Critic Reviews

• Mark Jenkins, Washington Post

  Its lunacy is well staged and fast-paced. Too bad the movie's premise is so lame that the nimbler moments can't redeem it.

• Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times

  The plotting just ends up feeling like a lot of business, ideas meant to keep the characters busy and in motion rather than actually reflecting anything like human behavior.

• Tom Keogh, Seattle Times

  Surely, some Hollywood studio in the 1950s made a prototype of the sprightly if erratic comedy "You May Not Kiss the Bride."

• Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic

  It's refreshing for critics when movies like "You May Not Kiss the Bride" come along. We don't get to use words like "insipid" nearly enough.

• Brent Simon, Shockya.com

  A movie that never figures out a way to stitch together all of its incongruous elements.

• Todd Jorgenson, Cinemalogue.com

  The low-brow script leads the characters through one far-fetched scenario after another with few laughs along the way. But at least the scenery is nice.

• Brian Orndorf, Blu-ray.com

  A noisy, unlikable distraction that seems more invested in photographing lush Hawaiian locations than solidifying a sense of humor that might coexist peacefully with the violence.

• Brian Tallerico, HollywoodChicago.com

  The charisma and comic timing of the film's female leads make up for some of the screenwriting rough patches but not enough to justify a trip to the theater.

• David Noh, Film Journal International

  This irredeemably silly tropical screwball comedy, made in 2009, is only now getting a release-and that's no surprise.

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