In her Marry Me review, Lisa Johnson Mandell says the film checks all the right boxes. It’s a See’s Scotchmallow, just in time for Valentine’s Day.

How long has it been since we’ve seen a fun, flashy rom come in which boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy…. you know the drill. Too long in my book. Marry Me reminds me of the Julia Roberts/Hugh Grant/Cameron Diaz rom coms of the ’90’s, and that’s just fine by me.

If you’ve seen the trailer (and by now, who hasn’t?) you know that’s it about super pop star Kat Valdez (Jennifer Lopez), who finds out at her internationally televised wedding that her fiancé (Maluma) has been cheating on her. So she randomly picks some poor schlep out of the audience (Owen Wilson) to take her instant ex’s place on stage, er… at the altar.

The question is not really whether or not a real romance between the two will bloom, but how long it will take and whether or not it will last. In the process of answering this question, we’re treated to all the components of a successful rom com: cute kids, an adorable dog, a snappy sidekick (Sarah Silverman), bowling, girl wearing boy’s shirt and no pants, etc.

Marry Me, however, has the advantage of super catchy music, courtesy of J-Lo. Just try getting her title song out of your head. You will fail.

It also has John Bradley from Game of Thrones, as J-Lo’s sympathetic and harried manager. We promptly forgive him for Moonfall.

Will this rival Some Like It Hot as one of the best rom coms of all time? Certainly not. Will it be remembered six month from now? Unlikely. But it’s just the glittery Valentine we need this time of year. And that’s enough for me.

If this Marry Me review makes you want to saunter up the aisle to see it, stream it at home on Peacock, or find times and tickets on Fandango.com.

Rated PG-13

1 Hour 52 Minutes

In her Marry Me review, Lisa Johnson Mandell says the film checks all the right boxes. It’s a See’s Scotchmallow, just in time for Valentine’s Day.