Love, Wedding, Marriage 2011

Christy Lemire, Associated Press: To describe Love, Wedding, Marriage as sitcommy would be an insult to sitcoms, which can and do succeed in inspiring genuine laughter. Read more

James Rocchi, MSN Movies: This film is a prison -- and a cruel one -- for both the actors in it and the audience watching, one with walls made of rock-hard, impenetrable stupidity and bars of cold-forged cliches. Read more

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: If there is a special hell for film critics, it probably has movies like "Love, Wedding, Marriage" on continuous rotation. Read more

Eric Hynes, Time Out: Veteran character actor Dermot Mulroney unleashes his inner cornball for this directorial debut, a softly lit, wind-chimes-scored diversion for the Celestial Seasonings set. Read more

Alison Willmore, AV Club: The "romantic" half of Love, Wedding, Marriage's romantic comedy doesn't work, but that isn't nearly as problematic as the film's profound unfunniness. Read more

Adam Markovitz, Entertainment Weekly: Though it doesn't work as entertainment, this numbingly chipper rom-com (directed by Dermot Mulroney) might be of historical value someday as an A-to-Z guide to the genre's most overworked cliches. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter: An annulment is in order. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Moore was a spirited off-screen presence in "Tangled," but her charms as an actress are strained here, and the film only adds more ballast to a resume already groaning under dead weight such as "Because I Said So" and "License to Wed." Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: A misfire from frenetic start to frantic finish, Dermot Mulroney's filmmaking debut suggests his gifts are best seen in front of the camera. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Except for Brolin as an unlikely born-again Jew, nobody fares well under Mulroney's ham-fisted direction. Read more

Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com: "Love Wedding Marriage" is a sitcom stretched the movie length, with almost no laughs. Read more

John Anderson, Variety: Performances range from wooden to hysterical, and it's largely due to Mulroney's inexperience behind the camera. Read more

Nick Schager, Village Voice: Comprised only of half-hearted melodramatics and schmaltzy bromides, the film offers nothing new but plenty of things that are old, borrowed, and apt to make one blue. Read more