I rate movies on how much I enjoy them and also how good the message is, how well they appeal to their target audience.
9 cucumbers because it draws in the "romantic comedy" set and the marriage-heads, puts Hugh Grant in the lead role, has marriage ceremonies performed left and right, and then it swoops in and blindsides them - with a
it aims for - and achieves, - a non-marriage. whereas other movies aim for marriages through unrealistic expectations and acheive them. In the final credits we see the lead characters have a kid out of wedlock - what a powerful message that sends.

FWAAF, seemingly glorifies the "institution" of marriage (as Gene Simmons says, " You've gotta be crazy to be in an institution") then blindsides the honeymoon set - then suddenly screeches on its brakes and realizes there is a better condition. Love. Isn't that what all those "marriage" movies are really about?

FWWAAF doesn't consider marriage sacrosanct - every condition of two peopoel being together is shown, nd shown to be a 50/50 chance of "success" or "failutre" (These terms shold be addressed as well, lbeling people who stay together a "success and people who split a "failure" dont do justince to the words at all. So two people in allveless sexless marriage that are together for the rwong reason , be it religion, kids, financial etc are consideried a "failure" over two peopoe who are happier to break up and continue their lives happily?)

Andie marries a guy 3 x her age and they break up, while another couple Bernard singen - stay happily married,- yet anohter marriage tyep is shown in the form of the "cheating marriage" - rumor is she never stopped bonik0ng tobey macgurie - that BIT - sham marriage - even though they are together, that woman is still bokking behnd her husband's bakc - they protray all these considtions as bweing sealed in a christian environment. yet none of it is taken the be-all and end-all - as if it cannot be brome as if the ties cannot be unbound. very specifically saying to us - "some marriages fail" and some continue rather than angling toward marriage as the end;all.
their union at the end is not predicated on them being married - but they are with someone they love. Isn't that a better message? Of course, "someone you love" is REPRESENTED in movies in the form of marriage - an archaic, morbid coagulation of morality and legality.

It doesn't glorify marriage - even though there are four marriages in it. Maybe the welath of marriages itself does something to negate the specialness, bringing the act itself into commonality.

kristen thomas yearns for Hugh though he doesnt feel same about her,