Shotgun Wedding review – Jennifer Lopez hits the spot in goofy romcom

Shotgun Wedding review – Jennifer Lopez hits the spot in goofy romcom

In this likable spin on the genre, Lopez’s wedding to a sensitive baseball player runs aground when a boatful of armed men arrive

Jennifer Lopez  and Josh Duhamel in Shotgun Wedding.
A long way from the block … Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel in Shotgun Wedding. Photograph: Ana Carballosa/Lionsgate

Against the odds, the expectations and the run of play, here is a romcom starring Jennifer Lopez and it’s … well, it’s pretty good: enjoyably goofy and sparkily written. Lopez plays Darcy, a woman who agrees to a giant wedding party on a luxury Philippine island holiday resort which her insecure fiance Tom has laid on for her. He’s a failing baseball star, defensive about being recently dropped from the team and likably played by Josh Duhamel. (Ryan Reynolds is one of the executive producers and may possibly have had his eye on the role.)

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