Mother Of The Bride review: Netflix’s algorithm serves up a romantic comedy facsimile
by The A.V. Club
The A.V. Club— The romantic comedy is, by its very nature, generic. As in, it depends on its genre tropes to amuse and entertain. Like an easy recipe, it can make for a delicious meal when it’s using nothing but the basics. But to pull off a rom-com is no easy feat. In fact, because its structure appears to be so nakedly preordained, it requires a skillful set of hands. Otherwise it will leave you with a sour taste in your mouth. Mark Waters’ Mother Of The Bride, a Thailand-set romp featuring Brooke Shields as...
Variety—‘Mother of the Bride’ Review: Brooke Shields Says I Do to Netflix’s Aggressively Inoffensive Rom-Com. After “Ticket to Paradise” and “Shotgun Wedding” showed us the different ways in which calamity ensues when planning weddings abroad, Netflix releases “Mother of the Bride,” which combines the essential elements of both those recent romantic comedies into one passable package. The far-off setting emphasizes the lavish and luxe, though the narrative is cheaply woven […]
The Guardian—Mother of the Bride review – Brooke Shields leads middling Netflix mush. More background fluff from the streamer, this time from Mean Girls director Mark Waters with a splashy Thailand locationDespite experience mostly insisting caution, certain markers still allow one to naively daydream that a new Netflix comedy might be worth more than a background half-watch while ironing. A big name, an experienced writer, a genuine studio-trained director, some substantive source material, anything to allow us to glide on the brief hope that we’re not in hammy,...
AP News—Movie Review: Brooke Shields and Benjamin Bratt deserve more than Netflix's 'Mother of the Bride'. In “Mother of the Bride,” Brooke Shields and Benjamin Bratt play a pair of college exes who accidentally reunite at a resort in Thailand two decades later.