- Film Review
- Reviewed By Sloan Freer
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2 out of 5
Shelley Long is well past her prime in this flimsy comedy. Barely raising a smile with her goofy antics and horribly unflattering wardrobe, she plays a hard-nosed magazine editor who persuades her jilted-at-the-altar offspring (Virginia Williams) to use her honeymoon for a mother-daughter holiday. Naturally, mum has ulterior motives for tagging along; making their already antagonistic relationship doubly fraught once the truth emerges. Though Long's sharp tongue and brusque media ways are meant to be funny in a fish-out-of-water manner, they actually feel forced and rather ridiculous; falling flat along with the film's more physical gags. A predictable resolution adds to the clichéd mediocrity, tying up events with the usual rash of life re-evaluations and reconciliations.
Plot Summary
Romantic comedy starring Shelley Long and Virginia Williams. When she's jilted on her wedding day, a young woman flies off to the Caribbean with her mother for a holiday that would have been her honeymoon. At the remote island hideaway, she discovers that her mother has an ulterior motive for going with her.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Mom
- Shelley Long
- Nick
- Jack Scalia
- Shannon Bates
- Virginia Williams
Crew
- Director
- Paul A Kaufman
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