You May Not Kiss the Bride Movie Review

You May Not Kiss the Bride
                                                         

You May Not Kiss the Bride is an American romantic comedy drama movie released in 2011. This movie is written and directed by Rob Hedden. The major stars of You May Not Kiss the Bride are Dave Annable, Katharine McPhee, Mena Suvari, Kathy Bates, Vinnie Jones and Rob Schneider.

You May Not Kiss the Bride is the story of a photographer, who is forced to marry the daughter of a gangster and then takes her to honeymoon, but all the time he must keep one thing in his mind: he cannot even touch her.

Dave Annable and Katharine McPhee in a Scene from You May Not Kiss The Bride

Plot:

Bryan is a pet photographer. His has a beautiful assistant, who is obsessed about him. One day, he was shooting a pet dog of one of his clients, when his assistant enters with another client who brings a cat. Seeing the cat, the dog chases it and ends up in injuring the cat.

The cat’s owner turns out to be the wife of a mafia gang boss, who was having problem with his daughter’s green card. He kidnaps Bryan and to compensate his wife’s cat’s injury, he asks Bryan to marry his daughter so that she can get the green card. Bryan has no other option other than agreeing. But the gang boss also warns Bryan that his right hand man loves his daughter and wants to marry him, so he will keep an eye on them. Even after the wedding, Bryan cannot touch he gang boss’s daughter, let alone do anything else.

After returning home, Bryan finds his secretary at his apartment trying to seduce him. He does not agree. Bryan also calls his mother asking for advice, but without understanding the whole situation, she forces Bryan to marry the girl.

The gang boss’s right hand man gives Bryan a head start by telling about the girl. Bryan didn’t expect much of that girl, but gets amazed when he finds her as a beautiful lady. From the beginning, they like each other, but only as strangers. But two immigration officers are following her to understand the whole plot.  

Soon they get married. In their wedding program, Bryan’s secretary tries to create a scene, but fails. After their wedding, Bryan and his wife goes to a honeymoon trip. To reach that island, they take a helicopter driven by a crazy pilot. On the way, they falls into a storm and finds that most of the helicopter’s equipment are not working. But the crazy pilot somehow manages to take them to the beautiful resort.

Bryan’s wife keeps distance from Bryan according to the whole situation. A waitress at the resort tries to help Bryan so that he can impress his wife. While she was teaching Bryan dancing, his wife sees it and gets upset.

Then the waitress tells Bryan about a beautiful place where he should take his wife to cheer her.  Bryan and his wife visits there. But from there, two men kidnap Bryan’s wife. Bryan comes back to the hotel and to add more complication to the situation, his secretary and the right hand man of the gang boss also arrives at the hotel. The waitress again offers her help and her cousin, the crazy helicopter, pilot takes Bryan, his secretary and the waitress to search Bryan’s wife.

Bryan’s secretary falls for the helicopter pilot and their activities harm the rescue mission. In the meantime, Bryan’s wife escapes from the kidnappers and finally Bryan manages to find her. But they were still being chased by the kidnappers and the right hand man of the mafia boss.

The last part of the movie is about their running away and staying alive, the plot and betrayal about the kidnapping and about Bryan and his wife’s relation.

My reviews about You May Not Kiss the Bride:

To be honest, I didn’t expect much from this movie. At first, You May Not Kiss the Bride seemed to me as just a B grade romantic movie, so I felt strange when Mena Suvari and Rob Schneider appeared on it. But as time passed, You May Not Kiss the Bride became interesting and I ended up liking this movie to a bit.

The plot of You May Not Kiss the Bride is good, perfect for a romantic comedy movie.  There are enough drama to keep you interested throughout the movie. The locations where this movie was shot are also beautiful.

My opinion is, You May Not Kiss the Bride has a great problem with the casting and the script. The director should have appointed a more renowned and strong actor as the gang boss. That character alone could make this movie much mature. Or even keeping him, the director should have made that character’s role stronger. Again, Mena Suvari’s character seemed too immature to tolerate. I know her character here was supposed to be immature, but it was so annoying that it has affected You May Not Kiss the Bride. A more renowned actor as the hero could take this movie much higher. Katharine McPhee looked beautiful in here and her acting was also good.

Dialogues are okay, expect for some characters. The makeup and the camera works were good too.

There are no nude scenes in You May Not Kiss the Bride, so its safe to watch this one with kids.

The ending is a little dramatic but it looked good. Although ending of You May Not Kiss the Bride is not unpredictable for a romantic movie, but I like the way things happened.

My feeling is,You May Not Kiss the Bride had a great potential to be a really beautiful movie, but has failed for the lack of good casting, acting and dialogues.

So overall, I liked You May Not Kiss the Bride  specially when I expected almost nothing from it after seeing the first few minutes. I won’t mark it as a great movie, but still, I’d recommend You May Not Kiss the Bride to all romantic movie lovers. But remember, don’t watch it with high expectations, it will fail to you.

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The Cold Light of Day Movie Review

The Cold Light of Day
                                              

The Cold Light of Day is an action thriller released in 2012. It is written by Scott Wiper, John Petro and directed by Mabrouk El Mechri. The major roles of The Cold Light of Day are played by Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis, Verónica Echegui and Sigourney Weaver.

The Cold Light of Day tells the story of a busy executive, who goes to spend vacation with his family where suddenly he gets separated from his family member, discovers the hidden identity of his father and finally learns about the conspiracy which is threatening their lives.

Henry Cavill and Bruce Willis in The Cold Light of Day

Plot:
A guy named Will goes to Spain to spend the holidays with his family (against his will). His father apparently works for USA embassy and right now, posted in Spain.  He, along with his parents, brother and brother’s girlfriend goes for fishing in the sea. Will is continuously busy with his works and that causes an accident which injures Will’s brother’s girlfriend. Will’s dad throws Will’s phone to the sea. To make some important calls and to get some supplies, Will swims to the shore.

When he returns to the beach, he sees that their boat has disappeared. Finally he finds the boat abandoned with no one in it. He runs to the local police station. After knowing his name, the police take him near the boat and another man comes there, who wants to take Will to the place where his family is. Sensing danger, Will tries to break free and suddenly his dad appears. Together they fight the police and escape. Will then learns from his dad that his dad’s job is not what it seems and his actions are the reason behind the kidnap of his family.

Will’s dad takes him to a CIA agent and he tries to find a briefcase, which, the agent said, is passed to other hands.  While returning to the car, his dad is shot to death by a sniper. Will takes his dad’s phone and gun and runs for his life while that sniper keeps chasing him. He manages to enter U.S. embassy. The people of the embassy can’t help him, moreover, they frame him for killing a police officer. Then the CIA agent (lady) comes to the embassy and offers him her help. But sensing danger again, Will runs away from the embassy.

Will gets a call on his father’s phone from the kidnappers who address his father as Tom. They give Will a timeline to return the briefcase. Then he sees a name on the dial list for several times. He calls that number and finds an address.

He goes to that person’s office and finds a girl there who is the niece of the person whom Will wants to find. The man from the embassy appears there and tries to kill them both, but Will manages to kills him. Then they go to the girl’s uncle’s home but find him dead there. The CIA agent comes there and while escaping from there, Will gets shot. But he, along with the girl, finally manages to escape. The girl takes him to a nightclub and the people at the  nightclub (the girl’s friends) help them.  The girl gets surprised to find Will’s father’s photo in his phone. Then they find out, she is Will’s sister.

Will then goes to meet the kidnappers at their scheduled time and place. He finds his family there with the kidnappers. The kidnappers are Mossad agents and after they become sure that Will is innocent, they tell Will the facts about the briefcase. Will learns that the CIA agent is the culprit behind all these. The Mossad agents hold Will’s family for the briefcase and also warn him, they have no reason to keep Will’s family alive once the briefcase has been sold to wrong hands.

To get the briefcase, Will then lures the hitman to him in the nightclub by using the girl’s credit card. The hitman is then caught by the nightclub’s bouncers. But they fail to get any information from him. According to Will’s plan, they let the hitman escape and then follow him, which takes them to the CIA agent. 

The last part of the movie is all about securing the briefcase, Will’s attempts to save his family and to get revenge of his father’s murder.

My reviews about The Cold Light of Day:
First of all, I’ll mark The Cold Light of Day as an average action movie.

The plot of The Cold Light of Day is good enough, there is no question about that. But this movie is a little weak on acting and special effects. There are not much flaws on acting, but still it could be better. A better reputed actor at Will’s character could take The Cold Light of Day higher. The make ups and the dialogues were just okay, nothing special. 

I have another complain about the casting. When you start an action movie with Bruce Willis’s name on it, obviously you will have some high expectations. But the death of the character who is being played by him in just about half an hour from the beginning of The Cold Light of Day, was a big turnoff for me. 

The screenplay of The Cold Light of Day seemed good, but the direction felt a little weak to me.

The Cold Light of Day has almost all the things you’ll want in an action thriller, such as powerful villain, good plot and car chases, but almost all of these lacked good special effects. You will specially feel it at the car chasing scenes at the end.

The Cold Light of Day also lacks a romantic touch. The main female character is the sister of the hero. It would be better to watch if that was not the case and the girl was somehow got attached with Will. 

It also looked ridiculous to me that a highly trained evil CIA agent who could shoot to kill a handful  of Mossad agents at the end, missed Will who were just a few feet away from her at the middle of the movie.  

Although The Cold Light of Day doesn't contain any nude scenes, still it doesn't give any reason to watch it with kids. 

So, I won’t recommend this movie to action movie lovers. But still, its not so bad, so if you are looking to kill your time, Watching The Cold Light of Day can be an option.   

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Trishna Movie Review

Trishna 

                                                 

Trishna is a British drama film directed by Michael Winterbottom. It is released on 2011. The plot of this movie is an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles". The major roles of the movie Trishna are played by Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed, Roshan Seth and Anurag Kashyap.

The movie Trishna is about a village girl from India, who comes to big cities to chase her dreams. This movie is based on Indian cultures and values, like the fantasy movie Life of Pi.

Freida Pinto in the movie Trishna

Plot:

This movie Trishna tells the story of an Indian village girl named Trishna. Her regular life involves helping with her father’s business, spending time with her younger siblings and working part-time in a luxurious hotel on special occasions. A young man named Jay (who used to live in London and cant speak Hindi) visits the hotel where Trishna works with his friends and likes her. They gives a lift to Trishna and her friends and thus knows her house. Next day, Trishna and her father faces an accident which paralyze her father.  On their way back to home, Jay offers Trishna a job at his father’s hotel, which he is taking care of right now.

Few days later, he sends a letter to Trishna’s father stating the formal job proposal for Trishna. This changes her life. She accepts that job and moves to that hotel which was on another state. While working there, Trishna receives special attention and care from Jay. One night, Jay saves Trishna from some eve teasers and takes her to a garden and kisses her (at least, this was shown on the screen).

On the next morning, Trishna leaves the hotel and comes back to her home. She starts feeling morning sickness after a few days. Her family takes her to a hospital and the doctor finds that she was pregnant. Then she has an abortion. After getting well, she starts working on her uncle’s factory.

In the meantime, Jay goes to her home and from there, he gets the address of Trishna’s uncle’s factory where she was working then. He goes there and asks Trishna to move in with her in the city and Trishna agrees. Trishna leaves her current job just then and moves into Jay’s apartment. They starts living as lovers. At that time Jay was busy in making a movie with his friends. Trishna enjoys living there and starts to go to a dance class.

On day, Jay’s father falls sick in London and Jay goes to London to visit him, leaving Trishna alone in the apartment. While he was there, the lease of that apartment gets expired and Trishna moves into her friend’s apartment. When Jay comes back to Trishna, he had to take care of his father’s hotel again and Trishna goes back to her life as a hotel waitress.

Day by day, Jay becomes more aggressive and forces Trishna to have sex with him. He reads the books of ‘Kama Sutra’ and does the experiments on Trishna. He starts to use her to fulfill his abusive fantasies against her will. His abusive behavior grows more than what Trishna can tolerate, so one day she tries to take her fate in her own hand.

My Reviews about the movie Trishna:

First of all, I’d say, I loved this movie.

The plot of Trishna is very good and realistic. It tells the story of an ambitious girl and what may happen to her if she runs after her ambitions blindly. It also shows us how a man can behave if he thinks he completely owns a girl. Although the ending is a little dramatic, but it is very much attached to the real world. The direction and screenplay of the movie seemed top-class. 

I’ve written the plot of Trishna is realistic, but still I’ve found some small scenarios in this movie which doesn’t fit, specially for a rural Indian society. For example, when Trishna came back to her village for the first time from the hotel job, she was pregnant and she had an abortion. But none of her family members questioned her about it (as shown on this movie) and all of them seemed okay about it. This will never happen in an Indian society. Another time, when she left her job at her uncle’s factory to move in with Jay, she left just then without any further thinking (not thinking about her family or paralyzed father or anything else ), which also looked unrealistic to me.

Acting of all the characters is good enough. Remember, this movie is completely focused on Trishna which makes all other characters side characters. And Freida Pinto has done an awesome job of acting here. Her beautiful face and acting has blended perfectly with her character in this movie. I think only a very few Indian actresses could be matched in this movie this much. The acting of the other characters is satisfactory. Same goes for make-up, no excess use of glamour was seen in Trishna, which keep the quality of this movie intact.

The director has also done a praiseworthy job of choosing the locations in this movie. The parts involving Trishna’s village is shot in a very rural area where the hotels used in this movie are gorgeous. They match perfectly to the plot of this movie.  

Although there was no direct nudity seen in this movie, but for the subject, this movie is not appropriate for kids.

So, overall, I’d say, Trishna is a nice piece of work, specially for the fans of drama movies. Although from time to time this movie plays a romantic note, but it is nowhere near a typical drama movie. I believe, anyone will enjoy watching Trishna.

What are your opinions about this one? Feel free to share in comments.

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