The perfect weekend for a wedding… but the storm is coming.
A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
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Contemporary, contemplative, grave and prestige.
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
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- DoryDarkoon TMDB · Feb 20176/10
Rachel Getting Married left me feeling quite ambivalent. On the one hand I was really impressed with the acting (most notably from Anne Hathaway), on the other I just couldn't get myself to care. But that's really the director's doing; after all, it's his job to get me involved and to make me care about the story he's telling, and unfortunately, Jonathan Demme failed to do so with this film. Something that throws you off right from the start is the incredibly shaky hand-held camera. There isn't a steady shot throughout the entire film. It actually gave me a headache during the first five minutes. This, in combination with the lack of proper story- and character build-up makes you feel like you're watching a home video of some stranger's wedding. And it's not particularly interesting… Strangely enough, during some parts of the film I felt like I was watching a Louis Theroux documentary, because that's exactly the way it was filmed. I expected a gangly Englishman with dark glasses to walk in at any moment and start asking questions. Actually, that might have done this film a world of good… Scenes go on way too long without there being a clear point to it, and I just have to wonder wh
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Cast
- Anne HathawayKym Buchman
- Rosemarie DeWittRachel Buchman
- Bill IrwinPaul Buchman
- Debra WingerAbby Buchman
- Tunde AdebimpeSidney Williams
- Mather ZickelKieran
- Anna Deavere SmithCarol
- Anisa GeorgeEmma
- Robyn HitchcockWedding Guest
- 'Sister' Carol EastWedding Guest
Crew
- Jonathan DemmeDirector
- Jenny LumetWriter
- Declan QuinnDirector of Photography
- Donald Harrison Jr.Original Music Composer
- Zafer TawilOriginal Music Composer
- Tim SquyresEditor
- Marc PlattProducer
- Jonathan DemmeProducer
- Neda ArmianProducer
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