Okay before I get to the BIG bug bear of this film for me let me say that on the whole, this is a pretty good film with an above average cast and pretty decent direction. There are some good lines in there too so the writing isn't too bad either...
...or is it...
Because here is the major weakness of the whole movie. There will be a couple of spoilers here as examples...
Unable to tell her mother that her fiancé has dumped her Hillary Burns decides to get a "fake" Jason and puts an "add" on the net. She chooses a guy she ran into playing a big red cell phone - great credentials to play a fiancé! While they are there for the three days they become close and she gets carried away with the whole fiancé and wedding thing.
She tells her parents they'll get married at Christmas and they even buy a wedding dress. When her Mum invites the vicar to chat to the couple to arrange the wedding, both Hillary and the Vicar learn the "fake" Jason is Jewish, to which she replies, "he'll convert" and the Vicar says he'll baptise him that weekend.
All through this, though they've had a couple of "moments", the "fake" Jason keeps asking Hillary, "You do know this isn't real?"
This to me says he isn't really committed, but of course this is a love story so they do end up married at Christmas.
It's the speed of this entire situation and its outcome that smacks of ludicrousness and unbelievability. Had this series of events been handled a little more realistically then this film would've been so much better for it.
...or is it...
Because here is the major weakness of the whole movie. There will be a couple of spoilers here as examples...
Unable to tell her mother that her fiancé has dumped her Hillary Burns decides to get a "fake" Jason and puts an "add" on the net. She chooses a guy she ran into playing a big red cell phone - great credentials to play a fiancé! While they are there for the three days they become close and she gets carried away with the whole fiancé and wedding thing.
She tells her parents they'll get married at Christmas and they even buy a wedding dress. When her Mum invites the vicar to chat to the couple to arrange the wedding, both Hillary and the Vicar learn the "fake" Jason is Jewish, to which she replies, "he'll convert" and the Vicar says he'll baptise him that weekend.
All through this, though they've had a couple of "moments", the "fake" Jason keeps asking Hillary, "You do know this isn't real?"
This to me says he isn't really committed, but of course this is a love story so they do end up married at Christmas.
It's the speed of this entire situation and its outcome that smacks of ludicrousness and unbelievability. Had this series of events been handled a little more realistically then this film would've been so much better for it.