SummaryLicense to Wed follows newly engaged Ben Murphy and his fiancée, Sadie Jones, in their quest to live happily ever after. The problem is that Sadie’s family church, St. Augustine’s, is run by Reverend Frank, who won’t bless Ben and Sadie’s union until they pass his patented, "foolproof" marriage-prep course. Consisting of outrageous classes,... Read More
Directed By:Ken Kwapis
Written By:Kim Barker, Tim Rasmussen, Vince Di Meglio, Wayne Lloyd
License to Wed
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Generally Unfavorable
25
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4.8
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
25
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Director Ken Kwapis uses those monster infants perfectly, down to a funny final outtake.
50
Rev. Robin Williams goes from mildly comic to downright creepy.
User score
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4.8
23% Positive
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Jan 23, 2017
6
It was a pretty average romantic comedy. It wasn't particularly funny, the acting wasn't bad , but it wasn't particularly good, the original story didn't make much sense and the movie was predictable, but it was entertaining and Robin Williams was good.
38
Krasinski and Moore are an adorable couple, but marriage material they aren't, especially since they're given a mere ten minutes to form a full-fledged relationship before Williams breathlessly barges into the picture.
30
Dreadful excuse for an unromantic comedy.
25
Watching Robin Williams as a pastor giving premarital counseling to lovebirds John Krasinski and Mandy Moore in License to Wed is like having a laugh chastity belt cinched up tight around your funny bone.
20
Working from a flawed premise with characters lacking credibility and plot turns more moronic than funny, the movie flatlines in about five minutes.
0
There's bad, there's awful and there's horrible, and then somewhere beyond that, in its own Kingdom of Lousy -- where all the milk curdles and the jokes aren't funny -- is License to Wed, the latest ghastly exercise starring Robin Williams.
Mar 20, 2022
2
When it tries to be serious, it still fails because we don't care about the characters. We don't care if they get married or not. License to Wed doesn't try to be much. But whatever it is trying to be, it's failing miserably.
Production Company:
- Warner Bros.
- Village Roadshow Pictures
- Robert Simonds Productions
- Phoenix Pictures
- Proposal Productions
- Que Lindo Entertainment
- Underground
Release Date:Jul 3, 2007
Duration:1 h 31 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:First came love... then came Reverend Frank.
Awards
Teen Choice Awards
• 1 Nomination
