Review: 'Made of Honor' -- serial-dating man finds best friend engaged

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I give props to Patrick Dempsey.

The dude has world-class hair.

That's nice if you're an underwear model, but you'll need something more if you want to be believed as an actor.

And that might be my biggest problem (one of many) with "Made of Honor." I just never buy him as this cad Tom, who sleeps with every woman he sees but becomes best friends with the one who won't.

For 10 years, he and Hannah (Michelle Monaghan) have done everything together beautifully except the big IT. How do we know? Because they tell us, and they're always laughing and cooing at each other even while standing in line at the bakery.

Hannah accepts that Tom is a he-whore with a set of pig-man rules. She apparently doesn't care that he's using women like towelettes, saying stuff like, "Oh, that's just SO Tom." Tee-hee.

Tom believes he's in the perfect world, because he can exploit these various females but can always come home to Hannah. That perfect world will, of course, come crashing down -- Hannah goes to Scotland for a prolonged business trip and returns to New York engaged.

Tom is realizing that Hannah has been the girl of his dreams all along. He can't wait to tell her when she asks him to meet her at one of their favorite restaurants on her return.

The only thing missing here is the phonograph needle scratching across the romantic music, as Tom sees Hannah's new love interest, Colin, for the first time.

A shocked, melodramatic look would have sufficed, but no, Dempsey backs into a server and the two do cartwheels across a handful of tables -- not once but twice.

Hannah is marrying this perfect Scotsman ("Rome's" Kevin McKidd) after knowing him just a few weeks -- and here's the kicker, she wants Tom to be her maid of honor.

Talk about emasculating! This poor guy will be dished an extra plate of humble pie as he and the other bridesmaids -- one he slept with and dumped badly (oh, that Tom!) -- will have to make all of the usual girlie arrangements for her big Scottish wedding.

His plan now is to be the best maid of honor ever so he can somehow steal the bride at the right moment -- and I'm thinking of the title -- this is how he's "MADE of honor?" Please!

Steve Salles can be reached at films@standard.net.

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