Best Man Down 2012

     Lawrence (Lumpy) is the best man at the destination wedding in Phoenix of Scott and Kristen.  He gets very drunk, spills a drink on the bride’s $3000 dress, throws up in the ladies room, dances on tables, needs to be held back from pulling the cake off the table and other outrageous behaviors.  Unfortunately, he hits his head in his hotel room while jumping on the bed.   He walks out into the desert at night looking for help and passes away.  Scott and Kristen cancel their honeymoon and fly back to Minneapolis to arrange for his funeral.  As they notify people who knew Lumpy, Scott finds out he didn’t know as much as he thought about his best friend.

     Scott and Kristen start to have a lot of arguments over Lumpy’s death and what they need to do afterward.  It’s not the best way to start a marriage.  This is very boring, everything that happens is not interesting, it’s a slog to get through and you wonder if there was anything here worth your wasted time?  It’s not funny and all the laughs are mean or from embarrassing events.  2* (I didn’t like this movie) 

89 min, Comedy directed by Ted Koland with Justin Long, Jess Weixler, Tyler Labine, Addison Timlin, Shelley Long, Frances O’Connor, Evan Jones.

Note:  Imdb 3 out of 10, 33% critic 47% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 1*.