"I'm a bride's best friend." (pause) "I'm not gay." That's how the new movie Confetti starts out. Three couples enter a contest put on by a magazine to win a dream house. The catch: They have to have the most original wedding. The film, clearly borrowing from the Christopher Guest films, follows three couples: Naturists, not nudists, overbearing tennis players, and movie musical duo. The film shows how each couple deals with the contest and the big day as it nears. Also thrown into the mix are the fabulous wedding planners, the magazine editor and owner and the families of the couples. The movie has a number of truly funny moments but for the most part it lacks the sharpness and peppiness of a Guest film. The film has a finale that pays off but was a little too neat in the wrap up. The standouts in this film are Martin Freeman (excellent as Tim in the British version of The Office) as fiancee Matt and Jason Watkins as Gregory, the queenie wedding planner. It's certainly enjoyable and a good way to whet the appetite for the Christopher Guest film coming out in a couple of months. One small warning: If you are turned off by full frontal nudity, male or female, this film has both. It's only shocking in the sense that it's a semi-mainline film. It's distributed by Fox Searchlight, the independent arm of 20th Century Fox. It's nudity that is not gratuitous but something that would probably never be seen in a mainstream film.
Bags of popcorn (out of 5): 3.3
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