A new Netflix romantic comedy has been criticized as “the worst movie of the year” after its unconventional ending left viewers scratching their heads.
Mother of the Bride premiered on the streaming giant on May 9 and features an all-star cast including Brooke Shields, Miranda Cosgrove, Chad Michael Murray and Benjamin Bratt.
Also starring in the film are Rachael Harris (Suits), Michael McDonald (MADtv), Wilson Cruz (My So-Called Life), Tasneem Roc (The Bureau of Magical Things) and Dalip Sondhi (Frayed).
The film, produced by Shields and directed by Mean Girls and Freaky Friday director Mark Waters, was shot in Thailand over six weeks.
Brooke Shields, 58, plays Lana, the nervous helicopter mother to her quiet daughter, Emma, played by former Nickelodeon star Miranda Cosgrove, 30.
Brooke Shields, 58, plays Lana, the nervous helicopter mother to her quiet daughter, Emma, played by former Nickelodeon star Miranda Cosgrove, 30.
Brooke’s character, Lana, also has to deal with seeing her college ex, played by Benjamin Bratt, who in real life used to have an affair with Julia Roberts, and is best known for appearing on Law & Order.
The couple travels to the Southeast Asian kingdom when Emma announces that she will marry her boyfriend, RJ, played by Sean Teale, there in a month.
Shields’ character, Lana, also has to deal with seeing her college ex, Will, played by Benjamin Bratt, 60, best known for appearing on Law & Order.
Former One Tree Hill star Chad Michael Murray, 42, appears as Lucas, a romantic rival vying for Lana’s affections.
However, the drama surrounding the hasty nuptials becomes even more complicated and ends on a rather unusual note when Lana discovers that her future son-in-law is a descendant of the man who broke her heart decades ago (Bratt).
After a fight at their children’s wedding, Will pops the question to Lana and they become engaged, meaning the newlyweds will inevitably become step-siblings as well.
The ending didn’t sit well with several viewers, who took to
Another viewer was furious: ‘The worst movie I’ve seen so far this year is Mother of the Bride. How is it possible for the mother of the bride and the father of the groom to get engaged on the children’s wedding day?
And they added: ‘Doesn’t that mean that married children are stepbrothers? Who wrote this plot?
The couple travels to the Southeast Asian kingdom when Emma announces that she will marry her boyfriend, RJ, played by Sean Teale, there in a month.
Chad Michael Murray, 42, seems like a romantic rival for Lana’s affections; seen with brooke
There is a scene where Brooke approaches Benjamin after he has taken a shower.
The ending didn’t sit well with several viewers, who took to X to share their thoughts.
A third said: ‘The bride’s mother was very strange. So the children of two ex-lovers get married and then those ex-lovers decided to try again, hit it off, turned around and got engaged in the end, as if that didn’t make their children step-siblings.
Another bewildered viewer fumed: “I’m watching the movie Mother of the Bride and I’m trying to figure out if the plot is incest or not.”
Finally, one disappointed viewer wrote: ‘Mother of the Bride is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I’m very ashamed to have seen it. I swear a 12 year old wrote it.’
It comes after Netflix fans criticized a 2024 film starring Sydney Sweeney and Dakota Johnson as the ‘dumbest’ they’ve ever seen, after it was given new life by uploading it to the streaming platform.
Sony’s superhero movie Madame Web came under fire and criticism, with some calling it an “embarrassing disaster” and “the worst comic book movie of all time” when it hit theaters in February.
