Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
Although Tom Leezak and Sarah McNerney come from different worlds, they are both unexpectedly swept off their feet after their first meeting. They quickly fall in love and plan to get married, despite opposition from Sarah's uptight, rich family. After their wedding, the happy couple sets off - with the highest of hopes and ideals about love and marriage - on what they expect will be the perfect honeymoon in Italy. Thanks to a relentless string of bad luck with one disaster after another, and an impromptu visit from Sarah's wealthy one-time ex-lover Peter Prentiss, the newlyweds experience the honeymoon from hell that tests the limits of their young love. Is it worth throwing away their love and marriage?
Just Married is a formulaic early-2000s romantic comedy that hits every expected beat without distinction. The opposites-attract setup, the string of slapstick honeymoon disasters, and the interfering ex-lover are all well-worn genre conventions executed competently but unremarkably. Kutcher and Murphy have some chemistry but neither delivers a particularly memorable performance. The European locations are pleasant but shot in a generic, glossy manner typical of the era. The ending follows the predictable reconciliation arc without any subversion or emotional depth. Nothing about the film is egregiously bad, but nothing rises above the genre average either — a middling, forgettable entry in early-2000s rom-com fare.