Just when you thought 2023 was going to be a good year at the movies, with a prehistoric shark for company, comes Shotgun Wedding. It is not even the kind of existentially bad film that prompts you to debate your place in the world. Shotgun Wedding is just dreadful in a boring, half-hearted way. It is even more appalling to watch JLo stuck in such a demeaning exercise.
Darcy (Lopez) and Tom (Josh Duhamel) are getting married in a beautiful island in the Philippines. Like all weddings, there is stuff to navigate despite the best efforts of the manager, Marge (Selena Tan from Crazy Rich Asians). Darcy does not want her super-rich dad, Robert (Cheech Marin) to pay for it and Tom wants to give Darcy the perfect wedding, while proving to his in-laws that he is the right man for their baby girl.
Shotgun Wedding
Director: Jason Moore
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Coolidge, Sônia Braga, Cheech Marin, D’Arcy Carden, Lenny Kravitz
Story line: A destination wedding goes south when pirates step in
Run time: 100 minutes
Shotgun Wedding: Here's everything you need to know
The romantic action comedy was first announced in January 2019, with Ryan Reynolds in the lead role, and Jason Moore joining the team as the director. Jennifer Lopez was announced as the female lead of the project in October 2020. Meanwhile, Armie Hammer replaced Ryan Reynolds as the male lead of Shotgun Wedding, while the latter continued being a part of the project as a co-producer. However, Hammer dropped out of the project in January 2021 in the wake of abuse allegations against him. Later, Josh Duhamel replaced him as the leading man of Shotgun Wedding.
The Jason Moore directorial revolves around the destination of Tom and Darcy's destination wedding, which gets interrupted by the pirates who take the wedding party hostage. Along with Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel, the project features a stellar star cast including Sonia Barga, Jennifer Coolidge, Lenny Kravitz, Cheech Marin, D'Arcy Carden, Selena Tan, Desmin Borges, Alex Mallari Jr, and others in the supporting roles.
