Shotgun Wedding

Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel talk about what it was like shooting their action scenes for Shotgun Wedding in a new featurette.

Lopez in turn had nothing but praise for Moore, saying that she felt like she and Duhamel were in good hands during their more dangerous stunts, such as the high-flying moment on the zipline. They also get into the trust that they had to have in one another while shooting their action scenes. In the featurette, Lopez and Duhamel — both of whom are staples of both the action and the romantic genres — talk about how the combination of comedy and heart-pounding action drew them to the project.

The movie critics are saying "Shotgun Wedding," starring Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel, "feels canned," but is "pretty good" and "enjoyably goofy."

"Lopez, a much much better actress than she is often given credit, tries valiantly — and physically — to make it all fly, even at the point she is virtually forced to turn into a commando in a wedding dress. "Against the odds, the expectations and the run of play, here is a romcom starring Jennifer Lopez and it’s … Clearly though she’s having a blast, and that may be enough for the audience to go right along with her." For the most part, though, this is a slapdash effort on most every level, seemingly sold almost entirely on the notion of watching Lopez run through the jungle in a tattered wedding dress." "There are a few fairly impressive stunts (again, all of them in the trailer) sprinkled along the way, such as Darcy and Tom trying to zipline to safety. Much of the dialogue feels canned and phony in the style of a badly written sitcom. well, it’s pretty good: enjoyably goofy and sparkily written." The actress gamely tries to overcome the script's tonal whiplash, but she ultimately gets upstaged by co-stars D'Arcy Carden, Lenny Kravitz and the deadpan Jennifer Coolidge, who leads her fellow hostages in a singalong of Edwin McCain's "I'll Be" in the movie's best moment." ""Shotgun Wedding' is one of the more unsettling rom-coms in recent memory, with lengthy scenes of frantic wedding guests running from armed attackers, and JLo dropping grenades on pirates as she ziplines through a jungle. The movie stars Lopez and Josh Duhamel, who play a couple preparing for a destination wedding in the Philippines. As a couple whose destination wedding is interrupted by hostage-taking pirate-terrorists, the two bicker and banter with classic screwball brio, with a love-hate rapport that is both delightful and effortlessly convincing. [Jennifer Coolidge makes her TikTok debut with JLo](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/01/20/jennifer-coolidge-tiktok-jenny-from-the-block-jennifer-lopez/11088544002/) [USA TODAY](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2022/02/11/jennifer-lopez-romantic-comedies-marry-me-gigli-wedding-planner-ranked/6730440001/)

Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel star as a bride and groom whose wedding gets hijacked by pirates in Shotgun Wedding, out now on Amazon Prime Video.

And sometimes you want the antidote to that, the complete inverse of reality and truth, and that’s Shotgun Wedding. Parting Shot: The bride and groom and their guests, all filthy and covered in blood, assemble on the beach at sunset to finally watch the couple exchange their vows. Darcy is the one who gets to throw the grenades and use the cake knife that Carol gifts her as a wedding present to finish off the last of the bad guys. Sleeper Star: There are a lot of funny supporting cast members in the film, including Callie Hernandez as Darcy’s dry, deadpan sister Jamie and D’Arcy Carden’s energy-healer-yoga-instructor, but Jennifer Coolidge as Tom’s mother Carol is great. That end, of course, is watching Lopez run through the jungle in a torn wedding dress and shapewear killing bad guys in ridiculous ways, and watching Duhamel’s Tom sustain a bloody “flap” on his hand after getting it caught in a deli meat slicer. – to defeat the bad guys, all while their bewildered guests stand around in the pool bickering, flirting, and trying to charm the terrorists into not killing them. You’ll find out, although the motive is pretty flimsy, but in this movie, the how and why are incidental, they’re just a means to an end. Initially oblivious to the dangers around them, Tom and Darcy realize what’s going on and turn into action heroes, resolved to save their families from these terrorists. Tom has gone a little overboard by planning a destination wedding in the Philippines for their close friends and family to attend. Darcy’s dad Robert (Cheech Marin) is a millionaire, but she and Tom have rejected his offer to pay for their wedding, since they’re older, established, and have money of their own (well, Tom is struggling because he just lost his contract as a minor league baseball player, but Darcy’s doing fine as a lawyer). Because they’re not super-rich, Tom is DIY-ing a lot of the wedding himself, for instance, on the night of their rehearsal dinner, Tom is so dedicated to making every detail perfect, he chooses to hot glue string lights to pineapple centerpieces rather than pay attention to his gorgeous fiancee’s sexual advances. The Gist: Tom and Darcy are grown adults who have been together for four years and have decided to get married.

Mitchell Travers (who was also the costume designer for "Hustlers") breaks down the entire series of custom gowns in the rom-com-meets-action movie.

"I was in some tiny bridal shop and saw a tiered tulle under-structure. [Carolina Herrera](https://fashionista.com/designers/carolina-herrera) mini dress, featuring a sculpturally draped train (above) — "so, we can tell that she likes a strapless silhouette," says Travers. But in an effort to do the right thing, she's tried to make it Darcy's by dropping it off-the-shoulder. "At the time, a lot of the world was not really up and running. Travers opted for a "champagne blush color," because Lopez always looks radiant in that hue. "I almost had to time out when I was going to tell Galia that the dress gets shredded, because you want to respect the art that they produce," he says. "In conversation with Jen, she was like, 'I just really need to be overwhelmed by it." Scott on 2014's "The Amazing Spider-Man 2." Has she cut off the overskirt?" "When does she lose the train? "It really needed to go through an entire film's worth of action and adventure." [Jennifer Coolidge](https://fashionista.com/tag/jennifer-coolidge)) and ex-boyfriend Sean ( [Lenny Kravitz](https://fashionista.com/tag/lenny-kravitz)), who neglected to RSVP.

Starring Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel as the lead couple, "Shotgun Wedding" is a romantic action-comedy film that tries too hard to be funny. Jennifer.

Tom had his doubts about Sean, and to confirm his hunch, he used the slur at the pirates that Darcy had taught him the previous night. They would never want to face the danger that they did on their wedding day, but at the same time, they could not dismiss the lessons they learned when their lives were in danger. He and the pirates pressured Tom to give up Darcy’s location, and he pointed them in the wrong direction by stating that Darcy might be at the northern cliff. While she was still mad at Tom for choosing the island, she owned up to her mistake of not discussing her fears about the wedding. The pirates brought him to the pool and questioned him about Darcy. Tom promised to find a solution, and they headed to the kitchen to remove the hand ties. Tom tackled the pirate that followed them into the kitchen, and they headed to the manager’s room. Darcy asked Tom to meet her in private, and Tom assumed that she was calling him to end the wedding. She had seen him do it with his career, and she knew he would do the same with his personal life. What Happened To Darcy And Tom In The End? Darcy and Tom tried to spray the pirate’s eyes and trap him in a net, but due to a lack of coordination and extreme panic, their plan failed. The pirates were desperately searching for the bride and groom, and they caught hold of them in the washroom.

Here are the new movie and TV releases you should be watching this weekend. From Netflix's 'You People,' to 'Poker Face,' 'Shotgun Wedding,' and more.

(I wish I had that kind of talent!) Every episode will introduce a strange crime that Charlie will use her skill to solve, and will feature a wide range of some pretty incredible guest stars. In his feature film directorial debut, Kenya Barris aimed to deliver a rom-com that was different from the rest by adding a level of tension and cultural differences that many of us experience in our love lives. [Poker Face](https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/poker-face-season-1-peacock-review/) hit Peacock this week on the TV side, while Netflix’s You People and Prime’s Shotgun Wedding are kicking off the month of love with fresh rom-coms ahead of Valentine’s Day. [ this year’s Oscar nominees ](https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/karla-rodriguez/oscar-nominations-2023-biggest-takeaways)and while there were some disappointments, there were also deep moments of excitement at the possibility that things might be progressing slightly in the awards world. In honor of Everything Everywhere All At Once receiving 11 nominations, the most of any other film this year, the A24 project will be making a [return to theaters](https://collider.com/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-returning-theaters/) this weekend. A rideshare mix-up in Los Angeles is the perfect meet-cute for Ezra Cohen (Jonah Hill) and Amira Mohammed (Lauren London) in Netflix’s You People.

D'Arcy Carden said Jennifer Coolidge is even "smarter and funnier" than people think. · She also shared her thoughts on a potential season two of Amazon's hit "A ...

And if not for us, for the fans, we're definitely hoping that we get this season two," Carden said. Plus, she recently won viewers' hearts as Rockford Peach first basewoman and Carson Shaw's (Abbi Jacobson) potential love interest on "A League of Their Own." [The "Good Place" star](https://www.insider.com/the-good-place-finale-series-changed-my-life-2020-1) said that while Coolidge is everyone's favorite funny lady at the moment, there's a side to her that she reserves for her friends and colleagues. And you can see it in her eyes." "She loves to give other people their moment to shine. [be kind of kooky and ditsy](https://www.insider.com/emmys-2022-jennifer-coolidge-danced-play-off-music-meme-2022-9) or whatever, she's not that," Carden said of Coolidge. And it's not about being the loudest, craziest, funniest person." Toward the end of the film, it's revealed that Harriet is actually Sean Hawkins' girlfriend. She described being the center of the "Shotgun Wedding" twist as "so fun" and "delicious." [campaign to get "A League of Their Own" renewed](https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/a-league-of-their-own-potential-season-2-1235340364/) as "an every day, all day type of thing." [all the 'Die Hard' movies](https://www.insider.com/why-die-hard-is-a-christmas-movie-film-bruce-willis-2018-11) in preparation because those villains in the 'Die Hard' movies are some of the best villains in any movies ever," Carden said. "And she says her funny thing every once in a while, and she likes to have one-on-one deep conversations.