The Big Wedding (2013)

The Age of Commercialism

Good movie but grossly overrated

best movie i've ever seen.

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

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.

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

It's almost impossible to hate a movie with this cast. I realize this is an easy target for critics, because the movie itself is so mediocre, but it's not an awful movie. It just is unnecessary. It doesn't really go anywhere, or offer anything new. It also refuses to challenge the actors in the film with any good material. That being said, it is really easy for such terrific actors to excel in such incredibly bland roles. For that, I think the film is saved a little bit.Alejandro (Barnes) is getting married to Missy (Seyfried). They're both well educated, and their families are super rich. Alejandro was adopted by Don (DeNiro) and Ellie (Keaton), who have since divorced. Don is now with Bebe (Sarandon), who was Ellie's best friend. Everyone has remained amicable, it seems, though no one has spoken to each other in years. This wedding brings everyone together. Alejandro has two siblings, Lyla (Heigl) and Jared (Grace). Lyla's story is that she can't get pregnant, so she broke it off with her husband (Bornheimer) right before Alejandro's wedding. Jared's plot development revolves around him needing to lose his virginity (no, I'm serious, that's the plot they gave Topher Grace). Alejandro throws a big bomb into the family when he announces he invited his birth mother (Rae) to the wedding. She brings along his sister (I think), who Jared immediately develops a crush on. Mild drama ensues. Williams is underused as a recovering alcoholic priest.I say MILD drama. This movie refuses to tackle any major issues, and everything is resolved nicely with a neat bow on top. Everyone forgives everyone for everything ever. The movie is entirely beneath everyone involved. For their part, the actors pretty much all seemed to enjoy making the film, and work well as a unit. Keaton is the only one I might say felt like she was "phoning it in". Maybe she was only drawn to the project so she could work with Sarandon and DeNiro again. Williams could be accused of phoning it in, but I would argue he is underutilized in the first place. Don't cast a known funny man in what could be a funny role, and then not allow him to do his schtick.This could have been an awful movie with a different cast, but somehow they make it work. This really is an example of making lemonade from lemons. I'm not sure I would recommend this film to anyone, as it is largely a pointless film. But if you find yourself stuck watching it, you'll be surprised at how you didn't actually hate it by the time it is finally over. Well, you'll hate the film, but you'll still love the cast. It's odd how that works out.

The Big Wedding is a romantic comedy has a large ensemble cast that includes Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, Ben Barnes, Susan Sarandon, and Robin Williams. The story is about a gathering of a family for the wedding of Alejandro,the adopted son of Don and Ellie. This is a remake of the original French film "Mon Frère se Marie",which was written by Jean- Stéphane Bron and Karine Sudan. Justin Zackham wrote the screenplay and directed it.The story is focused on a modern family who is trying to prepare and practically survive a weekend wedding celebration.This happens when long divorced couple,Don and Ellie Griffin decides to once again play a happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding.This was prompted when after his ultra conservative biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly from Columbia to attend the celebration.In the process of doing so,the Griffins are confronted to provide closure to unresolved issues of their past, present and future.Despite the involvement of talented actors and actresses in the movie,it was from being funny and entertaining.The screenplay provides nothing new to the viewer as many have definitely seen the themes presented as a rehash of many films that were shown in the past.Too bad that even the charming actors and actresses involved in it such as De Niro,Keaton,Williams,Seyfried and Grace aren't effective in making viewers laugh as the jokes are far from being refreshing and original.What's worse,Heigl's forgettable performance as a pompous character brings the it down further.Too bad that the cast could not save the film from its poor screenplay.Overall,it was a total disappointment and complete waste of the talent of the cast.