I went into this movie blind with my only expectation being to see Nicolas Cage. Let's see what this movie has to offer.
We start our story in-AH JEEZ-a funeral home, ain't that foreboding. We meet the owner, Loretta, who has the same haircut as Elaine from Seinfeld.
But that don't matter, up next is date night!
Some other dude in the restaurant is on a date too. While not crucial it does give birth to an amazing line: "Kiss my aspirations!" I will use the crap out of that line. So Elaine's boyfriend proposes to her, now everyone else has to wait to propose you jerk, and she says yes! Well that was quick, I'm done for the day.
Nope there's more! Her fiance screws off to see his dying mom, leaving Elaine to set crap up.
After Elaine sets up the wedding she goes to get her fiace's astranged brother, Nicolas Cage! Cage cut contact with his brother when he got his hand chopped off while preparing some bread for him. But if that's not enough his fiance left him too.
Elaine tries to cheer up Handless Cage with steak. They easily read each other and after a few insults Cage flips the table (with one hand) and they make out. The moon showed that it approves that night.
When Elaine wakes up she flips and doesn't want Nicolas Cage at her wedding. He agrees under the condition she goes to the opera with him. Meanwhile Elaine's mom is convinced her husband is cheating on her. She decides to go on a journey to find out why men chase women; going as far as to talk to the guy who kissed some aspirations earier.
Elaine has a ball at the opera with Cage. That is until they leave when OH SNAP her dad was cheating! They yell at each other and part ways since neither can judge. At Cage's house Elaine succomes to his charms again. Meanwhile at Elaine's house her fiance comes back!
The next day Elaine comes home and everything starts to hit the fan. First Cage pops in to wait for his brother so he can what's happening. At the breakfast table Elaine's mom confronts her spouse on the affair and after slapping the table he agrees to stop. Then Elaine's fiance comes in to explain that his recovered immediatly after hearing about the wedding. The thing was a ploy to heal his mom, so now he's calling of the wedding. Doesn't matter though, because Cage proposes on the spot! And they all lived happily ever after! Cause how else does a romantic comedy end?
Leagues better than other romantic comedies.
Conflict is legitimate, not contrived.
The characters are likable and 3 dimensional.
The couple works well.
Humor isn't obserdly raunchy.
Better for what it isn't than what it is.
9/10 on a romantic comedy scale
6/10 in my taste
While this isn't my taste in cinema I do have a lot of respect for it.
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