Rachel Getting Married

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Rachel Getting Married

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Rachel Getting Married

Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mather Zickel, Bill Irwin, Anna Deavere Smith

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  read more... )friends and relations have gathered for an idyllic weekend of feasting, music and love, but Kym -- with her black-comic one-liners and knack for bombshell drama -- is a catalyst for long-simmering tensions in the family dynamic. Filled with the rich and eclectic characters that remain a hallmark of Jonathan Demme's films, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED paints a heartfelt, perceptive and sometimes hilarious family portrait.

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  • lewiskendell
    December 10, 2009
    lewiskendell
    After watching Rachel Getting Married, I was left with two very strong impressions. Jenny Lumet is an outstanding writer, and Anne Hathaway has more acting ability than I ever would have expected.

    The writing really is artful. Lumet clearly has a clear understanding of family ...( read more)relationships and and dynamics, and that's a big part of what makes this movie so good. None of the characters seem inauthentic, and none of the dialogue feels contrived. Everything an everyone makes sense within the story, and it lends the movie a level of realism that could almost be from a documentary. I loved it.

    As for the actors, as I said before, every role is wonderful. Each actor turns their character into a real, breathing person, and you feel lie you're peering into the lives of some actual people in Stamford, CT. Anne and Rosemarie DeWitt are charged with most of the heavy acting, and they hit it out of the park. Outstanding, all around.

    The story is sad, uncomfortable, funny, and joyous. I like movies that can invoke a variety of different emotions from the audience, and Rachel Getting Married is a prime example of that. If you like complex characters and compelling family dramas, then this is the movie for you.
  • ebs90
    September 28, 2009
    ebs90

    I liked Demme's up-close approach to the family drama surrounding Rachel's wedding. The weight of the film lies almost exclusively on the charisma of the performances, which -independently of whether or not we think their characters' actions are realistic- ultimately is not a

    ...( read more)disappointing decision; the dialogue almost tries too hard to sound real, but the actors do a good job with it.

    I think it is simply irresponsible to say -this wouldn't have happened, this isn't realistic enough, this person would have never said that.. because family dynamics are usually pretty weird to by-standers and that's what I was to this film, a spectator. The film tries to be involving, and succeeds to a certain degree, but there is a well- established limit to its intimacy (I can't tell whether it was intentional or not). Rachel Getting Married is as intimate as a homemade wedding video. If you watch it, you feel that you have access to very personal memories of the couple, but that's it. A wedding video doesn't include insights, only registers behaviors and dialogue, without backgrounds, or wanders off in contemplation or lingers on anything that isn't very obviously concerned to the wedding.


    The film has some very cute moments, sad moments, and good music. It has a lot of color and plenty going on, there's always someone singing or talking... I would say it stays very basic in the possibilities of telling a story cinematically, and this stands out simply because it is evident that it could have gone further.


    Anne Hathaway's performance is good, but I wouldn't say any better than Rosemarie DeWitt's, or any of the cast for that matter. Jonathan Demme did find himself fine actors, and that's the main attractive.


    Rachel Getting Married is enjoyable but -in spite of some visceral moments- it stays a little shallow. Showing people talking like people in "real life" is entertaining but it isn't enough to secure a profound film; it's a good way to get a message across in a compelling way, but it isn't brilliance.
  • danperry17
    August 12, 2009
    danperry17
    Filled with unlikeable characters and extended awkward moments, Rachel Getting Married is film that remains watchable despite the ever-increasing disfunctionality of the on-screen family. Anne Hathaway picked exactly the right moment in her career to doff the Disney sheen, and th...( read more)e Academy (never-one to shy away from cross-cast family stars) made sure to recognize this performance with an Oscar: good choice, she is excellent, playing a vulnerable, untrustworthy character that you're sort of rooting for but - like her own family - you can't really trust to not let you down in the end.

    Beyond Hathaway, though, there isn't much else to watch in this film: the supporting cast is populated with types who do a decent job but who don't keep up with the star. The shooting is interesting, as by times it cuts to a relative's video camera and gives a grainy home video feel to the action, but Jonathan Demme is guilty of "just letting the camera run" a little too often: this film could have been a fair bit shorter, and it seemed that there was a lot of filler. In one sense he could be said to be exploring the varied music at the wedding, but in another sense he could've been stretching out something that might not fill an hour on TV.

    There are pros and cons to it, but yes, I do recommend it, even if it's little more than the chance to see one of this generation's best young acting talents separate herself from the pack. A worthwhile rental.
  • gor41
    July 2, 2009
    gor41
    Strong showing from Hathaway carries this powerful drama about coping with guilt and grief. The family dynamic feels real when the obnoxious Hathaway reels up to her sister's wedding from another spell in rehab. What the film does exceptionally well is to get you to sympathise wi...( read more)th, and more interestingly, understand her behaviours and the reactions of her family.
  • mariosundar
    May 24, 2009
    mariosundar
    The basic premise behind this movie has already been executed in "Monsoon Wedding" both in style and content. However, the entire movie rests on the shoulders of the cast who (for the most part) ably carry it forward.
  • onlyjustme
    December 15, 2009
    onlyjustme
    Anne is good just like she always is...
  • strongwilled
    December 14, 2009
    strongwilled
    I tried to give this movie a chance, but I couldn't make it all the way through. I was immediately annoyed with how they were shooting a movie like a documentary with all handheld cameras. On top of that, this is the most unbelievable family I've ever seen. They are all super ...( read more)artistic and super diverse. I just didn't buy it. I would not recommend this movie to anyone.
  • RadarHead
    December 14, 2009
    RadarHead
    Dryheavingly lifelike. In a very good way. And if you say to me: "But its kind of sappy at times, isn't it?", I'll have to reply with the following. Calling a film "sappy" is just another way of saying that people therein appear vulnerable. And here's the news. When those sta...( read more)tes of ours keep nipping away at our insides like flesh-eating bacteria - we all get vulnerable. This fact may be uncomfortable, but that certainly doesn't make it a fallacy. Fake sap, manipulative sap - I'm no fan either. But, the sap found here, its the pure stuff baby.
  • homien9
    December 13, 2009
    homien9
    it was a good movie. i kind of get how kym feels like everyone is against her.
  • emailt
    December 12, 2009
    emailt
    I see Anne Hathaway in a new light now. Very good casting and excellent performance by the whole cast.
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