Shawn's Accidental Husband Review

2008 Movie #94 - The Accidental Husband

I think this movie has had at least 3 seperate release dates this year alone. When I watched it, it was scheduled for a release on September 5th. However almost immediatly after finishing it I discovered that it had actually been delayed now until March of next year. Imagine my frustration of sitting through this movie, only to find out I could have avoided it all together since it technically doesn't even count as a 2008 release. Well fuck that, we're bending the rules and we're counting this one. I sat through it, it was supposed to come out this year so as far as I'm concerned, it damn well came out this year.

I've been reading some of my older reviews on this blog lately and I believe that in the beginning I was a lot more optimistic and upbeat about this whole thing. I was surprised now to find out that back then, I gave movies such as Bucket List and 27 Dresses 3 stars each. These are movies I don't even remember liking, but gave them each decent ratings. I think I was a lot more forgiving in the beginning and since then have become a lot more beaten down and crushed by all the garbage that's been thrown at me this year. Therefore I think maybe had I reviewed this in the start, I would maybe have gone easy on it. But at almost 100 movies in, no way. This movie gets no special treatment.

What else can I say besides you've seen this movie 1000 times before. The trick is does it go through the formula at least in an entertaining way. The answer is a simple no, no it does not. There is really nothing about this movie that makes it worth recommending. It was of course predictable, you can't fault a romantic comedy for that almost. However the main problem is that it just wasn't good. It wasn't funny in the slightest, in fact half of the time it didn't even seem like it was trying to be. I can barely even remember attempts at jokes. The story is meh. The characters are also meh. The worst thing is a romantic comedy where you don't give a shit if the leads end up together and this is one of those movies. I had absolutely no investment in what was going on, so what's the point?

I can really see why this movie has been delayed again and again because it really doesn't even need to exist. I like Uma Thurman and I like Jeffrey Dean Morgan and I can basically forgive them for this (especially Morgan who was probably just excited about getting a chance to play the male lead in something) but I can't think of a single reason why anyone should watch it.

* 1/2 /5