The Wedding Ringer
He's the best man... money can buy.
He's the best man... money can buy.
Comedy
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2015
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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.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
101 min
Release date:
16 Jan 2015
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$23,000,000
Revenue:
$79,799,880
Awards:
2 wins & 4 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
A mostly disposable, occasionally quite funny bromance distinguished at times by its earnestness.
– Bilge Ebiri,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
16 Jan 2015
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,
16 Jan 2015
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,
19 Jan 2015
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,
23 Jan 2015
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,
16 Feb 2015