Synopsis: A recently released Romantic Comedy movie titled "The Wedding Bride" presents a story eerily similar to Ted's relationship with an ex who left him at the alter for her own ex. The film, written by the husband of the woman Ted almost married, makes Ted out to be horrible and selfish marriage destroyer and Ted struggles to deal with the praise given to the film by his friends and current girlfriend.
Review: A significant amount of this episode's content was the movie within the episode, "The Wedding Bride." Footage of the fictional movie were actually produced for the episode with its own cast and it gave the writers a plethora of opportunities to poke fun at some stereotypical elements of romantic comedies, i.e. the love triangle where one clearly horrible man and one gallant, altogether righteous man fight over the love of an indecisive "wedding bride." The shear fact that there was actual "Wedding Bride" movie excerpts in this episode was the ideal way to hit the point home that this movie made Ted look like a horrible person and it made his situation that much more comical. It was also hilarious to have Ted's friends constantly raving about "The Wedding Bride" despite his expression that it made him very upset.
This episode also dealt with the idea of figurative baggage as it exists in a romantic relationship. The writers employed a visual device of actual pieces of luggage appearing on-screen with phrases written on them such as: "still in love with my ex" or "huge credit card debt." The film within the TV episode as well as this visual gag used throughout the episode set this one among the very best "How I Met Your Mother" episodes.
My Grade: A
Reviewer's Quotes:
Amanda Sloane Murray (IGN): "Some top-notch stunt casting, including several working romantic comedy actors, and an excellent job from the regular cast, rounded out this episode into one we'll be looking back to as one of How I Met Your Mother's best."
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