SHOTGUN WEDDING













 SHOTGUN WEDDING

 

I freaking love Jennifer Lopez movies. I have to admit this movie is pure fun! It’s an action romance comedy adventure that hits all the right buttons on all of those genres. It’s funny but the action adventure is thrilling and exciting and the romance signals in on the good guys and gals and their friends and family and none of them are perfect but all of them are likable and sort of realistic as well as funny. Every moment of this movie works. The cast is perfect and you can tell they’re having a good time but unlike other movies and TV shows, this cast is having a good time in a good, fun script where the “good guys and gals” are flawed but are the good guys and gals and the “bad guys and gals” if there are any are the bad guys and gals who fulfill their promise. It’s not grim, it’s not sad, it’s what entertainment is meant to do: entertain without dragging you down in these trying days but people DO die in this. It has that element of danger and threat but this time the balance of romance, danger, comedy, and action is perfect. It’s an enjoyable movie with constant laughs and brilliant set pieces, both comedic and action oriented. Josh Dumahl is wonderful as is Lopez and all supporting actors. 

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