Nice movie a few good laughs

A dreaful comedy about a married couple who has to go though Rev. Frank (Robin Williams) and his marriage test. There is nothing funny about the movie and Williams is chained to the movie, as was the entire cast. Even the baby robots are unfunny. Why not throw away the script and let Williams run loose on the movie. But instead, the film plays it too safe. Like the film doesn\'t want of offend anyone of faith. A higher calling could have save this movie.

I enjoyed the movie, it made me laugh quite a bit. I really love John Krasinski, but I don't think they allowed him to show his true acting ability as he does in The Office. As for Robin Williams, I could have done without him, but honestly I don't know who else could have played the part. Mandy Moore was very good. Take the time to see it, whether on the big screen or on DVD.

Romantic comedies aren't supposed to break new ground, and they don't have to in order to be successful. However, they do need to be interesting, and you should want to root for the couple to get together, stay together, or get back together, whichever the situation at hand is. Unfortunately, "License to Wed" fails to deliver. Setting the movie in Chicago certainly doesn't raise this movie to the level of another Chicago-based romantic comedy, "My Best Friend's Wedding," which is a contemporary classic of the genre.

Robin Williams is a master comedian, and he's not been allowed to fully stretch his wings in many, many years. He was funnier on an episode of the "In the Actors Studio" interview talk show than he was here. Maybe it's because of the PG-13 rating, I don't know, but the viewer ends up wincing at the inappropriateness of the forced humor more than should be expected of a comedy, and most of the characters are so paper-thin that you don't really care if Ben and Sadie get together at the end or not.

This movie is maybe worth a rental, but I would suggest skipping it and renting "My Best Friend's Wedding" instead. At least get both, so that you can stop watching this one a half-hour in like my wife did and switch movies.