the romantic comedy genre usually prove a precarious balance between attempt to recapture the genuine passion and spark and and often hilarity of a budding romance while simultaneously do so in a fashion unique from it many predecessor more often than not with less than limited success . with that in mind and it still never fail to stupefy that in an industry of such excruciating rehash and hollywood can still churn out a film which exemplify the above convention and still manage to up the ante in term of sheer lack of quality and coherence . such a film be license to wed and an alleged comedy in which one would be hard press to discern even a painstaking scrap of anything comedic and or any real merit whatsoever . put generously and the film can be describe a nothing more than an abysmal and painful re treat of just about the bad possible amalgamation of romantic comedy clichés and fail slapstick gag which consistently fall flat . the entire plot can be sum up a essentially a pitiful attempt to bank of the success of meet the parent while throw in the occasional crack at religion to no comedic effect whatsoever and a the relationship of engage young lover ben ( krasinski ) and sadie ( moore ) be put to the test by a series of gruelling relationship test by a deranged priest ( williams ) attempt to determine whether or not they be fit to be marry in his church . but this one joke premise wear thin almost immediately and and with shoddy and uninspired directing and an embarrassingly hackneyed screenplay and complete with paper thin character character and a complete lack of originality in any shape or form and one be baffle by the concept of how the filmmaker could have ever expect this sordid mess to result a anything remotely enjoyable . even on the comedy front the film fail miserably and a the slapstick schtick be painfully monotonous and and the excruciatingly heavy hand moral at the film end be a wince worthy throwback to early disney film and let alone an allegedly edgy comedy and the word be use here in the loose of sens . increasingly disenchant be the sight of so many talented performer descend to such an excruciatingly embarrassing level . continue a pattern of painful sell out performance and robin williams generate what can hardly be consider a performance a oppose to simply a slew of irritating and allegedly comedic mannerism a the borderline psychotic minister some of williams routine may have actually prove funny have he not exercise such pseudo comedic tribe year ago in previous autopilot performance . the normally reliable john krasinski ( familiar to viewer of tv the office ) aim at endear and but instead come across a uncomfortable sour and saddle with a weak rehash of the typical ben stiller uncomfortable boyfriend role . while he escape with more dignity than others concerned and it be still nothing less than a shame to see a promising upcoming talent reduce to such a point . similarly and mandy moore seem to have never fully realize she be in fact on the set of a movie and a she seem firmly distant from the picture throughout and never once generate what could even be consider a facsimile of emotion . the non existent chemistry between her and krasinski make for a rather redundant romance and a neither fails to captivate the audience or capture their sympathy in the slightest . christine taylor come away the least shamefully a moore sardonic sister and but even she be give no real opportunity to generate laugh . a minute amount of charm generate by an otherwise syrupy climax be not enough this pitiful mistake from the dredge of banal commercial monotony . license to wed alternate between be patronize and astonishingly ignorant and just plain poorly make in fact and anything but funny or charm and a it aim to accomplish . while small glimmer of enjoyment might be discern by viewer with non existent expectation and those anticipate any more should avoid license to wed like a rash and a it often boast the same result represent painful and persistent and never funny . negative .