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When Kym returns to the Buchman family home for the wedding of her sister Rachel, she brings a long history of personal crisis and family conflict along with her. The wedding party's abundant cast of ...( read more 
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MCT:November 22, 2008
Very emotional at times, and I'm impressed with Anne Hathaway, even though she's doing crap like Bride Wars now too.
The camera work is annoying at first, but it gets a little better and you get used to it as the movie progresses. -
MCT:November 21, 2008Indie-wood has to churn out the classics nowadays, although this one stars Anne Hathaway, and is directed by Hollywood's Jonathan Demme. I seem to think Demme is trying to mimic Robert Altman and/or Gus Van Sant; in other words, filming people in everyday situations (the handheld cinematography adds to this illusion)... and like Gus, he waves good-bye to his Hollywood past and goes back to basics.
The set-up is a rehabilitated drug abuser (Hathaway in her best performance) named Kym is ready to face her troubled past, family, and to attend her sister's wedding. Just from that alone, you know what mayhem lurks around the corner. Like an Altman movie (if you've ever watched one) the plot is just the characters as they are put under so much stress. There are no neutral grounds to stand on; it's like a tug o' war within the relationships of a family. Amidst the arguments, crying, yelling, and pain, there's still room for love and support that'll always remain. At one point, the very words, "I hate her," are uttered... but that all goes away with a hug.
The camera work is nauseating and pretentious... you've been warned. I've always wondered if the constant shaking and zooms add to the supposed realism. I wouldn't care if it had been filmed traditionally and the actors still brought their acting chops to the table, because they are what makes this film work. The characters are the movie. Anne Hathaway's role may seem to fall into the cliche indie role, but she does it so darn well, and I hope she gets at least an Oscar nomination.
All in all, one of the year's best films. -
MCT:November 21, 2008
WOW.
keeping in mind all of the wedding movies that have touched our hearts previously, that surely paved the way to this compelling story of a family, united by the joy of the wedding of the eldest daughter. Anne Hathway plays the younger daughter, who is fresh out of rehab, she attempts everything in order to upstage her sisters wedding. Sounds normal right? well what this film does so briliantly is it gives you the feeling that you have completely gone behind the scenes in a total voyeuristic approach. some of the most compelling scenes happen prior to the wedding, and anne faces her deamons dead on after many years of denial. this movie is one of the most brilliantly acted writen and directed pictures in a long time, and i urge everyone to watch it. -
MCT:November 20, 2008
Rachel is getting married at her father and step-mother's huge house in Connecticut. Kim (Anne Hathaway) has been away getting treatment in drug rehab. Kim and Rachel's mom has re-married as well and lives across town. Kim comes back into her family's life for a couple days leading up to the wedding. Kim is committed to staying clean, but by being back with her family she is reminded of all the guilt and dark issues she has been forced to deal with. Rachel doesn't want Kim's issues getting in the way of her wedding, her happiness. The whole family has lots of tension and explodes in several arguments in between the wedding planning. Most of the movie is Kim vs. Rachel. Rachel represents life moving on, a wedding bringing people together. Anne Hathaway as Kim gives a stellar performance (possible Oscar nom?) and is a reminder of past tragedy. Yet the movie draws your attention to Kim trying to deal with her demons, and not to the action of the title, or at least it did for me. Kim is not a total lost cause. She goes to addict meetings where she meets Kieran (Mather Zickel) who also happens to be the best man of Sidney, Rachel's new husband. I was impressed by Mather's performance as well. I especially like the scene at one of the addict meetings where Kim finally reveals the real source of her guilt, and says she has a hard time with this idea of God taking her guilt. Maybe she doesn't want help from some God.
There are a few other things I want to mention about the movie. The camera work is almost all hand-held to give it a home movie feel. I did think that this style of camera work added to the effect of Kim's childhood home seeming impossibly large when she returned to it at the beginning and otherwise mirrored the inner instability of Kim. The wedding party and guests are very culturally diverse, which I like, and I think with it being released near this election season adds some layers to its meaning. However, this liberal ideal of cultures mixing should not be seen as a naive peace and love and flowers type of world. This movie reveals the arguments and uncomfortableness that can still exist during this time of coming together. Eclectic music plays a big role in the tone of this film too. Because the house where most of the action takes place is so enormous it feels like the castle of a lord and lady. Sidney, Rachel's new husband, is a musician and so brings many musician friends to the festivities. There is one group of three guys with violin, mandolin or guitar, and some percussion thing who are always around in the dinging room, out in the yard, or on the porch. They made me think of medieval minstrels and did get a little annoying. There are two scenes that I thought were too long and distracted from the spine of the story. One was when Rachel and Kim's dad has a dishwasher loading competition with Sidney. What in the world is that anyway, a dishwasher loading competition!? The other scene was the reception and dance after the wedding. Song after song after song with wedding guests dancing on and on and on was fun at first, but then became something out of Step Up. Eventually the movie gets back to the story you came to see. Kim meets someone who understands what she's going through and is able to not be the center of attention in order to let her sister's wedding be the celebration it deserves to be. The movie doesn't end tragically as many indie pics might, but leaves you with some hope for redemption. -
MCT:November 18, 2008
a little sluggish and plodding in some parts- but when it finaly gets to the point of the story, its a powerful story of self-loathing, forgiveness, and family
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