I am obsessed with comedy movies. Rarely is there ever a time I see a comedy movie and not enjoy it. “The Wedding Ringer,” directed by Jeremy Garelick, is a movie about a socially awkward groom-to-be, Josh Gad, but he doesn’t have any friends to be his groomsmen so he calls in a fake best man Kevin Hart, to take the spot at his wedding.

“The Wedding Ringer,” was released Jan. 16, and is 101 minutes long. It made $41.5 million on opening weekend and has currently grossed $135 million in the box office.

The movie starts off with the newly engaged couple, Doug Harris and Gretchen Palmer, planning their wedding with their flamboyant wedding planner Edmundo. Then, as time goes on Doug is scrambling to find groomsmen and that is when he meets Jimmy Callahan. Jimmy runs a best man service and has a job to find seven men to act as groomsmen at the over-the-top wedding.

I think one of the major things that made this movie successful was the cast. The stars of the movie, Kevin Hart, Josh Gad and Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting filled the roles with excellence. The groomsmen, Colin Kane, Corey Holcomb, Jorge Garcia, Affion Crockett, Alan Ritchson, Jenifer Lewis, Aaron Takahashi and Dan Gill, are all scruffy, gross guys that have interesting  “party tricks” like Gill dislocating then relocating his shoulder and  Holcomb having the ability to pronounce his sentences backward.

The acting portrayed in the movie was pulled off amazingly with the actors being practically made for their roles. For example, Ritchson often plays the “dumb frat boy” as seen in his past work in television show “Blue Mountain State” which really benefited him to successfully pull off his role.

One thing I didn’t enjoy about the movie was the constant cliches. Like the beautiful and social wife marrying the nerdy groom just for his money or hearing major secrets through a door that weren’t meant to be heard that transitions to the plot. It gets old when you see the same scenes in different movies. The movies scenes were similar to ones from movies Something Borrowed,” and “Jumping the Broom.”

Despite the cliches, the humor and wittiness truly make “The Wedding Ringer” a must-see movie.

by LILY JONES