I Do (But I Don't) (2004)

Just perfect...

Highly Overrated But Still Good

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Really I am a lover for romantic comedies from While You Were Sleeping to 27 Dresses,I even loved Kate & Leopold.But this made for TV movie was just god awful. I smelled the ending a mile away and said to myself oh these people are so going to be together,and was I right I was.Anyway this made for TV movie is about a wedding planner(played by Denise Richards)who falls for a hunky firefighter(played by Dean Cain)who Richard's charcther persumes that he is engaged to a woman that she is doing her wedding for. But it turns out that his not engaged its his brother who is getting married to the woman that Richard's charcther is helping out. Do you see how this is going.I actually pointed out so many clichés that I have seen in other romantic comedies. A romantic candlelight dinner check,a cute hot guy with no flaws check,girl falls for boy check,they break up check,they get married and live happily ever after check.Like I said I love romantic comedies but by god why are they all so predicable and clichéd. My advice watch The Wedding Planner instead which is basically this movie's rip off of that film with Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey.2/10

Maybe I shouldn't comment on this movie as I couldn't finish watching it. It was that bad. I like romantic comedies; and I don't mind if the story is predictable as long as the leading characters have charisma. This movie had nothing going for it.I am a guy and Denise Richards was unwatchable. She and her character seemed to be fake and shallow. Her character can't forgive her ex-husband for cheating on her but has no problem with a groom pursuing her, and seems to be flattered by his attention. It doesn't seem to matter he will be wed in a month's time in an upcoming wedding she is planning. I guess this is because they "met cute" and she is single and supposedly "not looking" and doesn't need a man. After realizing this is her character I gave up on the movie as I found her offensive. Denise Richards has no acting ability or charisma to allow me to overlook her character's hypocrisy.Dean Cain was OK as his role was just to be the "perfect guy". His role was just to be eye candy to the women and gay men watching this movie. Just ignore that his character is pursuing Denise Richards when he is about to be married in a month to another woman.Denise Richard's voice over describing her actions shows how bad this movie is. Rather than have us learn her character and motivations by her actions we can just listen to her drone on about what is happening. Who needs to watch the movie - just close your eyes and listen. The voice over is often the writer's lazy and/or incompetent way of writing and usually is a sign of a bad movie when they have to tell you what is going on.If you are in the mood for a romantic comedy, watch a screwball comedy from the 1930s with either Jean Arthur, Myrna Loy, or Jean Harlow. These are smart, witty, funny women with charisma.

This movie seems to be a remake of The Wedding Planner, but I like this new version better.The movie would have been even better had the characters Lauren and Nick not slept together. They didn't even know each other well enough yet, not to mention the fact that they weren't married or, at the very least, engaged.Dean Cain did a great job of playing the sweet firefighter Nick, and I was impressed that the actors who played Nick, J, and Rick looked so much alike.Overall, I deem this movie Re-watchable.

Denise Richards and Dean Cain are mismatched (chemistry-wise), and seem almost awkward as a couple at times. But there are rare moments where they actually shine (such as the dance at the Fireman's ball where he saves her from a drunken comrade), and it's not a complete waste of time. The only severely annoying part is the cliché inner monologue by Richards. Apparently, her acting wasn't complex enough to infer these occasional exclamations and explanations. It just feels a touch oblique. Or maybe I'm being critical--either way, it impeded my ability to watch the movie without being aware of the devices. But the ending was satisfactory (if predictable), and the fiancée was sufficiently horrific to relieve you of any guilt about her being so easily cast aside. All in all, not a complete waste of time...