SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Roman Sampson One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

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

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

tandhcampbell What a disappointment. Contrived drivel interspersed with forced chemistry and awkward "sitcom"-like moments made this movie almost unwatchable. The only reason I gave it more than one star is because I'm such a huge fan of so many people in this movie: Uma Thurman, Colin Firth, Jeffery Dean Morgan, Isabella Rosselini, Sam Shepherd. You would think that any movie boasting such stars would be a fun romp, at the very least. But even this tremendously talented cast couldn't save the truly ridiculous script. It's a retread of a plot line seen in so many rom-coms, but done so much worse than others of the same ilk, and there was nothing fun about it. If you're thinking of spending 90 minutes watch a movie, don't waste your time on this one.

Jackson Booth-Millard All I knew about this film was the leading actress, I was certainly intrigued by the meaning of the title, it was rated pretty low by critics, but I was willing to try it anyway, directed by Griffin Dunne (Practical Magic). Basically Dr. Emmeline "Emma" Lloyd (Uma Thurman, also producing) is a famed love expert with a hit radio show, she has made a career advising listeners with her sensible, mature and responsible approach to relationships. One day, she gets a call from Sophia (Final Destination 2's Justina Machado) who wants advice regarding her insecurities about her upcoming marriage to firefighter Patrick Sullivan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), Emma tells her she should break off the engagement, and she does. Patrick listened to this conversation on the radio and is so upset, then he hears that Emma herself is getting married, Emma is engaged to perfect- gentleman Richard (Colin Firth), Patrick visits his young neighbour Ajay (Jeffrey Tedmori) who has an idea that will help Patrick get his own back. Ajay is a hacker, and is able to hack into the public records and create a fake marriage certificate between Patrick and Emma, Patrick allows this, so when Emma and Richard go the public records office to get a marriage license, Emma is shocked to be told that she is married already to a man she has never met. With the wedding coming up, Emma must now find the mystery "accidental" husband and get an annulment, she tracks down Patrick, he just goes along with the ruse that he knows nothing about this incident either, and he is able to get her away when she gets drunk. Things get more complicated when Emma tries to ask Patrick to sign annulment papers again, and she turns up at an event, with Frau Greta Bollenbecker (Isabella Rossellini) attending, she assumes Emma is his fiancé, Patrick is unable to fess up. With the annulment not finalised, there is much tension between Emma and Patrick, due to their opposite approaches, but slowly Emma starts to admire Patrick for his carefree lifestyle, and she begins to doubt her conservative opinions on life and love. Emma does finally get the annulment papers finalised, and the wedding with Richard is all set to go ahead, but she has grown to have feelings for Patrick, they make love, but then she finds out about what Patrick did to teach her lesson regarding his previous engagement, she is angry and leaves him. It comes to the wedding day, but Emma cannot help but still have feelings for Patrick, even Richard knows that she no longer has the same passion for him as she did previously, they amicably break up. In the end, Emma creates a fire to set off the alarm at the venue, both to get rid of the guests, and to get the fire service, specifically for Patrick to show up, in the end Emma and Patrick embrace their true feelings for each other, and a year later they are married, for real, and she is pregnant with their child. Also starring Sam Shepard as Wilder, Keir Dullea as Mr. Bollenbecker, Justina Machado as Sofia, Sarita Choudhury as Sunny and Lindsay Sloane as Marcy. Thurman both acting and producing tries her best to make something worthwhile, but fails, Dean Morgan is okay, and Firth is just in it for his stiff-upper-lip, it is sort of an original story, but done in a very predictable way, the attempted jokes don't work, and the love story is not completely believable, overall it's a bit of a boring romantic comedy. Adequate!

Paul Magne Haakonsen Director Griffin Dunne managed to take the stereotypical how-to-make-a-romantic-comedy recipe and douse it with twice as much sugar than what was needed. And the end result was a less than mediocre movie.While stories are usually sappy and predictable in romantic comedies, then the story in "The Accidental Husband" was just ludicrous. The concept idea of the story was just so far out there and unrealistic that it was more of a farce than an actual romantic comedy.And throughout the entire movie there was just something missing from the recipe, and it was dragging the movie down. It felt as if even the actors and actresses themselves weren't buying into the storyline. So why should the audience?Uma Thurman and Jeffrey Dean Morgan did good jobs with their acting, but there wasn't any particular chemistry between them on the screen. And it was a shame that Colin Firth didn't have a bigger role in the movie.If you enjoy romantic comedies, then there are far better movies available than "The Accidental Husband".

degele This film could have been so much better; I found it did not live up to its potential. I really wanted to like this film, I am a big fan of Uma Thurman, and consider her a serious actress. I enjoyed her scenes as a radio talkshow host, and thought they were the best in the film. I also thought most of the advice she gave to her women listeners was honest, and forthright. The initial impression I got of her relationship with her fiancé Richard was that this was a loving, supportive relationship. I even found the humour in the way that she was accidentally married to Patrick. I just didn't like anything else about the film at all. I don't think that Uma is a great comic actress, and Colin Firth was wasted in this role. The actor who played Patrick was likable enough, but for me the film just wasn't funny enough, and the romance was not believable. For someone who recommended love and not infatuation or a passionate affair that would soon burn itself out, she didn't evaluate her own life properly when her beliefs were challenged, and she started questioning all that she had been telling her listeners. I would have liked her to have broadened her horizons, and developed relationships with her father, her colleagues and new friends, and become a more well-rounded person. Apart from that, there was nothing new in this film, and I would avoid it as a lighthearted romcom, because there's not much rom, and precious little com. I would recommend watching Uma in The Truth About Cats and Dogs instead. The rest of this review contains spoilers about this film, so please stop reading here if you wish to avoid any spoilers. SPOILER ALERT: (the rest of this review)I really didn't like the ending. Patrick obviously loved Sophia, and she had loved him and was not settling, so this storyline could have been handled differently. Emma's interaction with Patrick could have served to bring her down to earth from her ivory tower in the radio broadcasting studio, to realise that she had made a snap judgement on someone and a couple that she did not know at all. She could have had a few moments, a kiss with Patrick only to realise that he was a good man, and should go back to Sophia. For someone who claimed to love Sophia, Patrick certainly found new love rather quickly, and never really did anything to show why Emma should love him, other than that he was a hunky fireman, who was there to rescue her, and carry her off into the sunset. This bothered me. I could see how Richard might be a safe option, and Emma's attempts at controlling him, and mothering him were a sign that this was not a healthy relationship, but I could not see any reason for her to love Patrick. Here, I would have had her relax and let her hair down a little, as she did in the film, by becoming more involved in Patrick's community, and becoming more open and spontaneous. I would have had her bring Patrick and Sophia back together, to be a little bit more understanding of human frailties, and to kiss a few frogs, and make a few mistakes with men. I would have liked her to have walked off into the sunset on her own, independent, and still single, knowing that she would find the right man eventually. I might even have had her glimpse this man at Patrick and Sophia's wedding, with an introduction that showed the potential of a possible loving relationship, but leaving the ending open. That way, we would still have had the obligatory Hollywood happy ending, with Patrick and Sophia, but Emma would have learned new insight into love and relationships have stayed true to herself.