Made of Honor
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: May 2, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
12
Negative:
9
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
A nice cookie-cutter comedy, no more and no less, but Dempsey, with his relaxed charm, and Monaghan, with her soft and peachy sensual spark, rise to the challenge of making friendship look like the wellspring of true love. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
Has something a bit edgier in mind than the usual, soft-focused wedding bell high jinks. For the most part, that's exactly what it delivers -- an amusing, smartly cast romantic comedy told from a guy's perspective. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
The film is just middling. A clever line here and there, a debonair Dempsey wink, a cute Monaghan nod, and another Bill and Monica reference to tie things all together. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineErin Fox
As unpalatable as stale wedding cake. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Patrick Dempsey and Michelle Monaghan make an agreeable pair in this above-average comedy. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
What do you call it when someone pulls a gender reversal on someone else's movie? If that movie is "My Best Friend's Wedding," you call it Made Of Honor. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Made of Honor has some funny moments, and it keeps your attention, but it's certainly not worth rushing out to the multiplex and paying top dollar for. Catch it on TV on a lazy afternoon with little else to do. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Made of Honor retains enough sweetness to satisfy the cotton-candy addicts. For true believers in fairy tales, no romantic fantasy is too extravagant if the heroine is a sweetheart. The rest of us can sit there and roll our eyes. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
If you're in the mood for seeing a Lothario humbled by true love, you're in luck. You may wish, however, that Made of Honor had given its stars something more of interest to occupy their time. And ours. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
A prefabricated example of shoddy workmanship. Read full review
42
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
Dempsey also needs some fashion advice. As always, he sports his trademark five o'clock shadow in every scene (which in itself is excessive). But with Dempsey at age 42, it's beginning to make his face look more sinister than sexy, less Dr. McDreamy, more Richard Nixon. Read full review
42
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
The only surprise to me about this movie is that there no jokes about kilts – a serious omission in an otherwise entirely predictable farce. Read full review
40
EmpireAnna Smith
A strong opening, bursting with wit and vigour, gives way to a predictable, patronising and immensely lazy second half. Could have been so much more. Read full review
40
VarietyLael Loewenstein
Like a shopworn wedding gown disguised with a new sash, Made of Honor feels recycled from top to bottom. That's because it's essentially a gender-swapped version of "My Best Friend's Wedding." Read full review
40
SalonStephanie Zacharek
There's no energy, no spark, in Made of Honor. Even its clichés -- including a dashing rescue on horseback -- are trotted out with bland indifference. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
The cinematic equivalent of a cookie-cutter wedding, Made of Honor ultimately feels a little depressing. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Dempsey's pleasant enough, but he hasn't yet learned how to play against a mediocre script's obviousness. Monaghan has, which is gratifying. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy Burr
In Made of Honor, the leads are beautiful and everyone else is a freak. So where does that leave us? Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
Made of Honor should come with a bar code and a Wal-Mart display - this isn't a movie, it's a commodity. The generic brand is the romantic comedy, and the manufacturer's material of choice is recycled plastic, smoothly glued together to assure the consumer that the purchase is risk-free and thoroughly predictable. Read full review
30
Village VoiceRobert Wilonsky
Director Paul Weiland and the three (!) screenwriters it took to boil down thousands of bad movies into 101 minutes haven't provided this one with a single original thought; it should only entertain those still getting adjusted to the idea of talkies. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
What this really comes down to is the film's central lie. Made of Honor pins its hopes on a character who acts utterly without honor, and on an actor who has only two settings – sensitive or smarmy. The smarm wins. Read full review
30
Washington PostDesson Thomson
At its worst (and this is where Made of Honor comes in), it can leave you with a bad taste, not just in your mouth but in your soul. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
This is a story that should have been, at the absolute most, 20 minutes long. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
Don't waste your money. Read full review
12
New York PostKyle Smith
It's something old, it's something new, it's something borrowed and it's something that blows. Read full review
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