Wedding Unplanned (2017) User Reviews

Tainted love

[ljredux · 7/10 · 2 November 2020]

Jour J was never intended to be anything more than a vacuous romantic comedy, and I think it does that very well. Reem Kherici (who also directed and co-wrote the film) shines as the protagonist, Juliette, and it's great to see Nicolas Duvauchelle playing something other than a crook or a bent cop (or both).

Maybe I don't expose myself to enough of this kind of comedy, but I found some of the slapstick scenes to be laugh out loud funny. Notably (and don't worry, these are not spoilers): the wedding scene at the beginning, the prospective bride's father slamming open the window shutters of his coastal home, and the dog chasing its ball at the wedding planner's office. You'll know exactly why I singled out these scenes once you've seen the film.

It's just a shame that one of the writers had to taint everyone involved with glaring plagiarism. The infringing content only represents a tiny portion of the film, but it's hard to believe a production can reach completion without someone noticing. Perhaps it's time Mandarin Cinéma introduced better checks and balances to prevent the same thing happening again - certainly considering it happened with another of their films: Pattaya. The same writer was responsible too!

Beautiful Landscapes ...

[Franco-23 · 5/10 · 2 July 2020]

I gave this film 5 points (out of 10) for the landscapes and the beautiful photography. The characters have charm and are cute looking, but the story doesnt help at all. It consists of one cliche after another. It is extremely predictable from almost the beginning. It COULD have been interesting, had they altered the boring formula.

Good but hated the ending

[limput-75493 · 7/10 · 30 August 2021]

I liked the build up of the story but i didn't like how they actually made a whole "love story" about the guy who cheated and the other girl. It was just cringe.

A delighful romantic comedy

[Gordon-11 · 2 April 2018]

This film tells the story of a man who is caught unawares, when his girlfriend find a wedding planner's name card in his pocket.

The story is delightful, and it is very funny as well. There are a lot of beautiful coincidences, which cause ripple effects that causes more event beautiful coincidences. The three main characters are likable, and are distinct from each other as well. The ending is somewhat predictable, but not entirely predictable because the hint on one of the character's action is subtle and is given very late. I enjoyed this romantic comedy a lot.

Lost at Plagiarism

[dengarri · 3/10 · 12 May 2020]

I have to admit, I did not finish this film. But, for me, the first 20 minutes of a comedy are essential to recognize if good laughter awaits or not. In this case, what made me lose all my interest from the very beginning was plagiarism: the story begins at a costume party and when we are getting to know the characters, one of them reproduces exactly Barney Stinson's from How I met your Mother "hot crazy scale". EXACTLY the same joke and graphic representation. So sad. Later on, that same character refers to his friend as "a lobster, 'cause lobsters aré faithfull"... Come on! We have all seen "Friends" (over and ovee again)! There's no sign of a cure reference or fan wink, nothing. So it's only an obvious and poor theft. Apart from this, "Jour J" lacks grace and funny characters, and flashbacks aré way too grotesque (and definetly not funny). So, my suggestion Is, do not waste your precious minutes.

It's not the 1950's anymore so stop making the women act like it.

[ernaros-84474 · 1/10 · 19 June 2020]

This movie wasn't that good to be honest, a man with a girlfriend sleeps with a wedding planner and then she leaves her card in his pocket and his girlfriend finds it and he decides, oh well, guess I'm getting married now. He didn't even tell his girlfriend. The movie makes it look like he's the victim because he really likes both of them. The wedding planner that slept with him without knowing he had a girlfriend was basically forced to plan his wedding. Of course he's sad because he doesn't know which lady he wants to end up with so poor him. At the last minute, literally at the altar, like any cliche movie, the fiancee says I don't without knowing he slept with someone else, she reveals it's because "she wants to fulfill her life without a man" or something like that but of course right after the fiance reveals he slept with the wedding planner and the guests freak the heck out the fiancee finds another man, so much for fulfilling her life. And also it ends with the groom and the wedding planner running off together, because she wants to end up with him, a cheater that feels bad for himself? That's not how it works, the movie makes it look like all women NEED a man which is ofcourse total BS. The movie is overrated and has a bad ending, I was actually hoping they'd both dump him at the end because oh my god who is so stupid to want to end up the man? Women don't need men to survive. It's a fact ladies and gentlemen.

Good comedy, great sceneries

[lucienm-60321 · 8/10 · 2 April 2021]

I was pleasantly surprised with this comedy.

It's light hearted Some of the sceneries in country France are just wonderful !