He's the best man... money can buy.
2015 · 1h 41m · R
Comedy
Directed by
Jeremy Garelick
Overview
Doug Harris is a loveable but socially awkward groom-to-be with a problem: he has no best man. With less than two weeks to go until he marries the girl of his dreams, Doug is referred to Jimmy Callahan, owner and CEO of Best Man, Inc., a company that provides flattering best men for socially challenged guys in need. What ensues is a hilarious wedding charade as they try to pull off the big con, and an unexpected budding bromance between Doug and his fake best man Jimmy.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
29%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Screenwriters Jeremy Garelick and Jay Lavender don't even try to make the premise seem plausible; rather, they use it as a springboard for screwball complications and verbal humor.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
Fresh
What saves the film are its two leads, who aren't afraid to show their sensitive sides -- along with other parts of themselves.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
Rotten
The Wedding Ringer feels spat out for people who love Katherine Heigl movies but wish that Eddie Murphy were in her role instead.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
Fresh
A mostly disposable, occasionally quite funny bromance distinguished at times by its earnestness.
Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture
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