When an amenable young man gets cold feet on the eve of his wedding, he incurs the wrath of his jilted bride's unhinged family and is forced to literally fight for his freedom.

Thank you for your reply! I also wondered about the word ?amenable?, it was between that and ?spineless?. Maybe ?spineless? works better? To give you some background on my script, the protagonist lives in a small town, is sheltered (by his over-bearing mother), submissive (to his narcissistic fiance) and intimidated (by his red-neck in-laws). What he really wants to do is travel and enjoy life before he settles down. Instead of voicing this desire, our protagonist leaves his bride-zilla at the alter and tries to skip town (thus incurring her family?s wrath). In the end, he learns to stop running and stand up for himself (by having a Hot Fuzz style shoot out, naturally!) The final scene sees our hero wandering the streets of Paris having the time of his life.

Thank you for your reply! I also wondered about the word 'amenable', it was between that and 'spineless'. Maybe 'spineless' works better? To give you some background on my script, the protagonist lives in a small town, is sheltered (by his over-bearing mother), submissive (to his narcissistic fiance) and intimidated (by his red-neck in-laws). What he really wants to do is travel and enjoy life before he settles down. Instead of voicing this desire, our protagonist leaves his bride-zilla at the alter and tries to skip town (thus incurring her family's wrath). In the end, he learns to stop running and stand up for himself (by having a Hot Fuzz style shoot out, naturally!) The final scene sees our hero wandering the streets of Paris having the time of his life.

I love the concept, but if it's a comedy, the logline has to be/should be/ strongly suggested to be/ funny. As it reads now, it's a bit more serious sounding.

I would inject some irony here as well, playing off the terms "cold feet" or "jilted", or even the shotgun wedding theme.

"After backing out of his wedding, a wimpy schoolteacher gets a lesson on love in Appalachia- taught to him by the bride's family, from the end of double barrels."