Destination Wedding

Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves in a rom-com sounds like a great idea, but Destination Wedding manages to spoil all of its potential.

Frank and Lindsay's first meeting at the airport finds Lindsay bothered because she believes Frank to be cutting in line. But with just a handful of people gathered at the gate, the stakes are low and the evidence against Frank is slim. Resorting to cheap, punching-down jokes just goes to show that Levin doesn't seem to have a handle on the task at hand. He joked, "Maybe we need a subtitle, like some kind of drawing with arrows when I put my finger in my ear: 'He has tinnitus!'" While this makes for a funny interview, it also exemplifies the main problem with this movie which is that the characters are constantly doing strange and annoying things, but we are never told why. The ineffectual script is demonstrated well by the fact that Reeves, as Frank, makes a strange noise in his throat at various points in the film. Most often, this is that the banter between the two characters is funny, or you can see that the grumpiness is a cover for something more interesting underneath.