Made of Honor

They made McDreamy into McCreepy!!!!

Patrick Dempsey stars as Tom – a womanizing philanderer made of everything but honor, who dumps women if they dare to want something more than sex out of the deal (and we are supposed to like Tom because he shows kindness to dogs, the only memorable act of decency and humanity he displays in the movie). Hannah (Michelle Monaghan) is his best pal in the world (even though she is supposed to be strong and intelligent and makes you wonder why she wants to spend one minute of her life with this dude). Some might even say Hannah and Tom are best pals who should just realize how they feel about each other and get to the loving (and I mean loving in a nice, warm, comfy way, not a dirty, suggestive way). However, neither one is quite able to say those magic words each one longs to hear.

When Hannah becomes engaged, and asks Tom to be the maid of honor, will he finally get it together and tell her how he feels?

Made of Honor is less than you expect it to be, with a few disturbing trends along the way. 42-year old Patrick Dempsey is supposed to be playing a character 32-years old (not much of a strectch), but we are subjected to one of the most horrifying make up jobs, botox jobs or computer graphics jobs in the history of the world as the movie opens 10 years in the past (when he's supposed to be 22-years old) and director Paul Weiland and the team try to make Dempsey look like a college student. It is so creepy I had trouble focusing on the scene and dialogue as I started to think they would have been better off splicing in clips from Loverboy.

Also, writers Adam Szytzkiel, Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont make Made of Honor as dirty as it is predictable. The scribes try to inject some R-rated jokes and situations into their PG-13 movie (which was originally rated R) in some sort of lame attempt to appeal to the guys dragged into the theater by their ladies, or the ladies in the crowd who have the sense of humor of a truck driver. Even more surprisingly, the men in the movie seem to have the healthier and more supportive friendships than the women, all of whom are caricatures serving as the target of obvious and hurtful jokes. I guess this is par for the course in a movie where the romantic hero refuses to let any woman spend two days (or nights) together with him in a row (but he's nice to dogs!)

Eventually, the writing team goes with the obvious as Tom is put in all sorts of uncomfortable situations as a man fulfilling a traditionally female role in the wedding. Tom tries valiantly to outdo his new rival for Hannah’s love, but it leads to his own embarrassment and shame. And, of course, Hannah and Tom start to replace each other in those special moments they share, but realize the chemistry isn’t there with the substitutes.

Dempsey tries his best to be likable and charming, and has a few moments to deliver real emotion and drama, but the rest of the movie lets him down.

Made of Honor is rated PG-13 for sexual content and language.