Friday, July 13, 2012

The Decoy Bride 2012

The Decoy Bride (2011)     The wedding of internationally famous film star Lara Tyler to English author James Arber is sabotaged by a determined paparazzo.  They decide to relocate the event to the one place where the world's press won't find them.  They choose the sleepy Island of Hegg which was featured in Arber's bestselling novel The Ornithologists Wife.  Dilapidated buildings and greedy islanders are the least of the problems that the wedding party and their entourage have to deal with.  Marco the ingenious paparazzo tracks them down in his mission to photograph the celebrity wedding of the year.  Steve and his assistant Emma must find a decoy bride and they choose local girl Katie as an ideal replacement.  When Katie meets James, sparks fly, the dress gets ruined and love gets complicated.
     This is just slightly entertaining, there were decoy brides at the first wedding and the wedding could have continued after Marco was ejected from the church.  I found it interesting that Lara has a fit and chases Marco which destroys her perfect hair.  When she is discussing what to do about the wedding with James, her hair is back to perfect.  2 1/2* (This movie is so-so)

99 min, Drama directed by Sheree Folkson with Kelly Macdonald, David Tennant, Alice Eve, Michael Urie, Sally Phillips, James Fleet.

Note:  Blockbuster 2 1/2*, imdb 5.5 out of 10, 24% critic 45% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.

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