Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
Newly engaged, Ben and Sadie can't wait to start their life together and live happily ever after. However Sadie's family church's Reverend Frank won't bless their union until they pass his patented, "foolproof" marriage prep course consisting of outrageous classes, outlandish homework assignments and some outright invasion of privacy.
License to Wed is a formulaic romantic comedy that offers little beyond its high-concept premise. The plot relies on increasingly contrived and uncomfortable situations engineered by Robin Williams' overbearing Reverend Frank, stretching credibility and goodwill thin. The acting is serviceable but unremarkable — Williams recycles familiar manic-preacher shtick, while Krasinski and Fischer are charming but underserved by the script. Cinematography is flat and workmanlike, typical of mid-2000s studio comedies with no visual ambition. The film brings nothing particularly fresh to the wedding-prep subgenre, and the ending resolves predictably with little earned emotional payoff. A thoroughly average entry that fails to capitalize on its cast.