Take one young Mexican woman (Ugly Betty’s America Ferrera) and script her to fall in love with and get engaged to an African American guy. Throw in the respective politically incorrect families, as well as their cultural intolerances and clichés, and you have the makings of a very average and predictable comedy.It seems the idea of two different cultures coming together in matrimony will eternally be fodder for funny films, which is really depressing news for a buff like myself. That said, I realise that millions will still flock to take it all in (again) and find satisfaction in the overused jokes and slapstick gags that go hand-in-hand with a mass-market movie like this one. Perhaps the only new prop is a traditional wedding goat that runs wild and gets stuck into a bottle of Viagra. Yeah, this is not the stuff that movie magic is made of.
Rating: 2 outta 5.
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