The Wedding Party

The Wedding Party (1969)

  • 26% of users liked it
    (399 ratings)

This dark comedy finds Charlie (Charles Pfulger) traveling to stay at the house of his fiancee's parents two days before his wedding to Josephine (Jill Clayburgh). With his two friends, he discusses Vietnam, the sexual revolution, black power, and compares bachelor life to that of a married man.… More

R, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By
Charles Pfluger, Jennifer Salt
Genres
Classics, Comedy
In Theaters
Apr 9, 1969 Wide
On DVD
Jan 25, 2005

Critic Reviews

  • Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

    Greater than The Graduate

  • Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine

    Talk about exiting the gate with a running start.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Conner R


    One of the best commentaries on the horror of getting married. It has the incredibly deranged meet and greets with relatives and the fact that you are basically doing job interviews every time. The use of time is brilliant and original, you can clearly see it has had an impact on De… More

  • Adam M


    has some great formal experiments, natural improv, and Finley gives a better performance than De Niro in their first movie

  • Stephen M


    Made in 1963 and shelved until 1969, this was the feature debut of Brian De Palma and the first of three early movies he made with Robert De Niro. Plot-wise, it's a very simple farce about a bridegroom's last-minute jitters, but it's very flashily put together with… More

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