Rotten
Instead of working to clarify its high-concept contrivances, the romantic comedy "The Decoy Bride" jettisons logic and detail for silly-quirky rompiness.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
The Decoy Bride
You may now kiss the decoy.
2011 · 1h 29m · PG
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Sheree Folkson
Overview
A local woman is hired to draw paparazzi away from a Hollywood actress who has come to Scotland to get married.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
23%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A bland romantic comedy in the Richard Curtis style, The Decoy Bride is mainly notable for its proof, if any was needed after Boardwalk Empire, that Kelly Macdonald is a major talent.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
Cupid works in strange and sometimes very funny ways, as this charming, nontaxing comedy directed by Sheree Folkson makes clear.
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
Rotten
It seems to agree with its gossip journalists that celebrities are an exotic alien species placed on earth to be gawked at, waited on by personal entourages, and mocked behind their backs for their odd enthusiasms and incomprehensible emotions.
Alison Willmore, AV Club
Rotten
Pernicious tripe suitable only for masochists and the intellectually disabled...
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
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