This is an earnestly funny romantic comedy about wedding jitters and doubts of 2 people in love. This couple (played by Jeremy Sisto and Rashida Jones, daughter of Quincy Jones) has been together for many years. They might as well already have been married for years, as they have been together since they were teenagers. They have not even had a serious fight. They genuinely seem to have liked each other, and that can be more important than "loving" each other. You must like the person you're with. It will be more important in the long haul. Youth and good looks will vanish. Lust will cool off. If you don't truly like who you plan to marry, you can plan for it to dry up soon. But these 2 people have a relationship that has apparently outlasted past all of those things that normally cut short a relationship of young people.
That is, until suddenly, as they are about to marry for real, the bride calls off the wedding. For some reason, the groom just accepts this as jitters and decides he should move out of their flat and give her room and time to think. The wedding date approaches and they fly home to New Jersey, and most of their friends still believe the wedding is to take place that weekend. When Jeremy begins to tell his family and friends that the wedding has been postponed or even cancelled for good, they ask why? And he does not know what to say. He seems to believe that only Keri knows why, the only one with the answer.
The movie is not serious as it seems to be from my comments. It is a funny comedy, and mostly takes place with Jeremy and his friends who have a yardwork business. These 2 buddies seem to be on the verge of alcoholism and some terribly funny things happen to them. At night they like to break into a man's house and torture him by moving his furniture around and making him think he is going crazy.
But you must ponder the sadness of Keri as she confides in her friend Marti about her feelings. Why did she cancel the wedding? Did she feel like her love for Jeremy cooled off, or the other way around? Did she feel like they did not "like" each other anymore, that they were simply becoming only "roommates"? As many characters say, they might as well already have been married. They have been together for many years. Why is taking that final step such a big deal?
I have seen many films of Kevin Smith, and most of them were okay, but his sense of humour is risky. I liked Clerks, except when Jay is constantly saying fuck this, fuck that, I would like to fuck you Silent Bob. It was annoying. But I actually laughed during the scene with the girl having sex with dead old man in the restroom. But his other films seems like bad taste sometimes. I watched Clerks II not long before I watched Now You Know. The "donkey party sex" was just too much bad taste for me. I was certain that Now You Know, directed by "Randall" of Clerks and Clerks II, was going to be awful. I asked myself, Why is Jeremy Sisto and Rashida Jones in this movie! But watching it, I like it very much. I like it better than any of Kevin Smith's movies. It has some of Kevin Smith humour in it, but it's not bad. It is funny and light. The comedy is better taste. I laughed at the bachelor parties, in particular the transvestite who comes to striptease and do bottle tricks!
There is strength in it for the romance. One night Jeremy is breaking into houses again with his friends and somebody fires a gun at him. This was my favorite scene, when Jeremy suddenly begins to realize what is happening in his life, and that yes he has known (in his subconscious at least) the answer all along of why Keri broke up with him, and what he is about to lose if he doesn't act quickly. It is quite a strong romantic comedy. I understand the director Randall thinks there were problems with his film, but it is a very strong film for his debut to directing. I loved watching it.
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