Made of Honor (2008)

Director:

Paul Weiland

Writers (WGA):

Adam Sztykiel (screenplay) and
Deborah Kaplan (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

2 May 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

It takes a real man to become a maid of honor.

Plot:

A guy in love with an engaged woman tries to win her over after she asks him to be her maid of honor.

Plot Keywords:

Maid Of Honor | Wedding | Scotland | Starbucks | Engagement

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Patrick Dempsey	...	Thomas 'Tom' Bailey
Michelle Monaghan	...	Hannah
Kevin McKidd	...	Colin McMurray
Kadeem Hardison	...	Felix
Chris Messina	...	Dennis
Richmond Arquette	...	Gary
Busy Philipps	...	Melissa
Whitney Cummings	...	Stephanie
Emily Nelson	...	Hilary
Kathleen Quinlan	...	Joan
Selma Stern	...	Grandma Pearl
Sydney Pollack	...	Thomas Bailey Sr.
James Sikking	...	Reverend Foote
Kevin Sussman	...	Tiny Shorts Guy
Beau Garrett	...	Gloria

Also Known As:

Made of Honour (Australia) (Hong Kong: English title) (UK)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language. (edited; originally Rated R for some sex-related material.)

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:12A | Malaysia:U | Sweden:Btl | Netherlands:AL | USA:PG-13 (edited for re-rating) (certificate #44056) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Finland:K-7 | Norway:A | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Iceland:L | Canada:G (Québec) | Singapore:PG | USA:R (original rating) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Brazil:10 | South Korea:15 | Venezuela:PG-13 | Hong Kong:IIA | Australia:M | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Ireland:15A | Argentina:Atp | Denmark:7 | Spain:7

Filming Locations:

Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Columbia Pictures

Trivia:

Whilst filming at the Park Lane Hotel, on Park Lane in London, some 30 extras had to be called in at short notice when the production team noticed the frequency of passing red double-decker buses, a common enough occurrence in London, but not in New York, where the scene is set. The extras were used outside the hotel to try to block the buses out.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the scene where Tom calls Hannah, she says it is 3am in Scotland. With the 5 hour time difference, that makes it 10pm in New York, yet light is shining through Tom's window.

Quotes:

[discussing the Bridemaid’s dresses]
Melissa: What's your dress size, Tom?
Tom: I don't know. What's your jock size, Melissa?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Bachelor: (#12.3)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Stop Crying Your Heart Out

Un-Needed Sophomoric Sexual Humor

Just an OK movie. Plot is decent; acting and directing were average. The use of crude sexual jokes throughout the movie takes it down several notches. It's as if they made the movie and then went back and added sophomoric crudeness to be "hip" with the younger crowd. That was a stupid decision, plain and simple. Unsure if the writers thought it'd make it funnier or if the bone-head director wanted to connect with 16 year-old boys. whatever it was, here's a lesson for all students of film; create a movie on the strength of plot and characters, mix in solid directing and editing and you've got a potential winner. When you lack these... add a couple "blow-job" jokes and you'll have teenagers renting the DVD allowing you to be considered for another film.

It's sad times for the movie-goer.