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I Want to Get Married

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Synopsis

Just six days before the vote on Prop 8, the sweet and geeky Paul attends a wedding and decides he wants to get married to the man of his dreams. At the same time, he's assigned to work for a conservative client who's campaigning against gay marriage—and he's too strapped for cash to say "no". In the week that follows, Paul embarks on a hilarious and heartwarming personal journey to find the man of his dreams, test his moral limits and reconcile with his estranged parents.

3 Reasons To buy this film

Matthew Montgomery goes "against type" to play a nerd... but he's still pretty hot.
The supporting cast delivers incredibly funny performances.
It's not every day that you find a romantic comedy based the major let-down that was Prop 8.

Review

Though they never mention "autism" or "Asperger's" in I Want to Get Married, it often seems like that is what lead actor (and ubiquitous gay-movie heartthrob) Matthew Montgomery is aiming for with his character. Montgomery plays Paul, a socially-awkward advertising executive who has been longing for love and committment, but hasn't found anyone willing to overlook his distracting nervous ticks. This is a far cry from some of Montgomery's best-known romantic roles - and even if it isn't always believable (he's still clearly a hunk), his attempt at extreme geekery gets an "A" for effort.

Paul may be an introvert, but he's not without friends and family who support him - he has a lot of friends, actually, and they're very excited about setting him up with eligible guys and coaching him in the ways of dating. Their advice, however, doesn't always provide the best results - Paul goes through a series of hellish dates throughout the film. When he finally gets to know a cute acquaintance named Jim (Peter Stickles) a little better, however, he realizes that he may have just found a perfect match. Marriage suddenly seems like a future possibility, but it's just before the 2008 election day and Proposition 8 is looming right around the corner.

A smart, funny romantic comedy with a socio-political message intact, I Want to Get Married is like a gay version of The 40-Year-Old Virgin that benefits greatly from warm supportive performances. Ashleigh Sumner and Emrhys Cooper are particularly charming as Paul's closest friends and female impersonator Matthew Martin (who you may recognize from his brilliant and hysterically funny performance in Baby Jane? - also from director William Clift) is downright regal as Miss Piggy B, a lounge singer who coaches Paul's mother (Jane Wiedlin) through some of her high-strung neuroses.

-- Robert O'Neill

Product Format Information

DVD : $19.99

Availability: In stock and ready to ship
Region Code: 1
UPC: 857965003016

Studio : Breaking Glass Pictures

Languages: English (Primary)
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
Extras: Deleted Scenes
Features:
Bloopers
Cast interviews
Audio commentary

Customer Reviews

watch out for better gay movies

pissed off wrote on 03/11/2012:

tla 3 stars! did you see the movie ? or just phone in your review. matthew is known for better movies, and lean his name so william cliff could get this crap made. if i new mr cliff's address i would mail my copy back to him. a note with it saying just think of my money as charity but that 115 min i will never get back.

you've gotta be kidding

ccm wrote on 03/08/2012:

Did you ever feel like slapping a person with an extreme physical deformity. Of course not, that would be unacceptable. But that thought kept occuring to me during the 10 minutes that I gave to this movie. Get a grip, Matthew. Whoever lead you in this direction is seriously toying with your career. Eccept for my attraction to Peter Stickles this film would have landed in the wastebacket long ago. It will be awhile before I can get myself to take a chance on another Matthew Montgomery film. Really bad acting and a total waste of money!!!!!

I want to get married

LadyFaye wrote on 02/05/2012:

I am sorry Matthew, but this was not a great movie. I have loved Matthew Montgomery's movies, all of them but one. I want to get married was... I can't find the words. The nerdy thing was over-acted, The parents were the funniest thing in the movie and even that didn't do it for me. This is a 0 star for me, Ouch!

Yikes!

Mr. Bob wrote on 01/29/2012:

Okay. I'm used to "gay rom-com's" being a little uneven. Usually there is some combination of poor acting, sound, cinematography, directing and scriptwriting. Often in the end, these drawbacks become a little easier to handle because the story takes us somewhere between reality and fantasy, as we get to get lost in the romance of it all.

Well, sorry, but "I Want to Get Married" doesn't make it there. The first, and most jarring aspect, is Matthew Montgomery's attempt at "nerd". Now, I've seen nerds before. As a matter of fact, some of my best friends are nerds. But seriously, what is he trying for with the odd facial expressions, mumbling of lines and twitching of body parts? I'm enjoyed Mr. Montgomery's performances in the past, but, yikes, this one is off the charts awful. Not sure what William Clift was going for here, but it was not cute or endearing.

My favorite actor in the movie is actually Peter Stickles. Mr. Stickles has never been a favorite of mine - usually he's a little one note. But in the much too brief screen time he's given in the this movie, he actually makes the whole mess watchable. Also, it was wonderful to see Jane Wiedlin on screen. She is a delight whatever she's doing - singing, acting, playing a guitar! I'll watch her in anything.

So, if you're a rom com fan, you can probably miss this one - or just rent it. I find it unlikely you'll want to watch it more than once.

Don't Let The Cute Cover Suck You In....

just a reviewer wrote on 12/30/2011:

....Cause this just ain't what you think it's gonna be.

(( This is a HALF-STAR Rating ))

So, let me be honest with you right up front here. I have NEVER been a great fan of Matthew Montgomery. And despite 15 film roles, for me he has never improved past the point of being an "average" actor. That, and his appearance, as much as anything. There has always been
something a little bit "Ratso Rizzo" (for want of a kinder description) about his facial characteristics. So there....now you know how shallow I am.

At last....let's briefly get to the movie, itself (which I've tried to watch twice). And by the way, it is a film story of several subplots; in no way does it particularly concentrate on Matthew's character and his idiotic attempts to land the cute man of the cover. Playing an extremely unattractive Super-Geek, the best that Montgomery can bring to the role is a
clinching...compressing...contortion of his lips and mouth (and, of course, the supposed-to-be nerdish, black frame glasses). The mouth
exercising QUICKLY gets very old....at the same time making it quite difficult to understand our lead. Worse, this is compounded by one of
the most terribly recorded soundtracks I have heard in years. I cannot say enough bad about the original sound-man's work on this film....BUT,
Breaking Glass features should be especially ashamed to have their name attached to such a poor sound release.

Finally, it may interest you that, out of the film's near 120 minute running time, Matthew and his bride-to-be (or is it the other way around) are TOGETHER for no more than an amazing 20 minutes of screen time. Leaves a lot to be gotten done in those oh-so-interesting
subplots.

My very best advice for you: BUY SOMETHING ELSE.