Wading her way through familiar material is director Kat Coiro (“A Case of You”) who shows a steady hand at offering unintentionally inane entertainment that’s paired with a screenplay that is laced with predictability, ridiculous situations and unbelievable behavior, not to mention poor chemistry between the two leads, Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson. While the source material for “Marry Me” derives from Bobby Crosby’s webcomic of the same name, that’s really the only unique factor here since all the rom-com tropes and conventions seem to be present and accounted for. It’s a genre that has seen degrees of success each decade dating all the way back to the screwball comedies from the 30s and 40s, but in the 90s when a plethora of these movies came out, all their plots began to feel interchangeable: a couple meet-cute, they fall for each other, they break up for whatever reason and inevitably reunite realizing something about destiny and soulmates…or close variations of that formula. In releasing “Marry Me” on Valentine’s Day weekend this year, Universal Pictures is trying to see if rom-coms can still deliver a hit. release date: Febru(theatrical and Peacock) Rated: PG-13 (for some language and suggestive material) Produced by: Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Jennifer Lopez, Benny Medina & John Rogers Written by: John Rogers, Tami Sagher and Harper Dill (screenplay) and Bobby Crosby (graphic novel)
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