I thought this was a good comedy/drama film. It was pretty funny and the writing and direction and everything wasn't bad. It's like, nothing in the movie was bad but nothing was great either. Definitely an above average film though. Edward Burns is really good!

A film about faith love and friendship. The story follows the misadventures and confusion of a groom (Ed Burns) and his four groomsmen the week before a wedding. Wrestling with issues of father...(read more)hood, honesty and growing up, the five discover their extended Adolescence and must figure out way to fix there problem together as Brothers AND FRIENDS. Following these five character in the movie again you fell the flow of relationship in a Ed Burns movie the movie is touching and hilarious at some time but one thing is for sure the movie has a realistic side and that side is the love and relationship of couple an showed specially from the point of the man. point of view about the man in a relationship how he is an idiot but burn now how to show that. it is quid of scary to see that in a movie like that when your a guy this is no joke. AS ALWAYS THE a Edward burn movie is always well righted and it is always all a bout the dialog and the story about the character in his movie which makes it very exceptional. . Also good directing for this one. Interesting had cam seen as always .and to mention , great scrip once again burns does it again. . I wont says no more now i must say that i am not surprised that this movie so good .if you like she the one and the Brothers McMullen you will love this movie and i must as a fan of the burn universe this movie rocks. you will not be deceived.....................

Let us sincerely hope, that the rest of the world will not conclude, that the five brothers/friends of the Groomsmen are representative for the average American adult. I cannot believe they are. These five don't know how to cope with anything. 35 and only then come out of the closet? Solving infertility by picking up a whore? Come on. The Groomsmen basically is a soap. We see an endless chain of relational problems. As soon as one is solved - or just disappeared - the next one pops up. Thr idea is to hold our attention. As far as I am concerned: it doesn't. To give the soap a male touch there is a lot of stereotypical "f*** **u". As even Burns got bored of it, he adds the well known gesture with a certain finger in one scene. Acting is decent, there are less than a handful nice jokes, plot is absent, characters are quite uninteresting. Of course end good, all good. All in all a quite forgettable movie. If you want to know how it is to be a male 35, watch Kramer vs Kramer instead.Note the talented John Leguizamo. In The Alibi his talents were much better used.

I believe this is Edward Burns' best movie to date. While the plot line is a little trite, the movie pulls it off with one of Burns' strength as a film maker: his characters. The characters in this film are are very complete and well-rounded. As a guy passing through his twenties...I was able to relate to this film a lot. I have a similar group of guy friends that have been by my side for many years. Anyone that is getting older and still keeps in touch with old friends will find this movie to their liking.I also must comment on the superb acting by everyone in the cast. I was particularly impressed with Donal Logue. His character came across some striking inadequacies and he nailed it down.Overall, I thought the Groomsmen was a very enjoyable film.