A scattered family comes together for the wedding of the adopted son. And once one skeleton rolls out of the closet, plenty more start rolling out, showing how dysfunctional and funny behind-the-scenes stuff can be.
All-star cast, but despite so many familiar faces and some genuinely laugh-out loud moments, the film missed substance. Too many things started to happen too quickly. The only character you could care about was Katherine Heigl's, and it was a shame, really.
Could have been much better.
* * ½
First things first, Mark Harmon looks uncannily similar to Tom Cruise. So much so, it makes me wonder if the role wasn't written for Cruise first, and the makers had to search for a hurried replacement for him. A quick look at IMDB confirms part of it - although the actor Harmon replaced was originally Don Johnson. Bad choice, because Harmon looks completely out of place in his character and fumbles through the film.
Connery puts in a restrained performance, except for a bar scene when he takes on a guy 3 times his side with his "right thumb", so to speak. It could have been intense, but it became funny instead. Meg Ryan tries her bit to make things exciting during her on-screen moments, but they are few.
The plot starts off interestingly enough as a crime/investigation caper, but tapers off into unwanted drama, shoddily-developed second half screenplay, and a completely dissatisfying ending.
The only reason for watching this would be Meg Ryan. It's 1988, and she's simply drop-dead gorgeous (this being one of her early films).
* * ½