Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before. But he’s quite clear about the fact that he’ll be out the door once the cake is cut because he’s not your real friend. He can do every type of ceremony imaginable. He can round up as many groomsmen as you need. Jimmy can plan your bachelor party and deliver a killer toast. So on a tip from Edmundo, he pays a visit Hart’s Jimmy Callahan, a best man for hire. But he’s also a little awkward when it comes to making pals. Quite the contrary – he’s obviously kindhearted, caring and decent to the core. While Gretchen is obsessing over salad dressing flavors (and is generally depicted in stereotypically controlling, materialistic fashion), Doug is trying to hide from her and their flamboyant wedding planner, Edmundo (Ignacio Serricchio), that he doesn’t have any groomsmen to go along with her seven bridesmaids. Gad stars as Doug Harris, a successful Los Angeles tax attorney who’s about to marry a woman he thinks is completely out of his league: the pretty, blonde Gretchen (Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting).
And while you know where this story is headed from the very start, director Jeremy Garelick and his co-writer, Jay Lavender, throw in a few welcome detours. The two actors have a nice chemistry with each other which helps enliven the film’s formula: a familiar mix of bromance and raunch. That was not a dig on the diminutive Hart, I swear! A little of his patented, rat-a-tat comic shtick tends to go a long way here, his pairing with the sweet, shlubby Josh Gad tempers him somewhat.
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