Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Just Married does little to surprise its audience. It caters to all the clichés of people marrying impulsively, as well as many old regurgitated classics of Hollywood's idea about romantic comedy. Arguably, it's still entertaining, because it's based on a tried and true recipe, but don't expect anything else. However, don't be shocked, the scenario calls, many times, on the "lie" trick to push the story from one drama to an other.Ashton Kutcher wears his over the top comedy style of That's 70s Show, but Brittany Murphy seems to want to stay away from her hysterical persona that are part of many of her romantic films. It makes the piece watchable.You want brain dead entertainment, you've never seen it, and you have a free night, this might be for you.

I will admit I didn't pay the fullest attention to this film when it was on, but to be honest it didn't matter at all, because I knew the critics rating was right, from director Shawn Levy (Cheaper by the Dozen, Night at the Museum, Date Night). Basically Tom Leezak (Ashton Kutcher) and Sarah McNerney (Brittany Murphy) were married very quickly, against the wishes her friends and family, and through flashback we see how it ended as quick as it started. Tom is a late night radio traffic reporter, and Sarah is a free-spirited snobbish writer, and after meeting each other when he accidentally hits her with a football, they get to know each many times after. Soon enough they end up sleeping together and seemingly true love has happened, and this means they want to get married very quickly. Tom's attempts to make himself liked by Sarah's family don't go very well, but she is ignoring all the advice of her father Mr. McNerney (David Rasche) and her siblings and relatives including Lauren (Monét Mazur), Willie (Thad Luckinbill), Paul (David Agranov) and Dickie (Taran Killam), only her mother 'Pussy' (Veronica Cartwright) seems happy about it. So they are married and seem very happy to be going on their honeymoon in Italy, but mishap after disastrous mishap is causing their relationship a lot of friction. Eventually the biggest argument comes when tempers cause them to confess their secrets to each other, Tom reveals that it was him that caused the (accidental) death of her beloved pet dog, and Sarah reveals that his suspicions of her sleeping with Peter Prentiss (Christian Kane) were true. So the couple break apart officially with high hatred for each other on the plane journey home, but of course they both still have strong feelings for each other, and in the end Tom and Sarah make up and go on to have a happy marriage. Also starring David Moscow as Kyle and Raymond J. Barry as Mr. Leezak. Kutcher may have the moment similar to Dude, Where's My Car? shouting out the car window or whatever, and Murphy is pretty and does better than him at acting, but the long series of chaotic stuff gets boring and irritating, as do the bickering pair, and it just isn't all that funny, a charmless romantic comedy. Adequate!

Just Married is a pleasant and amusing comedy which relies mainly on Brittany Murphy's looks and Ashton Kutcher's goofy persona to make it work. The premise is a decent one, but it's kind of thin and all done before.Kutcher's a blue collar guy who works at a radio station and gives traffic reports during the graveyard shift. His favorite things in life are hamburgers and the Los Angeles Dodgers, though he sounds like he would have been at home in Ebbets Field back in the day. He keeps meeting Murphy first at an airport and then they have a series of coincidental meetings that might have dampened anyone's enthusiasm. But the old chemistry gets to working and they're in love.She's also rich and one of the things that father David Rasche owns is a piece of the Dodgers. But he's not crazy about his new prospective son-in-law and neither is her brother Thad Luckenbilll. They had in mind Christian Kane, a yuppie from the proper background who didn't move fast enough to close the deal with Murphy. Never mind that, he's not defeated yet.Kutcher and Murphy are wedded and then go on the honeymoon from hell starting at the Alps and ending in Venice. The two of them, especially with their different backgrounds take a lot of getting used to each other and forgiving past situations.For me it was hard to believe that the 20 something beautiful Brittany Murphy is so recently among the departed. She and Kutcher were an item during the making of Just Married so their scenes take on a special poignancy now. As for Ashton, he could be the son of Michael Kelso his good looking, but clueless character from That Seventies Show. He's goofy and funny in his way, but he shouldn't be one to carry an entire film.

I hate Ashton Kutcher. Why he is a star is beyond me; just looking at him irritates me, because he comes across as just a big doofus. So as you have probably guessed, I didn't enjoy this movie very much. His character here is very irritating. When his character is in Europe and starts basically shouting to the Europeans in one scene "I'm American! I know what's right!", I just *cringed*. (No, I'm not American, but the scene just embarrassed me all the same.) As for Brittany Murphy, I haven't seen her in anything else, so this was my first exposure to her. Though she shows some talent here, the script hurts her and Kutcher by making their characters both idiots. Why should we care about idiots having misfortune after misfortune on their honeymoon? If they were smart, the movie possibly could have been funny. But they aren't, so the movie isn't.