12/20/2023
Synopsis: An independent couple resist pressures to get married and have children while visiting family for the holiday.
The Good: It’s a funny little romcom. Vince Vaughan plays Vince character and Reese plays the Reese character and it kinda works. Plenty situational comedy.
The Bad: I want to like it but you know it’s bad. There was a serious chemistry issue and some editing and directing missteps that leave it pretty flat.
Best Line: You can’t really spell families without lies…try it.’
Fun Fact: According to reports, Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn hated each other during filming, though nobody knows why. During production, a number of stories leaked to the press about the tension on set. The Daily News quoted “spies” who gossiped about how the stars’ personalities clashed: “Vince rolls onto set in the morning looking like he just came in from a night out, while Reese will arrive early looking camera-ready,” said their San Francisco source. “Then Reese tries to force Vince into blocking out each scene and running through their lines as Vince tries to convince her that he’s an ad-libber and wants to play around and see where the scene goes.” It got so bad that Witherspoon refused to film a steamy sex scene with Vaughn.
Verdict:
Technical: 5.75
Entertainment Value: 6.5
Genre Rating: 6.25
IMDb Score: 5.7
Total: 6
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