Review: ‘Shotgun Wedding’ with Jennifer Lopez pleases with action and laughs

It's no 'Bridesmaids' but this middling comedy also starring Josh Duhamel and Cheech Marin has its pleasures.

Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel star in"Shotgun Wedding."Of modern film comedies about weddings - “Bridesmaids,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “Father of the Bride,” “Wedding Crashers,” “The Proposal” - “Shotgun Wedding” is the first to feature Balinese pirates trying to hold a wedding party hostage and shaking down the father of the bride for $45 million in exchange for the life of his daughter.

Originally, executive producer Ryan Reynolds was set to play the male lead. He was replaced by Armie Hammer, who was then replaced by Duhamel. The “White Lotus” herself Jennifer Coolidge plays Tom’s mother Carol, who always manages to bring amusing attention to herself after the pirates force all of the wedding guests into a pool and staple their place cards onto their clothes.

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