The Wedding Party (2005)

Great Film overall

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

"Die Bluthochzeit" or "The Wedding Party" (which sounds a lot more harmless than the German title mentioning blood) is a relatively well-known German film from 2005, so this one is already over a decade old. It is one of the more known works by Belgian filmmaker Dominique Deruddere and he even directed an Oscar-nominated film in the past (foreign language category). But back to this one we have here: It runs for under 1.5 hours and the two big names in the cast are Uwe Ochsenknecht and Armin Rohde, but German film buffs will also maybe recognize some other faces or names too. So yeah this is a movie about a wedding day that goes pretty wrong. It's not the two dads clashing actually, but it is the groom's father clashing with the guy in charge of the food and the two big egos are played by the two actors I already mentioned. Rohde's character is definitely the initiator here as things start off badly already when he randomly starts shooting turkeys on the way to the party as he had on his mind right away that Ochsenknecht's character will fail in providing the adequate quality. The question if he actually did fail is secondary as one simple comment is enough to trigger the drastic reaction. The consequence is an invoice that wouldn't be paid and as a direct consequence a hostage situation. Until that point, it was a decent movie. But the longer it goes, the more it moves away from quality entertainment and that is really only because it tries to be a family drama and as such it never succeeds. I probably could have lived with all the over-the-top action if the comedy had stayed the way it was early on, but it became less and less in terms of both quantity and quality. That really is a shame because things started pretty well. But yeah this never was a film I managed to take seriously one bit. Another problem was that this one simply included far too many characters and failed to elaborate properly on most of them. Yeah sadly this turned into a pretty disappointing watch and I am glad it was relatively short. Watch something else instead.

The comic book by Greg and Van Hamme, on which this movie is based, is the best I've ever read. Unfortunately this movie doesn't do it justice. The comic is not a black comedy but a serious story, especially the father of the groom and the main waiter in the inn are not funny at all. Also a lot of the subplots that made the comic so interesting are not in the movie. What I especially liked about the comic is the credibility of the characters and though the acting is not bad they never seem to develop. Still it's not a bad movie, but I had expected better a better product with this excellent raw material. I hope that the remake that is current in production stays closer to the original story, it certainly deserves it.

I've seen many good movies but this one was really great. Armin Rohde plays the role of the rich man who doesn't know a words like "unsuccesful" or "no" so realistic that he really scared me. I mean who goes for a hunt after church on his way to his own son's wedding dinner. The hole film is really funny as long as you know that your own father or stepfather doesn't look OR act like the character Armin Rohde plays.The conflicts in the film don't seem unrealistic. The setting, the hotel and restaurant, are wonderful. The actors fulfill their roles in a way that is not too soap- or sitcom-like and once again it is a pity that most German movies are not translated into English.If you liked "Meet the Fockers" you will like that one too.

"Die Bluthochzeit" makes us remember, that the German cinema can produce very dramatic and funny comedies. It tells the story of a young man, who wants to marry his great love. His father organizes a wedding party at an hotel, which he wants to buy. But the owner doesn't want to sell it. That's why the father cancels the party. Then he doesn't want to pay for the meal, because it doesn't taste perfectly. That's why the owner locks the toilet, while the wife is cleaning her skirt, there. Now he has two "hostages". This is the beginning of a war between a family and a matron of a hotel and his barkeeper.Its a very funny movie and i would advise to watch it!