Review of MADE OF HONOR

MADE OF HONOR

STORY: A womanizer finally wakes up to the fact that he's in love with his best friend. He wants to marry her, but he's too late; she asks him to be her Maid of Honor. He agrees in an attempt to win her back.

MESSAGE: The true love you seek may be right in front of you. Commitment, marriage and fidelity are worth fighting for. The "rules" bachelors tend to follow are a trap, which prevent one from achieving true happiness. Friendship and rapport and "feeling comfortable as oneself when with another" are all parts of true love. Real, honest communication means more to a relationship than winning manly competitions of strength and endurance, than one's high station in life or than one's vast wealth. It is never too late to right a wrong.

WIN: The hero did do the correct steps of deciding that commitment to the girl was the right thing, telling his friends and her; and he did take the job of Maid of Honor and made up for not noticing her by doing a good job. He was active in sports. It is refreshing for a movie to laud fidelity over promiscuity. Sweet moments of friendship were treasured, like sharing each others' cake. (as opposed to some movies that say, "remember that time we got drunk and...")

LOSE: Does size really matter that much, when love is a spiritual bond between two beings? (Fortunately, a small scene.) As dramatic as it may be to pull someone out of their wedding when they're in front of the preacher, there is a lot of destruction in this action -- know the cost of a wedding in terms of time, money and family reputation?

EFFECT ON ME: It made me feel, even more than I do, that my own husband is a special treasure.

Sincerely,
Becky Mate
Script Consultant
www.virtueinthearts.com