Made of Honor – WISE Score & Parent Review | Screenwise

Made of Honor

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32%

WISE Score

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A forgettable 2008 rom-com where a serial dater tries to sabotage his best friend's wedding—critics hated it, and honestly, they weren't wrong.

15%

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Made of Honor

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12, 2008

32%

WISE Score

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A forgettable 2008 rom-com where a serial dater tries to sabotage his best friend's wedding—critics hated it, and honestly, they weren't wrong.

15%

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Screenwise Verdict

Let's be real: Made of Honor is not good. With a 15% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes and a 37 on Metacritic, this is a rom-com that even rom-com fans struggled to enjoy. The premise—guy tries to sabotage his best friend's wedding because he suddenly realizes he loves her—models terrible relationship behavior and offers zero fresh takes on an already tired formula.

The movie has some sexual content and innuendo that makes it inappropriate for younger viewers, but even for the 14+ crowd it's rated for, why waste their time? There are so many better romantic comedies that actually earn their happy endings and teach something about healthy relationships.

If you're scrolling through streaming options and considering this, keep scrolling. Life's too short for movies that critics and audiences both agreed were forgettable at best. The 2.9 out of 5 on Letterboxd tells you everything you need to know—this is a skip.

Age Fit

This is rated for ages 14+ due to sexual content and innuendo, but honestly, even teens deserve better rom-coms than this critically-panned mess. Adults looking for mindless background viewing might tolerate it, but there are dozens of superior options in the genre.

WISE Breakdown

Wholesome

A rom-com built on the premise of a man sabotaging his best friend's wedding because he suddenly realizes he wants her is not exactly modeling healthy relationship behavior. The serial dater protagonist waiting until she's engaged to make a move shows poor emotional maturity. Some sweet friendship moments exist, but the core premise undermines wholesome values around honesty and respecting others' choices.

Imaginative

This is a paint-by-numbers romantic comedy that takes the gender-flipped 'My Best Friend's Wedding' premise and adds nothing new. Critics gave it 15% on Rotten Tomatoes for good reason—it's formulaic, predictable, and brings zero creative energy to a tired genre. No spark of originality or curiosity to be found here.

Safe

Common Sense Media rates it 14+, suggesting some sexual content and innuendo typical of PG-13 rom-coms. No extreme violence, gore, or traumatic content, but likely includes adult themes, suggestive situations, and language that parents would want to preview. The premise itself—trying to break up a wedding—could model poor decision-making but isn't triggering content per se.

Enriching

What life lesson are we teaching here? That if you're jealous, you should sabotage your friend's happiness? That waiting until someone is engaged is the right time to confess feelings? The movie offers minimal emotional growth, no meaningful skill-building, and the entertainment value is questionable given the abysmal 15% critic score and 37 Metacritic rating. Even the audience was lukewarm at 55%.

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Why It Might Be Great

If you're a completist who needs to watch every Patrick Dempsey movie, here's one more to check off
Some viewers might enjoy the Scotland setting and wedding backdrop
Could spark conversations about friendship boundaries and timing in relationships (even if the movie handles them poorly)
Harmless background viewing if you're folding laundry and need something that requires zero brain cells

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What to Watch For

Sexual innuendo and suggestive content typical of PG-13 rom-coms—definitely not family movie night material
The entire premise models manipulative behavior (trying to break up your friend's engagement)
It's genuinely not good—15% on Rotten Tomatoes isn't a typo, and life's too short for bad rom-coms
Some language and adult themes that make the Common Sense 14+ rating appropriate

Conversation Starters

"Why do you think Tom waited until Hannah was engaged to tell her how he felt? What would have been a better choice?"
"If your friend asked you to be in their wedding but you had feelings for them, what's the right thing to do?"
"The movie treats this like it's romantic, but is it actually kind of selfish? Let's talk about it."
"What makes a good romantic comedy work? Because this one got terrible reviews—what do you think went wrong?"

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