The Decoy Bride 2011

Critics score:
23 / 100

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Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: Cupid works in strange and sometimes very funny ways, as this charming, nontaxing comedy directed by Sheree Folkson makes clear. Read more

Alison Willmore, AV Club: It seems to agree with its gossip journalists that celebrities are an exotic alien species placed on earth to be gawked at, waited on by personal entourages, and mocked behind their backs for their odd enthusiasms and incomprehensible emotions. Read more

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter: A bland romantic comedy in the Richard Curtis style, The Decoy Bride is mainly notable for its proof, if any was needed after Boardwalk Empire, that Kelly Macdonald is a major talent. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: Instead of working to clarify its high-concept contrivances, the romantic comedy "The Decoy Bride" jettisons logic and detail for silly-quirky rompiness. Read more

Tom Huddleston, Time Out: The result is less a film, more a bland Britcom box-ticking exercise. Read more

Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: Pernicious tripe suitable only for masochists and the intellectually disabled... Read more