This Brit/Oz-hybrid is a simple-minded attempt at The Hangover market that comes too late to offer anything original, and the juvenile level of humour and dialogue hits the mark only occasionally. Xavier Samuel makes a well-meaning but bland lead as the groom, with odd support from his Brit best friends: Kris Marshall is disappointingly flat, and Kevin Bishop at times appears to be creating a spoof character from one of his TV shows. The big surprise is that the female characters are so under-written, suggesting that the target demographic is clearly undiscerning teenage boys. There are some pleasures to be found - a soundtrack of pop-tastic 70s/80s covers (but really: Rock and Roll Part 2?), and a very game Olivia Newton-John giving it all as the mother-in-law high on coke - but overall this is very thin and patience-testing comedy indeed.
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