Mr. Bride

"Mr. Bride" is proof that even a very funny guy like Charley Chase can make a clunker. And like many of his films, it was directed by Charley's brother, James Parrot.

The story is a one-joke comedy....and it's one that wears thin very quickly. Charley's boss is planning a honeymoon but the man also has an obsessive-compulsive personality. In other words he wants to micromanage every single detail of his honeymoon. And, to do so, he plans on taking two honeymoons...the first without his bride in order to make sure every detail is perfect. But he needs a fill-in for the bride and he drafts Charley to accompany him and pose as the wife. What follows is a long, extended gay marriage joke...which might have worked had there been more to the story than that...but there isn't. Overall, a very disappointing film...one that just didn't make me laugh.