Michael’s Movie Grade: C+
An intermittently funny romantic comedy.
This movie has a great comedic premise. Two homosexual couples (one of women and one of men) who live together are having relationship trouble. One couple is trying to have a baby with no success, while the other one of the members is having trouble with commitment. When one of the young men is afraid to lose his citizenship (he is Korean) and also afraid that his wealthy family might disown him if he comes out as gay, he suggests marrying one of the women and funding for the women to have a baby in return.
This premise is ripe with comedic possibilities. However, the film is not as consistently funny as it should have been. Don’t get me wrong this movie did make me laugh out loud at times. Some of these moments are just undeniably hilarious. The two actual wedding scenes are especially laugh out loud funny. However, there is also too much time in between the really funny moments. Most of the humor is not bad per say but it is not especially funny either. One can't help but wish the rest of the film was as funny as the best comedic moments.
As for the romance and the drama, it is very predictable. There is never a moment, when you can't tell which way this film is going to go. However, it kind of works because the main characters are all so likable and far from the two-dimensional characters that often populate these types of rom coms.
This is not a great film, but it does provide a fun trip to the movies.
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