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That is just it... People don't change. There is a saying... The more things change, the more they stay the same.
I suppose, then, that ultimately, one way this could work is if the issue the couple had the first time around wasn't one that required people to change, but was more timing-related, or related to specifics about one party or the other's life that is no longer an issue, but is not behaviorally-based. In that case, if the circumstance changes, the marriage may work...it's not a matter of expecting the people to change.
Can't speak for Marie Osmond, this is more just a general observation.
She even wore the same dress!! But OMG it was not a good move she looked like the world's oldest bride!!
Because she is.
There are a few to remarry and are successful. I know in my case there is no effing way in hell. I did all I could to cut any and all ties with the ex.
My SIL and BIL did this. They were married 25 yrs and always had a very dysfunctional marriage. BIL was mentally abusive to my SIL and the kids. When they finally broke up for good, my in-laws breathed a sigh of relief. Then about 2 yrs later the rumor started going around they were seeing each other again. My MIL and other SIL's were pretty pissed because they footed the bill for the divorce, which was so nasty I can't believe they got back together.
They got remarried and asked my husband to be a witness. They had someone come to their home. No party, nothing. They pretend the divorce never happened and celebrate their original wedding anniversary even though it is not the same date as the second time around. They picked up where they left off. They are still very dysfunctional. SIL always had a problem with prescription drugs but now she takes a lot more and is way out there. She has become extremely religious and when she is really flying high will compare her husband to Jesus. Whatever she is taking now must be some pretty good sheet. Personally, I think once they got out on their own they realized no one else could put up with them. BIL got engaged a month after the divorce and treated his new fiancee kid's so badly she gave him the boot. My SIL was actually dating a really nice guy but he realized she had a prescription drug problem and didn't want to deal with it. So dysfunction junction is back up and running.
I'm happy to be friends with her and maintain a good relationship for our daughter's sake, but no way in hell I would ever get back together with her......
Sort of understandable when their kid died last year and probably no one could better understand her grief as the father, the former husband. Plus, she'd lost a lot of weight (not that it should make any difference).
What was the reason they divorced?
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They were married 25 yrs and always had a very dysfunctional marriage. BIL was mentally abusive to my SIL and the kids. When they finally broke up for good, my in-laws breathed a sigh of relief. Then about 2 yrs later the rumor started going around they were seeing each other again. 
My MIL and other SIL's were pretty pissed because they footed the bill for the divorce, which was so nasty I can't believe they got back together. 
Whatever she is taking now must be some pretty good sheet. Personally, I think once they got out on their own they realized no one else could put up with them. BIL got engaged a month after the divorce and treated his new fiancee kid's so badly she gave him the boot. My SIL was actually dating a really nice guy but he realized she had a prescription drug problem and didn't want to deal with it. So dysfunction junction is back up and running.
