Recipe for Made of Honor:

Take two parts My Best Friend’s Wedding, one part Four Weddings and a Funeral, a couple of cheesy pratfalls, shake well, and pour over McDreamy Patrick Dempsey. Serve chilled and enjoy!

I’m slightly curious if there’s an original bone anywhere in this movie, which seems to have just borrowed bits and pieces from some of the most popular romantic comedies ever made. I admit to enjoying a chick flick when it’s clever and original, but this rehash of pilfered pieces leaves me cold. In a nutshell, Dempsey takes too long to realize he’s in love with his best friend (yes, a female best friend). By the time he realizes that she’s his one and only, she’s engaged to someone else. And to add the extra twist to the knife, she asks him to be her maid of honor. Can he put a stop to the wedding to go after his own happily ever after? Should he even try to meddle with his best friend’s happiness? Does anyone really care?

I may watch this whenever it finds it’s way to basic cable, but for now this is a SKIP IT for me. I’ve seen more original plots in episodes of Saved by the Bell (and there ain’t nothing original about Saved by the Bell).

Made of Honor is not yet rated and opens May 8. (Official site)