The Big Wedding
The Big Wedding
R | 25 April 2013 (USA)
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To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long-divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra conservative Catholic biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world to attend. With all of the wedding guests looking on, the Griffins are hilariously forced to confront their past, present and future - and hopefully avoid killing each other in the process.

Reviews
Maria Trim

I find all the really bad reviews quite amazing. Saying this film is full of explicit sex, wow some people must lead sheltered lives, they should watch some of the series now like Game Of Thrones, Outlander, The collection, Girlfriend Experience just to name a few, which are border line porn. This film is worth a watch just for the great actors in it, i mean you cant go wrong with Diane Keaton, Robert D Nerio and the great Susan Serandon and sadly watching the wonderful Robin Williams made it a bit poignant to watch but reminded me of what a wonderful actor and versatile he was. OK the plot is thin but it had lots of funny moments and omg i love Katherine Heigl she is now one of my favorite actresses. Its worth a watch to just enjoy all these great actors.Its a romp a silly one its whats on the box, The Big Wedding. Its been done before and will be done again. I watched on Netflix, free, on a very wet rainy miserable day and I enjoyed every minute of it. So if you just want to watch a nice easy movie with great actors, a bit of titillation, comedy and romance, then you wont have wasted 1hour and 28minutes of your life.

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vicksel

This must be one of the few rare American movies what actually delivered a feeling of recognition. It's not like the usual romcom. Life can sometimes become. It just does... and that it what this movie shows us. It actually shows us what life sometimes can be. It's reality. And that is what makes this movie so very special. Go see it for yourself. Just let yourself sink with the characters (they are very well portrayed. This is just the way family life is.***spoilers***The story line is very well written. It's the best one I have encountered in years. I gave this movie only an 8 out of 10 because while the elder part of the cast was definitely on fire, the younger part just didn't match.

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Davis P

The Big Wedding is certainly slam packed with star power including Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon, Robert De Niro, Topher Grace, Robin Williams, Amanda Seyfried, Ben Barnes, and Katherine Heigl. After all the bad reviews, I assumed it was going to be bad, but I was pleasantly surprised, kinda. This film was actually not half bad, pretty good actually. Many jokes and scenes in the movie were funny. Also, the acting was very good here, from all the actors. I really enjoyed all the star power, especially from Diane and Susan, 2 of my favorite actresses of all Hollywood. Also this film has lots of sweet heart warming moments amongst all the funny goings on that occur throughout. 6/10

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tony-557

I'm not sure whether this review is a spoiler or not, but since there's almost no plot to speak of, just talking about the movie is likely to give it all away. It's not entirely the fault of the cast - and it really is an all-star cast - but I have to wonder what they thought they were getting into when they agreed to the script. I suppose they did what they could with the vapid story, which pretends to be about family struggles, but is mostly about over-privileged males gratifying themselves sexually. In one subplot, it's supposed to be sweet and innocent, but comes off creepy. And in another, it's just creepy. Hey, but at least everybody gets laid...If the director wanted a rom-com, then a few moments of genuine pathos would have been warranted. There are at best a couple of obligatory flat attempts to make us care. If the movie is supposed to be a farce or a spoof then it doesn't go far enough because it doesn't have any sense of humor about itself. And if the movie is supposed to be a sex comedy, then it's neither sexy nor funny. Instead, we're left with a bunch of disjointed formulaic noise that's supposed to be entertaining because it's lewd, or because it pretends to be the way "real" (or is that just really rich) families are. Hint to the director - Judd Apatow's movies aren't funny just because they're (oftentimes) crude. The audience has to care something about the characters, and part of that caring is making them and their situations something the viewer can relate to, even if they're not believable.If you're a fan of the cast members, do yourself a favor and skip this one; you'll like them less after you see it.

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