The problem with that is that few fathers order their sons to marry ditzy drunks, but then again, maybe he doesn't know about Darcy's style at badminton. If Dex's mother says nothing, his father ( Geoff Pierson) has a speech that is succinct and powerful, essentially ordering his son to go ahead with the wedding. Ethan avoids the clutches of their lustful friend Claire ( Ashley Williams), a woman whose appearance can only be explained by the need for someone clutchy. It was even Rachel who introduced Darcy to Dex, for criminey sakes, and all but gave him away. He figures out the whole story and pleads with Rachel to express her own feelings for once and not always let Darcy be the winner. Ethan is Rachel's confidante during their lunch hours together. The movie supplies two other male characters, Ethan ( John Krasinski) and party animal Marcus ( Steve Howey). Goodwin has one of those faces of which you can think no bad things. As played by Ginnifer Goodwin and Colin Egglesfield, they are also extraordinarily attractive, and I almost held that against them until the story developed some of their depths. Dex and Rachel, however, are sweet, inoffensive, beautiful people, who let others determine key decisions in their lives. Kate Hudson plays Darcy so well that she almost forces the film apart at the seams her character is too strong for it.

If you are marrying an alcoholic and are not one yourself, you shouldn't do it to cheer up your mom. Among the danger signals of alcoholism must certainly be playing badminton on the beach with a glass of wine in your hand, sitting down in a bar and ordering six shots of tequila, and drinking in every scene where she is not literally being fitted for a wedding dress. This is as clear as day, although I'll bet you won't see her described that way in many other reviews. I believe, but cannot be sure, that a surprise decision made late in the film is triggered by her single ambivalent expression. This is especially true because the depressed mother ( Jill Eikenberry) doesn't have a single line in the movie, and is seen only looking sad sometimes and happy sometimes. To be married as an aid to someone else's mental health calls, I think, your own into question.

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