the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘My Fake Fiancé’

Be careful what wacky schemes you get yourself involved in, marriage-averse independent women: you’ll end up hitched anyway!

Cash-strapped duo Jennifer (Melissa Joan Hart) and Vince (Joey Lawrence) hatch the perfect plan – fake a relationship, engagement and quickie wedding. He will get the money to pay off a loan shark, and Jennifer will keep the house wares to fill her home after her moving van is stolen. Convincing their families they’re really in love proves challenging, however, these two unlikely partners begin to soften towards each other. Could love really be in the air?

This debuted on the cable network ABC Family, which means it’s supposed to be sweet, cute, harmless, just plain fun for the whole gang. And of course it is… if you want to reinforce gender stereotypes and materialistic consumerism.

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marshall
marshall
Tue, Apr 20, 2010 4:46pm

I hate this channel.

Tonio Kruger
Tue, Apr 20, 2010 7:52pm

Fake marriages: they’re not just for closeted homosexuals and desperate illegal aliens any more…

AJP
AJP
Wed, Apr 21, 2010 12:58am

I think my wife watched this when it was on ABC Family. If I recall correctly, the little I saw of it was as bad as you would expect.

Jurgan
Jurgan
Wed, Apr 21, 2010 7:32am

Wait, how exactly do you make a profit on a wedding? Those things cost quite a bit, and I doubt gifts from family will make up the difference.

bitchen frizzy
bitchen frizzy
Wed, Apr 21, 2010 9:06am

You get daddy to pay for it, of course. (Haven’t seen the movie, but that’s my guess. That, or a gaping plot hole.)