Just Married (2003)

19% of critics liked it
(103 reviews)
53% of users liked it
(435,746 ratings)

Can a new marriage survive meddling friends, disapproving families, and some of the worst accommodations in Europe? That's the question posed in this broad comedy. Tom Leezak (Ashton Kutcher) is a regular guy who likes sports and beer and tries to make ends meet working as a nighttime radio traffic… More Can a new marriage survive meddling friends, disapproving families, and some of the worst accommodations in Europe? That's the question posed in this broad comedy. Tom Leezak (Ashton Kutcher) is a regular guy who likes sports and beer and tries to make ends meet working as a nighttime radio traffic reporter. Sarah McNerney (Brittany Murphy) is a beautiful young woman from a wealthy and privileged family who is trying to make a name for herself as a writer. Tom and Sarah have seemingly nothing in common, but that doesn't stop them from falling in love. Sarah's family doesn't much care for Tom's boorish ways, and Tom's buddies think Sarah is too highbrow for him, but, if anything, this makes the couple all the more determined to be together, and they decide to get married and head off to Italy for a month-long honeymoon despite the pleas of those closest to them. However, even after the knot is tied, Sarah's former beau, Peter Prentiss (Christian Kane), is dead set upon breaking up the happy couple, though as it turns out, a seemingly endless stream of bad luck and post-marital jitters may do the job for him. Just Married was written by Sam Harper, who claims to have loosely based the script on his own experiences on an ill-starred European honeymoon with his wife; fortunately, the couple's marriage survived the experience. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: PG-13, 1 hr. 34 min.
Directed By: Shawn Levy, Meghna Gulzar
Written By: Sam Harper
Genres: Comedy, Romance

In Theaters: Jan 10, 2003 Wide
On DVD: Jun 17, 2003
Studio: 20th Century Fox

Critic Reviews

Laura Sinagra, Village Voice
Hackneyed star-brite Brittany Murphy-Ashton Kutcher rom-com.
Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic
Rubbery-faced Kutcher is a nice match for Murphy, and their chemistry keeps the movie afloat even when the gags stretch thin.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Just uninspired and mostly unfunny.
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
Plays like a dumbed-down version of a formula that's already had most of the smartness wrung out of it.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Yes, it's as bad as it looks.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
A veritable orgy of strained physical gags, inane vulgarity and poor comic timing.
Nell Minow, Common Sense Media
Immature and annoying; the jokes are tired.
Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com
The outside seat-fillers at the screening happily ate up every unsurprising, unfunny second, but that doesn't mean that you have to.
Daniel M. Kimmel, Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Besides the sub-par script the problem is that Kutcher and Murphy have zero chemistry.
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...it's the paper-thin characters and utterly predictable storyline that does the film in.
John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
...banal chatter, glaring insults, and juvenile slapstick. It's only the movie's PG-13 rating that saves it from being grossly crude, as well.
John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
...nails the lowest possible IQ in the audience by being as insipid as it is boring.
Scott Russon, Empire Magazine
A pleasant, undemanding date movie.

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Lenny M

Semi-fun movie that's really not that good. Filled with smelly cheese. Little Josh Baskin from "Big" plays Ashton Kutcher's best man, he still looks the same which is weird because he's supposed to look like Tom Hanks now.
Dead A

The ending was sweet. Not that funny. But some scenes are kinda funny.
Cassandra M

Tom (Ashton Kutcher) a traffic reporter with a white collar up bringing and Sarah (Brittany Murphy) a writer whose family is wealthy and snobbish, fall in love and marry; much to the despair of her parents and her ex-boyfriend. After their wedding they set off on what should be their… More
Tom (Ashton Kutcher) a traffic reporter with a white collar up bringing and Sarah (Brittany Murphy) a writer whose family is wealthy and snobbish, fall in love and marry; much to the despair of her parents and her ex-boyfriend. After their wedding they set off on what should be their honeymoon, but it's more the trip from hell. Kutcher and Murphy do have a strong screen chemistry, and this movie does have a decent script with some funny moments, it just doesn't do anything new, which leaves it feeling just a little too familiar, to be considered a really good film. It's well made, funny and entertaining; it's just not special.
Anthony L

It?s really, really shit! It?s not funny and the two leads are really annoying. There is nothing to like about this film!
Dean !

An ok Rom-com, not the worst, far from the best. I thought the more recent What happens in Vegas was better. You might like Wedding crashers as well if you like this.
Martin S

Average comedy movie. Still fun though
Candy R

Hilarious rom com about a couple from different backgrounds who hastily gets married. They go on the worst honeymoon in history with diastrous but very funny consequences.
Daniel P

I will first admit that I only saw half of the film, and that it was the last half. It seemed kind of cute, but I can't say that I'll go looking to watch the first half anytime soon. Everything that Ashton Kutcher seemed to do to keep me watching, the scripting undid, and… More
I will first admit that I only saw half of the film, and that it was the last half. It seemed kind of cute, but I can't say that I'll go looking to watch the first half anytime soon. Everything that Ashton Kutcher seemed to do to keep me watching, the scripting undid, and the ending was gag-worthy to say the least. If it didn't have at least a small element that personally resonated (the "class difference" in the relationship, though mine is certainly less pronounced or stereotyped!), I may not have even stuck with it as long as I did. [Real rating pending.]
Lewis C

Not bad, but you won't remember that you saw it the next day.
Megan S

This movie was more amusing that I thought it would be. It's another one of those movies that I always find myself watching when I'm channel surfing and it's on TV.
Rachel F

Really cute.
Red L

Hokey movie
Tim B

I guess my review of this movie isn't a fair one, since I didn't see the whole thing. However, the reason I didn't see it all was because I walked out of the theatre, it sucked so bad.
danny d

decent romantic comedy
Dean M

Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy are really hilarious in their disastrous honeymoon.
Leigh R

Kinda cute.
Keith A

It has its moments but it gets too chick-friendly by the end.
Sanjaya &

A very bad honeymoon....
Dillon L

Now that I really think about it, has Ashton Kutcher ever been in a good movie?
Deb S

"You never see the bad days in photo albums but those are the days that get you from one happy snap shot to another." A cute romantic movie with a girl from a wealthy Beverly Hills family Sarah McNerney (played by Brittany Murphy) who falls in love with an average Joe by… More
"You never see the bad days in photo albums but those are the days that get you from one happy snap shot to another." A cute romantic movie with a girl from a wealthy Beverly Hills family Sarah McNerney (played by Brittany Murphy) who falls in love with an average Joe by the name of Tom Leezak (played by Ashton Kutcher). They get married even though Tom's friends and Sarah's family are against it and go on their supposedly perfectly planned European honeymoon. Unfortunately, things don't go exactly as they had hoped when they are evicted from their hotel in France. Light hearted and funny flick with wonderful glimpses of beautiful European vistas and I loved the memorable the heart-to-heart talk Tom gets from his dad; he had a good message in the end about being an adult and working things out. ~Spoiler~ "Just Married" has many hilarious moments from the classic pre-marriage scene when Kutcher tells his best man, "you're the worst best man ever," to him forcing a plug for a sex toy into the electrical outlet of the posh French hotel, to Murphy's discovery of the curious red bra in their honeymoon suite.