Shotgun Wedding includes more action than romance with the movie kicking off with a wedding rehearsal at a secluded Philippine island resort. While there are romantic elements to the film, such as Lopez and Duhamel’s personas, it primarily focuses on action and comedy.
If people believe that Jennifer Lopez has previously starred in a variety of rom-coms, she is determined to disprove their claims. Shotgun Wedding displays the singer-fierce actor’s fighting prowess as well as her improbably flat abs. And sure, Lopez, who plays Darcy, proves that she is still Jenny from the block when she ziplines over a Philippine island while wearing a flouncy wedding gown, carries a heavy machine gun, and throws grenades.
Even if there aren’t many shocks in the movie’s ending, the action, romance, and humor elements keep it enjoyable. Josh Duhamel, who portrays Lopez’s fiancé and “groomzilla” Tom, supports Lopez admirably. Jennifer Coolidge is among the film’s strong supporting cast members. She is presently in the second half of her career and enjoying some well-earned awards. Aside from earning an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her performance in The White Lotus, she is well-known for her comedic work.
The wedding rehearsal in a remote resort on a Philippine island serves as the film’s introduction and brings Darcy and Tom’s families together. There are some strange relatives, perilous friends, and unwelcome visitors. Sean (Lenny Kravitz), Darcy’s ex-fiancé, shows up for the wedding in a helicopter in an attention-grabbing act. It is known that the wedding ceremony does not proceed as expected, though. The movie’s trailer has really already provided enough cues as to what exactly goes wrong. While the guests are being held prisoner by pirates, the differences between the bride and groom reemerge. Before the vows are said, chaos and mess ensue.
The bride enters the scene wearing a lavish bridal gown, while the groom enters the scene wearing a sharp tux. In this action comedy, they work together to produce some exciting moments. The tension is greatly enhanced by Lopez’s outfit. She takes off its layers and puts on the outfit with boots so she can fight more easily while the armed pirates keep coming at her. Despite having beautiful physique and attractive faces, the performers struggle to spark chemistry with one another.
The last-minute clash between Darcy’s cold feet and Tom’s overzealous pursuit of perfection does not appear convincing. Although Lopez, who has much expertise managing rom-com, is able to hold the audience’s attention, Darcy’s problems are not fully addressed. Her anxieties are not made clear to the viewer. However, upbeat rom-coms seldom delve in-depth into it.
One of the movie’s major flaws is that it never makes use of Coolidge’s comedic abilities to inject the story with additional humorous moments. She is entertaining in her role as Tom’s uncomplicated mother Carol, but she is also idle. That could be the case because the film appears to rely more on action scenes than on humor to keep the audience’s interest.
Due to its timeless spirit and, more importantly, the fact that it understands how to be the comedy it has to be (we’re talking about Hollywood’s Golden Age) without devolving into melodrama, this is a comedy we were missing. Shotgun Wedding is more of an “action comedy” than a romantic comedy, and even while it is quite “silly” (I don’t believe anybody would argue with that), it understands when to be acidic and, in particular, how to avoid some clichés. It also mixes subjects but mocks them despite being a prisoner of its genre.
First of all, this is a humorous film with JLo running about in a wedding gown while the bride and groom fight with some armed bandits on an island. In order to give us a program that, although not magnificent, is enjoyable enough to give us scenarios that are not surprising and don’t make much sense while avoiding the traps of romanticism, it must be crazy, amusing, and unusual (just enough).
This movie makes fun of the romantic comedy subgenre at times and gives us a very good show. The narrative of this movie leads one to expect very little but delivers much more than it promises.
This movie, according to someone else, is the one about flying that no one requested. In the end, this could hold a little weight.