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Love, Wedding, Marriage is a 2011 American romantic comedy film directed by Dermot
Mulroney in his feature film directorial [Link] stars Mandy Moore, Kellan Lutz, James
Brolin, Jane Seymour and Christopher [Link] was released on June 3, 2011.== Plot ==
Ava and Charlie are newlyweds that have been inspired by her parents', Bradley and Betty's
30-year [Link] decides to throw them a surprise anniversary party, but when Betty
finds out about an affair Bradley had 25 years ago, she refuses to live with [Link] then
moves her father into her house, without consulting [Link] promises her new husband
that it will only be for a short [Link] a marriage counselor, she obsesses over fixing her
parents' marriage so much that it starts to affect their [Link] stop having sex and
then, their friend Gerber and new Polish wife, Kasia, whom he had met the night before,
show [Link] mentions Charlie's first marriage 10 years ago, that she never knew [Link]
gets upset and Charlie tries to explain that it was a long time ago and he was drunk when it
[Link] Ava decides to send her parents to another therapist, he suggests doing a
rock climbing exercise to help build [Link] partner climbs while the other holds the rope
for [Link] the exercise, Ava's parents get into an argument and her father leaves
the rope and Betty suspended in air calling for [Link] leaves her own rope with Charlie to
help her mother, which results in him falling and injuring his back and [Link] she tries
to apologize, Charlie warns her that her distracted behavior is causing an increasing gulf
between [Link] is still planning the anniversary party in secret when her mother tells
her she's leaving on a 6-month-trip to Asia in 10 [Link] new plan to bring her parents
together enlists Charlie's help to take her father out for a guys [Link] meet up with
Gerber at a bar, the trio winds up at a strip club and they become incredibly
[Link] home, they find Ava with her mother and Bradley tells Betty she can
leave as he's going to marry a hot, young girl from Europe, an idea he got from [Link]
scolds Charlie for ruining her plan which then leads to him complaining about their sex
[Link] Ava's sister Shelby takes Betty speed dating, Bradley is at home with Ava, takes a
few sleeping pills and falls [Link] flushes the rest of the pills down the toilet and calls 9-
1-1 to make it look like a suicide [Link] that time, Betty realizes that no man could
ever replace Bradley and even more so when she finds out that he's in the [Link]
Charlie asks Ava how many pills Bradley had taken, she admits that she had created the
whole incident attempting to bring her parents [Link] yells at her for her manipulative
behavior, storming out of the [Link] Ava gets home, she discovers that Charlie has
left to stay at Gerber'[Link] next day, Ava goes to Charlie's office to apologize, and asks him
to return [Link] replies that “he can't answer that right now”.Inviting him to her parents'
30th anniversary party which is now back on, he declines, saying that he isn't in the mood
for [Link] becomes enraged and accuses Charlie of having an affair with his
secretary, [Link] denies it, questions her motives for marrying him and suggests that
perhaps she did it to boost her career and lend credibility to her marriage counseling
[Link] is stunned, and [Link] next day, Gerber kicks Charlie out as Kasia's family
comes to [Link] Charlie hears Gerber talk to his wife in Polish, and asks him about it,
Gerber says that if you love someone and want to live a successful married life, you have to
accept and respect their family as [Link] goes to find Ava who is at her parents'
[Link] meet after Ava realizes it's her own fault for the way their marriage is and wants
to [Link] redoes his marriage vows and Ava responds, "I do."Charlie suggests
going back to the party, but Ava suggests they consummate their marriage instead.== Cast
==
Mandy Moore as Ava Gold
Kellan Lutz as Charlie
Jane Seymour as Betty Gold
James Brolin as Bradley Gold
Jessica Szohr as Shelby Gold
Michael Weston as Gerber
Marta Żmuda Trzebiatowska as Kasia
Richard Reid as Ian
Christopher Lloyd as Dr. George
Alexis Denisof as Lloyd
Alyson Hannigan as Courtney
Colleen Camp as Ethel
Andrew Keegan as Jeramiah Stevens
Gabrielle Shuff as Adrianna
Joe Chrest as John
Kim Vu as Amy
Autumn Federici as Jessica
Sarah Lieving as Rachel
Billy Slaughter as Actor (voice)
Julia Roberts as Ava's Therapist (voice)
== Reception ==
The film was panned by film [Link] review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, it has a
0% approval rating, based on 19 reviews with a weighted average score of 2/[Link]
Metacritic, it scored 13 out of 100, an "overwhelming dislike" based on ten [Link] Los
Angeles Times called it "an emotional wreck of major proportions".Slant Magazine said it
was "wooden and shallow".The Hollywood Reporter called it "a flat romantic comedy" [...]
"that would have seemed insipid even in 1953".They added that Moore came across as a
"high school student" and that "Lutz's dyed blond hair does nothing to encourage taking
him seriously."The Village Voice said it was full of "half-hearted melodramatics and
schmaltzy bromides".
