A long-divorced couple fakes being married as their family unites for a wedding. The Big Wedding has Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Robin Williams, Susan Sarandon and a tones of other new faces in it and it's a simple romantic comedy that it's nowhere near as good as let's say The Fockers Trilogy with De Niro and Ben Stiller but it's sweet and romantic and the entire cast does a decent job, it's no masterpiece of course and it does have it's fair share of flaws but unlike another De Niro film from that year called 'The Family' is way way better although it's nowhere near as good as 'Last Vegas'. Overall people who like this kind of films might like this for others it will be painful (7/10)

The reason I say this film suffers from 'false advertising' is because of the poster. If you look at the (all star) cast on there, you'll see that most of them are laughing. I find this misleading. It makes it seem as if there's at least one funny moment in this film. And there isn't. There really isn't.Right from the word go we're treated to an 'American Pie for adults' scenario which might have been funny ten years ago, but really is just cringeworthingly bad when it's with adults who supposedly should know better. And it's not just the characters that should have known better - it's the cast, too. Like I said 'The Big Wedding' boasts an impressive all star cast. That begs the question why any of them would sign up for this. It simply isn't funny.The plot is tedious, too. A couple divorce because the man finds a new woman. The new woman and ex wife get on brilliantly. If that isn't impossible enough, their son is marrying a 'good catholic' who's birth mother thinks divorce is a massive sin. Therefore the original couple must pretend to be married for the duration of the wedding. That's it. And it's not funny.The characters, as well as being unfunny, are actually pretty unlikeable. It takes some good actors to make every single character as horrible as they possibly could be. And not funny.All in all, just avoid this film. Most people hate it (based on what I've read on other reviews and Internet message boards), but the few people that seemed to like it used words like 'charming' to describe it. I guess there must be some people out there who enjoyed it after all. I noticed they never used the word 'funny' though. Did I mention it's completely devoid of humour? Shame on you Bobby DeNiro

Given the premise (deduced from the trailer) and the title I was thinking of skipping 'The Big Wedding' but it's got Hollywood's finest actors like Robin Williams, Susan Sarandon, Diane Keaton and Robert de Niro. Surely, the film is at least worth a watch for their performance, right? Well, a more appropriate title for the movie would have been 'The Big Disaster In the Name of a Movie'. Yes, it's messy, silly and...not funny. 'the Big Wedding' was sold as a romantic comedy wedding flick but the 'jokes' appear forced, desperate and lack originality. Moreover it pokes fun at Catholics, free spirited people and divorced couples. The aforementioned talented actors are wasted which is a real shame. The younger cast's performance ranges from average to poor. The set and outdoor sceneries provide some nice eye-candy. Loaded with clichés, pretending to be funny and wasting talents, this expensive film is kind of...well, trash.

What could have made someone take a shot on another script by Justin Zackham? Was it the overwhelming brilliance of his last mediocre movie, "The Bucket List?" This movie doesn't even measure up that his last one. It's far from it. The saddest part is watching actors that used to make great movies stoop to taking part in something so unfunny and stale as "The Big Wedding." But I probably said the same thing after watching De Niro's last comedy "The Family." This movie is your typical Hollywood wedding comedy, complete with Robin Williams reprising his role as the priest he played in "License to Wed." Diane Keaton brings back the character she played in "Because I Said So" and takes it up a notch by being even less credible playing the mother of the groom. I won't go into the dysfunctional high jinks of the the two families that makes up the whole of the movie. Laughter does not ensue.