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Do Us Part

(R) Level 33 - 93 min
  • DIRECTOR: Reed Arnold
  • STARRING: Kelly Russo, Travis Laughlin, Reed Arnold, and Laura Delhauer

Synopsis:

Q&As with Director Reed Arnold Friday 8/7 after 4:00pm, 6:00pm, 8:00pm shows.

Q&As with Director Reed Arnold Saturday 8/8 after 4:00pm, 6:00pm shows.

 

Ryan's wedding day becomes chaos when Rose, his college best friend and unrequited love, crashes the ceremony to come clean about her buried feelings. Rose's arrival forces Ryan to confront emotional baggage and unresolved tension of their past. But it's not just old feelings that threaten to unravel the day. Enter Mark, Ryan's best man of questionable morals and even less discretion, who must navigate a minefield of secrets, including his own, to stop the two from blowing up everyone's lives. As the clock ticks and tensions rise, Mark's dubious decisions might actually save the day ..... or make it a wedding no one will ever forget.

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JOHN FRANCIS FOX
3 out of 5 stars

FINAL COMMENTS ON "DO US PART"

August 13, 2026
I HAVE TWO FINAL COMMENTS ON "DO US PART": ONE POSITIVE & ONE NEGATIVE. THE POSITIVE ONE COMES FROM THE MOMENT WHEN MARK TELLS RYAN, "IF YOU LET HER (ROSE) MESS THIS UP, YOU'LL BE DUMBER THAN I EVER THOUGHT YOU WERE." THAT MOMENT SHOWS US THAT WE SOMETIMES NEED VERY BLUNT ADVICE IN ORDER TO KEEP US FROM MAKING VERY STUPID MISTAKES. THE NEGATIVE COMMENT IS IN RELATION TO THE WAY THAT THE ELDERLY VIETNAM VETERAN WAS TREATED AS AN OBJECT OF RIDICULE . WE ALL OWE SO MUCH GRATITUDE TO THE VIETNAM VETERANMS BECAUSE THEY ALL MADE SO MANY SACRIFICES TO TRY TO BRING DEMOCRACY TO SOUTH VIETNAM, BUT THEY WERE HINDERED BY THE FACT THAT THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE LEADERS WERE JUST ABOUT AS BAD AS THE NORTH VIETNAMESE DICTATORS & THE VIET CONG TERRORIST LEADERS LIKE HO CHI MINH.

JOHN FRANCIS FOX
3 out of 5 stars

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON "DO US PART"

August 11, 2026
WHEN WE SEE THE LOOK OF HURT ON THE FACE OF REED ARNOLD, WHO PLAYS MARK (AND WHO ALSO WROTE & DIRECTED THE FILM), WE SEE HOW MUCH MARK'S BRAGGING & BRAVADO HAS BEEN A WAY FOR HIM TO COVER UP HIS FEELINGS OF INADEQUACY. AND, WHEN WE FIND OUT ABOUT MARK'S SECRET LOVE, WE FIND OUT ANOTHER REASON FOR HIS SHOWMANSHIP. WHEN WE LATER SEE RYAN & MARK RECONCILE, & WE HEAR THE TENDER TONE IN TRAVIS LAUGHLIN'S (WHO PLAYS RYAN) VOICE- & IN THE TENDER TONE HE USES WHEN TALKING TO ROSE & JULIA, WE REALIZE HOW MUCH RYAN CARES ABOUT ALL THREE OF THESE PEOPLE. ALTHOUGH ROSE (KELLY RUSSO) DEFINITELY COMES OFF AS TOO AGGRESSIVE AT FIRST, WE GET TO SEE A SOFTERR SIDE TO HER IN THE QUIETER VOICE THAT MS. RUSSO USES WHEN TALKING TO JULIA. AND THE EMPATHETIC TONE THAT LAURA DELHAUER (WHO PLAYS JULIA) USES WHEN SHE IS TALKING TO ROSE SHOWS US THAT JULIA UNDERSTANDS WHAT ROSE IS GOING THROUGH. MR. ARNOLD CERTAINLY DESERVES A LOT OF CREDIT FOR MAKING A ROMANTIC FILM THAT DOESN'T END WITH SOMEONE DITCHING THE PERSON TO WHOM HE IS COMMITTED.

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JOHN FRANCIS FOX
3 out of 5 stars

ROM COM STUMBLES AT TIMES BUT WRAPS UP WELL BY THE END

August 11, 2026
I'M USUALLY WARY ABOUT FILMS WHERE SOMEONE TURNS UP RIGHT BEFORE A WEDDING & SAYS THAT THEY SHOULD BE THE ONE WHO MARRIES THE PROSPECTIVE BRIDE OR GROOM. FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY "THE GRADUATE" WAS SO POPULAR BECAUSE I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE WAY BENJAMIN KEPT STALKING ELAINE WAS SO UNBEARABLY CREEPY & THE DECISION TO HAVE HER LEAVE HER FIANCEE AT THE ALTAR & RUN OFF WITH BENJAMIN WHILE STILL IN HER WEDDING DRESS WAS EVEN CREEPIER. (I HAVE ALSO NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY MIKE NICHOLS WON THE OSCAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR FOR THAT FILM. PERHAPS THE VOTERS WERE TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR NEGLECTING TO GIVE IT TO HIM THE PREVIOUS YEAR FOR "WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF"- FOR WHICH HE DEFINITELY SHOULD HAVE WON). I ALSO DIDN'T LIKE "HIS GIRL FRIDAY" BECAUSE OF THE WAY CARY GRANT'S CHARACTER BROKE UP THE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN ROSALIND RUSSELL'S CHARACTER & RALPH BELLAMY'S CHARACTER & THERE WAS ALSO AN AWFUL FRENCH FILM FROM 1974 CALLED "THE MAD ADVENTURES OF RABBI JACOB" WHICH ENDED WITH A WOMAN LEAVING HER FIANCEE FOR ANOTHER MAN WHILE THE JILTED FIANCEE YELLS "IT'S NOT FAIR!" BUT, FORTUNEATELY, " DO US PART" WASN'T LIKE ANY OF THOSE AWFUL FILMS. INSTEAD, WHEN THE CHARACTER, ROSE SHOWS UP AT THE WEDDING OF HER FORMER BEST FRIEND, RYAN, WE SEE RYAN TRY TO RECONCILE HIUS FEELINGS FOR HIS OLD LOVE, ROSE, WITH HIS FEELINGS FOR HIS SOON-TO-BE BRIDE, JULIA, & HIS SENSE OF LOYALTY TO HER. THE CHARACTER OF RYAN'S BEST MAN, MARK, CAN BE OBNOXIOUS AT TIMES- ESPECIALLY WITH HIS OBSESSION WITH SCATOLOGICAL HUMOR, & WITH HIS INSISTENCE ON BRAGGING ABOUT ALL THE WOMEN WITH WHOM HE HAS BEEN INTIMATE. HOWEVER, WE GET TO SEE A SOFTER SIDE TO HIS CHARACTER WHEN RYAN TELLS HIM THAT HIS BRAGGING ABOUT HIS EXPLOITS ARE A RESULT OF HIS KNOWING THAT HE IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR ONE WOMAN.