{"id":1824864,"date":"2023-01-26T11:35:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T16:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1824864"},"modified":"2023-01-26T11:41:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T16:41:29","slug":"shotgun-wedding-finds-romance-in-the-craziest-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shotgun-wedding-finds-romance-in-the-craziest-places\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cShotgun Wedding\u201d Finds Romance in the Craziest Places"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fshotgun-wedding-finds-romance-in-the-craziest-places%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1824864&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Shotgun-wedding-Lopez-Duhamel-beach-2.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>The list of reasons why Jennifer Lopez\u2019s \u201cShotgun Wedding\u201d Should stink is significant.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before Josh Duhamel arrived, the project was already in motion. Name actors Ryan Reynolds, Armie Hammer had been flirting with it.<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood isn&#8217;t sure how to make a rom-com of the old-school variety these days. However, recent movies like \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/ticket-to-paradise-box-office-woke-free\/\">Ticket to Paradise<\/a>\u201d And \u201cI Want You Back\u201d The genre is in dire need of a revival.<\/p>\n<p>And the story\u2019s plot, a wedding ceremony gets hijacked by terrorists, reeks of flop sweat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShotgun Wedding\u201d Bullies are more than the above and prove that the romcom template can withstand almost anything. It helps to have Stifler\u2019s mom, scene-stealer Jennifer Coolidge, on hand.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez and Duhamel play Darcy, and Tom, the lovebirds who gather in the Philippines to celebrate their big day. He\u2019s a control freak, organizing every last detail of the wedding. She\u2019s busy keeping the peace between her squabbling parents.<\/p>\n<p>Their big day is interrupted by machine gun-wielding terrorists eager to snag some cash from Darcy\u2019s rich Dad (Cheech Marin).<\/p>\n<p>Is this possible? Can the wedding party see tomorrow?<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cdumb\u201d Factor sinks deeper than just a few fluffy romance movies. \u201cShotgun Wedding\u201d This is a mistake that he avoids early. The laughter is gentle, Darcy&#8217;s bond with Tom feels real enough, and the supporting actors add warmth to the mix.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/can-meg-ryan-revive-the-rom-com\/\"><strong>RELATED: CAN MEG RYAN SAVE THE ROM-COM (AGAIN)?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sonia Braga seethes as Darcy\u2019s mom, still bitter over her ex shacking up with a much younger woman (D\u2019Arcy Carden). Tom\u2019s daffy mom (Coolidge) gets every social cue wrong, as only the \u201cWhite Lotus\u201d star can.<\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s Sean (Lenny Kravitz), Darcy\u2019s handsome ex whose presence gets on Tom\u2019s last nerve. You can&#8217;t blame him.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an overstuffed recipe for romance and danger, and the film packs plenty of the latter. These terrorists mean business \u2026 until they don\u2019t. The film can\u2019t push the danger element too much, lest it break free from the rom-com template.<\/p>\n<p>This is what it means \u201cWedding\u201d It is a multi-faceted problem that never goes away. One minute we\u2019re chortling at Coolidge saying something silly, the next the couple in question is dodging machine gun fire.<\/p>\n<p>Sally and Harry didn&#8217;t have to run for cover during their screen romance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CjQQ7sCLS33\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Director Jason Moore \u201cPitch Perfect\u201d Fame does a great job of handling all aspects. Moore is a master at delivering the action, and Moore doesn&#8217;t even crack a joke.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez and Duhamel aren\u2019t a classic screen couple, but their bickering has a purpose. Marriage is difficult, so you need to be as vulnerable as possible.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s scary by itself, let alone knowing a team of terrorists is lurking around the corner.<\/p>\n<p>Duhamel\u2019s career is no match for what Lopez has built over the years, but the actor\u2019s good looks distract from his casual charm. He\u2019s perfect for breezy rom-coms, but Hollywood hasn\u2019t given him projects worthy of his skill set.<\/p>\n<p>His work in 2004\u2019s \u201cWin a Date with Ted Hamilton!\u201d This door should have been opened long ago.<\/p>\n<p>Duhamel\u2019s presence, and a woke-free story, make \u201cShotgun Wedding\u201d A flawed, but fun date night alternative.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Miss or HiT<\/strong>: \u201cShotgun Wedding\u201d It could be a disaster, but Jennifer Coolidge&#8217;s charismatic leads keep the rom-com moving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The list of reasons why Jennifer Lopez\u2019s \u201cShotgun Wedding\u201d Should stink is significant. Before Josh Duhamel arrived, the project was already in motion. Name actors Ryan Reynolds, Armie Hammer had been flirting with it. Hollywood isn&#8217;t sure how to make a rom-com of the old-school variety these days. However, recent movies like \u201cTicket to Paradise\u201d &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1824867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[16567,16565,16566,10640],"class_list":["post-1824864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-shotgun","tag-craziest","tag-romance","tag-wedding"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1824864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1824867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1824864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1824864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1824864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}