Product Description
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With an all-star cast led by Robert De Niro (Meet the Fockers,
Analyze That), Katherine Heigl (27 Dresses), Diane Keaton
(Morning Glory, Annie Hall), Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia!) and
Topher Grace (In Good Company), with Susan Sarandon (Shall We
Dance) and Robin Williams (Good Will Hunting), The Big Wedding is
an uproarious romantic comedy about a charmingly modern family
trying to survive a weekend wedding celebration that has the
potential to become a full blown family fiasco. To the amusement
of their adult children and friends, long divorced couple Don and
Ellie Griffin (De Niro and Keaton) are once again forced to play
the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding
after his ultra conservative 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.
.co.uk Review
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The melding of two families with differing beliefs, traditions,
and desires to create a memorable wedding day is never an easy
task, but when the families involved are polar sites on
virtually every subject, there are bound to be some major
disagreements. Adopted son Alejandro (Ben Barnes) was raised by
American couple Ellie (Diane Keaton) and Don (Robert De Niro)
with two siblings in a not-even-remotely religious family, but
his fiancée Missy's (Amanda Seyfried) parents (Christine Ebersole
and David Rasche) are strict Catholics, as is Alejandro's birth
mother (Patricia Rae). Meeting with Catholic priest her
Moinighan (Robin Williams) before the ceremony is awkward enough,
but it turns out that the couple's discomfort is just beginning.
Because Alejandro's biological mother believes divorce to be a
mortal sin, Alejandro has never told her that his adopted parents
divorced, and he begs them to pretend that they're still married
for the duration of the wedding weekend. Ellie and Don
reluctantly agree, and that sends Don's long-term, live-in
girlfriend (Susan Sarandon) away in a huff, even though she's
done most of the wedding planning and is scheduled to cater the
event. Alejandro's successful lawyer sister Lyla (Katherine
Heigl) arrives recently having separated from her husband and
hiding an important secret from her family, and doctor brother
Jared (Topher Grace) has his own problems that stem from a
childhood promise that he just can't seem to move past. Add in
some dark secrets held by the bride's parents, the groom's
parents, and Alejandro's biological mother, and the stage is set
for an epic explosion. Everything from faith to lack of fidelity,
race, celibacy, sexual orientation, and even plastic surgery
become fodder for an all-too-public airing of grievances that
threatens to derail the wedding and every relationship in both
families. Love, it turns out, is much more complicated than any
had imagined. There are plenty of movies about big wedding stress
and this one is no funnier, or more serious, than any of the
others, but the film features a great cast and is an entertaining
enough way to spend an hour and a half. --Tami Horiuchi