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I'm being very generous in awarding License to Wed the same number of stars as the number of times I laughed while watching. Half star because I was laughing at something else.

The idea is that Ben (played by John Krasinski from the sitcom The Office) and Sadie (Mandy Moore) are engaged, and she's got her heart set on getting married in her family's local church. But to accomplish this, they must first pass a marriage prep course from Hell, given by the church's unorthodox pastor, Reverend Frank, played by Robin Williams.

What's wrong with the movie? Just about everything, although I imagine it could have been worse if the cast were picked up off random Hollywood street corners. The characters aren't interesting, likeable, or believable. Nothing they do onscreen is character-driven, probably because they have no character. Given the premise, everything is predictable and unimaginative.

It got an 8% on the Tomatometer. I should have listened. The end credits include outtakes involving various cast members dissolving in fits of uncontrollable laughter, which probably means that everything not in the movie was funnier than what was left it. Ironic.

Here's a game for movie fans: what was the last non-animated Robin Williams movie you liked? IMDB makes it easy for you to check. For me, it was Jumanji.