Film Review: Shotgun Wedding

By What on What's Good - Jovin Tardif October 04, 2022

Shotgun Wedding

Lionsgate, Mandeville Films, Belle Hope Productions, Nuyorican Productions

Amazon Studios, Lionsgate

Release date

January 27, 2023 (Prime Video)

Description

Darcy and Tom gather their families for the ultimate destination wedding but when the entire wedding party is taken hostage the bride and groom must save their loved ones--if they don't kill each other first.

My Rating

6/10

#whatonwhatsgood Rating

52%

#whatonwhatsgood Express Review

Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel are about to get married but they are suddenly threatened by pirates. Can they work together to save their family and friends? There were a few funny moments in the film. The cast is pretty decent. It was your typical rom-com movie. Nothing really special to report but if you are looking for something easy to watch you might want to check it out.

Directed by

Jason Moore

Written by

Mark Hammer

Produced by

Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Jennifer Lopez, Benny Medina, David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman

Starring

Jennifer Lopez as Darcy

Josh Duhamel as Tom

Sônia Braga as Renata

Jennifer Coolidge as Carol

Lenny Kravitz as Sean

Cheech Marin as Robert

D'Arcy Carden as Harriet

Selena Tan as Marge

Desmin Borges as Ricky

Alex Mallari Jr. as Dog-Face

Callie Hernandez as Jamie

Tharoth Sam as Rat-Face

Steve Coulter as Larry

María del Mar Fernández as Amanda

Héctor Gonz as Joel

Cinematography

Peter Deming

Edited by

Doc Crotzer

Music by

Pinar Toprak

Callie Hernandez discusses her character Jamie in Shotgun Wedding and why you should watch the film

I play Jamie Rivera, who is Darcy's (Jennifer Lopez) sister. I'm her little sister and the maid of honor.
I think it's great, because it's an action and a ROM COM. The cast is great, it's fun, and it's a wild ride.

Cheech Marin & D’arcy Carden discuss their characters in Shotgun Wedding and why you should watch the film

We're not. We're not married yet, but we are a couple. We're very much in love.
We come into the wedding and you know bring some tension.
This is a good one. It hits all the emotions.
It's kind of this like a throwbacky, romantic comedy, action, adventure that we haven't gotten to see in a while.
It is purely enjoyable. It is fun from beginning to end, and there are great twists.