CB: It’s a belabored point, but there are few original stories left in movies today. For each innovative idea that comes to theaters we get five where the dorky girl ends up with the popular boy, six where the underdogs defeat the odds and go on to win the championship and three where the superhero overcomes his daddy issues and stops the villain from world domination.
NY Timeout: It’s time, difficult though it might be, to put a moratorium on all these plinka-plinka ukuleles you hear under cutesy love stories. We get it: Hearts are exactly like tiny, quivering beach instruments strummed by Don Ho.
The film is essentially a more hipster-ish version of Rachel Getting Married, about a young girl's wedding and the chaos that ensues when her friends arrive. There is plenty of comedy and drama, but it's not even half as good as Rachel Getting Married, so tread carefully.
