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While The Groomsmen suffers from being a tad flat, largely because of misled expectations, it is earnest, and deliberately takes its time

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Ey, you know I uh... if I'm honest with myself, I probably, you know it probably crossed my mind a couple of times, but just...

You never allowed yourself to really believe it, right?

Yeah, well, welcome to the first 25 years of my life.

Matthew Lillard and Shari Albert in The Groomsmen (2006)

Matthew Lillard, Jay Mohr, Brittany Murphy, Donal Logue, Shari Albert, and Edward Burns in The Groomsmen (2006)

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A groom (Ed Burns) and his four attendants wrestle with issues related to friendship and maturity a week before the big day.

The Groomsmen

Why the so-so reviews?

I can&apos;t understand why this film has not been greeted with close to raves from most of the critics; but then, it seems that lots of folks resent Ed Burns&apos; career. He made one good film, Brothers McMullen, and then produced a series of half-baked follow ups. Plus, his good looks gave him an acting career that others must envy.

His good luck aside, Burns is back in top form with The Groomsmen, an insightful look at a group of boy/men tip toeing into middle age. His ear for the venacular, in this case Long Island/Bronx Irish, is just about perfect, he creates an inviting sense of time and place and his work with the actors is pitch perfect.

Ironically, the only weak performance in the film is Burns&apos;. His good looking Irish poker face is not compelling enough to communicate his character&apos;s inner turmoil. Matt Dillon, could he have been afforded, would have nailed this role. That said, Burns contributes a basic sense of human decency that permeates the film; it&apos;s in his character and in his writing.

I loved the whole cast, but was particularly moved by Matthew Lilligard&apos;s portrayal of a &quot;regular joe,&quot; a bar owner who dreams of his glory days as a garage band musician now that he is the father of two. His speech about his children, buzzed, standing on his porch in the middle of the night, is a WONDERFUL example of expressive acting and, for me, the highlight of the entire film.

Don&apos;t blow this one off if you feel you&apos;ve been burned by Burns in the past (sorry about that). His ending is too pat, unworthy of some of the honest, painful material that has preceded it; but all in all The Groomsmen makes me look forward to his next film. Check this one out, probably will be great when it hits NETFLIX.

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I can't understand why this film has not been greeted with close to raves from most of the critics; but then, it seems that lots of folks resent Ed Burns' career. He made one good film, Brothers McMullen, and then produced a series of half-baked follow ups. Plus, his good looks gave him an acting career that others must envy.

His good luck aside, Burns is back in top form with The Groomsmen, an insightful look at a group of boy/men tip toeing into middle age. His ear for the venacular, in this case Long Island/Bronx Irish, is just about perfect, he creates an inviting sense of time and place and his work with the actors is pitch perfect.

Ironically, the only weak performance in the film is Burns'. His good looking Irish poker face is not compelling enough to communicate his character's inner turmoil. Matt Dillon, could he have been afforded, would have nailed this role. That said, Burns contributes a basic sense of human decency that permeates the film; it's in his character and in his writing.

I loved the whole cast, but was particularly moved by Matthew Lilligard's portrayal of a "regular joe," a bar owner who dreams of his glory days as a garage band musician now that he is the father of two. His speech about his children, buzzed, standing on his porch in the middle of the night, is a WONDERFUL example of expressive acting and, for me, the highlight of the entire film.

Don't blow this one off if you feel you've been burned by Burns in the past (sorry about that). His ending is too pat, unworthy of some of the honest, painful material that has preceded it; but all in all The Groomsmen makes me look forward to his next film. Check this one out, probably will be great when it hits NETFLIX.

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