My Fake Fiance

Jennifer (Hart) and Vince (Lawrence) meet at their friends wedding and immediately hate each other.  Vince is a womanizer with a gambling problem, while Jennifer has no time for love.  Vince owes a significant amount of money to The Monkey (Schirripa).  Jennifer just spent most of her money on a new condo and all of her belongings were stolen.  They remember all the stuff and money that their friends received at the wedding and decide to team up to solve all of their problems.  They tell all their family and friends that they are getting married and plan to split the loot: Vince gets the money to square his debt, and Jen gets the gifts to furnish her apartment.

It starts as a simple lie to their families with a planned elopement and quick divorce, but things quickly escalate.  The Monkey wants his money within the month, and expects an invite to the wedding, along with his goons (Williams and Muse).  Jen's parents, Al (Pniewski) and Val (Griffis) volunteer to pay for the wedding.  To keep up the charade, Vince and his possessions move into Jen's condo.  And Vince's absentee father (Tom Nowicki) wants back in the picture.  Can they still pull off the fake wedding?


My roommate and I first discovered this film on ABC Family and gave it a chance, because we loved Holiday in Handcuffs and were excited about the TV pairing of Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence in ABC Family's "Melissa and Joey".  Like most other TV movies, this is not great... but it is still entertaining.  It is cliched with an ending that is easy to spot, but Hart and Lawrence are good together.  Their characters are not likeable at the beginning, but they get better as the film goes on.

"Melissa and Joey" is better, but it is still an entertaining film.

My Fake Fiance (2009) 95 minutes
Director: Gil Junger
Starring: Melissa Joan Hart as Jennifer
Joseph Lawrence as Vince
Steven Schirripa as The Monkey
Njema Williams as Pants
Ricky Muse as Truck
Rhoda Griffis as Val
Mike Pniewski as Al
Patricia French as Catherine