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When Hannah asks Tom to be her "maid" of honor (or honour - it
depends what school of grammar you attended), he reluctantly agrees
to fill the role… but only so he can attempt to woo back Hannah and
stop the
wedding before it's too late. Sound familiar? Probably because it is.
Those who have seen My Best Friends Wedding will know the ending to this before you even get to the disc into the DVD player. Hollywood
is a short sighted industry. By and large, it's near impossible to find
someone there who has been employed for a stretch any longer than ten
years. And if anyone can tell you of the pitfalls of the Hollywood
game, it's comeback kid Patrick Dempsey.
After a stretch of hits
in the 1980s (which all generally saw Dempsey playing the exact same
character in each flick), young Dempsey was thrown on the has-been heap
and was thought to be completley forgotten until the triumphant return,
over a decade later, as a McDreamy TV doctor.
So it's somewhat
upsetting to see that Dempsey is taking his second chance and throwing
it away - making decsions that are just as short sighted as he was back
in the 1980s : churning out a slew of run-of-the-mill "Prince Charming"
roles like this and Enchanted.
Sure, they might help Dempsey with his current success
(and will no doubt keep the perverbial "poon tang" flowing) - but where
is he going to be once the fickle world of TV turns off from McDreamy
and goes onto the next big thing?
Perhaps Dempsey should take a leaf
out of his fellow TV Doctor's book, George Clooney, to see how the
easiest choices aren't always the best. And the hard and less obvious
choices will most likely keep you held in the memories of Hollywood
longer than any dream-boat roles will.
Made of Honour
is hardly in danger of dissapointing it's target audience of mums and
daughters, and there are some good performances here (former Dawsons Creek
star, Busy Phillips, supplies some welcome laughs), but it's nothing
that you won't be able to see in a few weeks times when the next
sub-par rom com takes it's place in your memory and at your local
screens.
DVD EXTRAS
I've always been a sucker for DVD packaging. So from the get-go,
this release gets extra point in my book for no reason other than it
has itself a nice (if not uneeded) cardboard slip case. They serve no
purpose, they make it more difficult to store - yet having one on makes
you feel like you've got something special.
Strange, but true.
Included on this release is a directors commentary - as well as the option of Widescreen or Full Screen versions of the film.
Strange
to see that a fluffy flick like this is lacking in the fluffy
featurette's department (surely the folk buying this for Dempsey would
be aching for a few Behind-The-Scenes grabs from the TV hottie).
That aside, Made of Honour is in no danger of dissapointing it's core audience - and that's all that really matters at the end of the day.
Conclusion:
Movie 70% Extras: 40%
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