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Rachel Getting Married

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Director: Jonathan Demme
Writer: Jenny Lumet
Production: Marc Platt Productions
Movie Details: When Kym returns to the Buchman family home for the wedding of her sister Rachel, she brings a long
When Kym returns to the Buchman family home for the wedding of her sister Rachel, she brings a long history of personal crisis, family conflict and tragedy along with her. The wedding couple’s abundant party of friends and relations have gathered for a joyful weekend of feasting, music and love, but Kym—with her biting one-liners and flair for bombshell drama—is a catalyst for long-simmering tensions in the family dynamic. (Sony Picture Classics)
Genre(s): Drama Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Production: Marc Platt Productions
Runtime: 113 min
Home Release Date: Mar 10, 2009
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Jonathan Demme
Writer: Jenny Lumet
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Critic Reviews
(36)
82
Metascore Universal acclaim
32 Positive Ratings 88%
3 Mixed Ratings 8%
1 Negative Ratings 2%
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Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
"A triumph -- Demme's finest work since "The Silence of the Lambs," and a movie that tingles with life." ... Read full review
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New York Magazine (Vulture)
David Edelstein
"I've never seen a movie with this mixture of fullness and desolation. Rachel Getting Married is a masterpiece." ... Read full review
90
Variety
Ronnie Scheib
"Brimming with energy, elan and the unpredictability of his "Something Wild," Jonathan Demme's triumphant Rachel Getting Married may just lay the wedding film to rest, being such a hard act to follow." ... Read full review
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Portland Oregonian
Marc Mohan
"The longer it goes on, the more you're swept up into the jet stream of good feeling." ... Read full review
80
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
"It's not a terribly disciplined exercise--the rehearsal dinner and wedding ceremony go on so long I felt like I was watching "The Deer Hunter"--but the performances are outstanding, especially Hathaway's and Debra Winger's in a small but devastating turn as her chilly, resentful mother." ... Read full review
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ReelViews
James Berardinelli
"At times, the movie gets bogged down in minutia but the emotions evoked and captured are as honest and brutal as one is likely to find on film." ... Read full review
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Time
Richard Schickel
"The result is a mess. Kym, in Hathaway's unsympathetic performance, is an annoyingly sour observer of the proceedings, a time bomb everyone hopes will not explode before the marriage is completed." ... Read full review
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5.7
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130 Positive Ratings 55%
27 Mixed Ratings 11%
79 Negative Ratings 33%
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dante_botherme
Apr 9, 2016
This is one of my all-time favorite movies (a very short list). The story is a brilliant telling of the complex and painful impact addictionThis is one of my all-time favorite movies (a very short list). The story is a brilliant telling of the complex and painful impact addiction can have on a person and her family; yet it's also a moving story about familial love. The ensemble acting is over the top brilliant, especially Anne Hathaway as Kimmy. The filming brings you directly into the heart of the events. Even the (live) music is top notch.

BTW, some critics hated the movie because they thought it was a bad attempt at comedy. They need to get a new job.… Expand
10
MarshallG.
Nov 21, 2008
Incredible! one of the best movies I've ever seen. I'm really surprised by the negative comments. Must be people who need action Incredible! one of the best movies I've ever seen. I'm really surprised by the negative comments. Must be people who need action flicks. Highly sensitive and emotionally powerful. Totally plausible. Go see it!… Expand
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Shelley
Nov 11, 2008
To the people who are insulting the camera work in the film-is it possible that this was part of the point, to look like a hand held camera To the people who are insulting the camera work in the film-is it possible that this was part of the point, to look like a hand held camera so that members of the audience are drawn further into the family event at hand? Perhaps it helps to allow one to feel as if they really at this wedding. This was obviously the desired effect, and it was brilliant. This movie is painful to watch, yes, but it is not supposed to be a fun, poorly written blockbuster movie for a weekend out with a vapid significant other. The film was very successful at capturing the pain and joy of family, which can be similar, albeit perhaps more extreme, to our own experiences.… Expand
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steves
Nov 30, 2008
This could have been an interesting movie about the trials of an addict coming out of rehab contrasted with a happy family event, her This could have been an interesting movie about the trials of an addict coming out of rehab contrasted with a happy family event, her sister's wedding. Instead, the director decided to make a movie about a wedding with some small portion of the drama about the conflicts between the druggie and the family. A real disappointment.… Expand
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BerndH.
Nov 8, 2008
A circus. Much of it was incoherent. Terrible music. If not for the very pretty Ann H. I would have walked out.
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JohnS
May 24, 2009
15 minutes in and I knew renting this looked like a mistake. 30 minutes in and I stopped watching. Yet another example of a movie loved by 15 minutes in and I knew renting this looked like a mistake. 30 minutes in and I stopped watching. Yet another example of a movie loved by critics and panned by those of us who just want to enjoy a movie.… Expand
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Lindac
Oct 18, 2008
I have never done this before but I think this movie has made me change my ways! This was the WORST movie I ever paid money for! From the I have never done this before but I think this movie has made me change my ways! This was the WORST movie I ever paid money for! From the first min to the last min of this movie I just wanted someone to just kill me! The dish washer part of the movie come on get real now please I cant believe you would spend that much time in a part of the movie that was so not needed!!! If I could get my $29.00+ and the 2 hours of my life back I would still not be happy for the fact that other people are going to go see this movie....Please send this to back bottom shelf of no mans land so we can all forget about this movie!..... Thank you for your time Linda… Expand
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