“You’re not going to go all My Best Friend’s Wedding on me, are you?” bride Cassidy (Kiersey Clemons) asks Ally (Alison Brie), the ex-girlfriend and lost love of her soon-to-be husband Sean (Jay Ellis). It turns out that’s exactly what’s going to happen in this shamelessly derivative romcom co-written by Brie and her husband, the actor Dave Franco, who directs.
The plot rehashes that tired old premise of a high-powered career girl (Ally works in reality television) who returns home and is forced to reappraise whether her life choices have been wrong all along. Ally bumps into her ex in a bar and the evening they spend together plants the seed of potential romance in her mind, Sean’s impending marriage notwithstanding. It’s a wasted opportunity. Brie is clearly a gifted comic actress who deserves better material than this.
