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- 2022
- R
- Amazon Prime Video
- 1 h 39 m
- 2022
- R
- Amazon Prime Video
- 1 h 39 m
Summary This feature adaptation of Grant Ginder's book follows struggling American siblings Alice (Kristen Bell) and Paul (Ben Platt), who reluctantly agree to attend the wedding of their estranged, wealthy half-sister (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) in the English countryside alongside their mother, Donna (Allison Janney). Over the course of the weddi...
Directed By: Claire Scanlon
Written By: Grant Ginder, Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin, Wendy Molyneux
- 2022
- R
- Amazon Prime Video
- 1 h 39 m
- 2022
- R
- Amazon Prime Video
- 1 h 39 m
The People We Hate at the Wedding
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Summary This feature adaptation of Grant Ginder's book follows struggling American siblings Alice (Kristen Bell) and Paul (Ben Platt), who reluctantly agree to attend the wedding of their estranged, wealthy half-sister (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) in the English countryside alongside their mother, Donna (Allison Janney). Over the course of the weddi...
Directed By: Claire Scanlon
Written By: Grant Ginder, Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin, Wendy Molyneux
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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27% Positive
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27% Mixed
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45% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
42
27% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
27% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
45% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
As the name suggests, when you watch The People We Hate at the Wedding, you're going to be watching messy characters doing things that would make someone hate them. The film successfully toes the line of making that kind of cringe comedy without completely sacrificing these characters, despite their many flaws, you do still root for these people, and you want them to resolve their issues and live happily ever after.
Underneath the plentiful high jinks in its physical-comedy-heavy scenes, The People We Hate at the Wedding ends up being a poignant enough good time that celebrates imperfect yet endearing familial love.
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Mixed or Average
Based on 9 User Ratings
5.0
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 User Ratings
5.0
11% Positive
1 Rating
1 Rating
67% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
22% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
While this was mildly entertaining, there have been so many movies like this, there’s just nothing left to the imagination.
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IN A NUTSHELL:
Family tensions ramp up among siblings in the week leading up to their half-sister’s wedding in the country. The movie is based on the book of the same name by Grant Ginder (2018).
THINGS I LIKED:
I adore Allison Janney, Kristen Bell, and Ben Platt. During the movie, we see Allison in her underwear, as well as Kristen in a bikini…they both look amazing.
Cynthia Addai-Robinson’s character showed such class the entire time
I always get a kick out of movies that reference other movies. A character talks about Paddington as being a scary movie. ha ha Later, we see a picture that references Eat, Pray, Love.
That floating hot tub looked fun.
We get to travel to England!
I got a kick out of the banter between Kristen Bell’s and Dustin Milligan’s characters.
Keep watching during the closing credits to see some photos that tell “the rest of the story.”
A couple of the characters say lines that reveal the harsh reality to others by telling the truth that hits deeply.
THINGS I DIDN’T LIKE:
Kristen Bell’s and Ben Platt’s characters behave so badly to others that it’s hard to really like them.
I simply don’t understand why a single woman would date a married man. I have no respect for women like that, especially when there is a baby involved. It made me like Kristen Bell’s character even less.
The script is terrible.
Most of the humor doesn’t land. I never laughed once.
There’s a green-screen scene that looks so bad that I was surprised.
Very predictable.
How can you have a movie with Kristen Bell and Ben Platt and not have them sing?! Missed opportunity! They could have sung at the wedding or something!
TIPS FOR PARENTS:
This movie is not appropriate for children.
Profanity, including F-bombs
Crude conversations
Raunchy humor
We see a couple going at it in a closet at work (clothes on but lots of movement)
We see a **** couple in bed. Later, we see the beginning **** threesome.
Portrayal and talk of unmarried people in bed together
Talk of “open” relationships
A woman has an affair with a married man
Someone talks about eating a Marijuana gummy
People get drunk many times
Fist fight
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Those looking for a heartfelt tale of family and love might find this one misses the mark, but other viewers willing to go along for the ride could find themselves grinning by the credits. The People We Hate at the Wedding will likely be somewhat divisive, and that makes it a rather intriguing movie in the end.
A short, patchy, straight-to-streaming piece of semi-amusing content that tries to fit several different romantic-comedies into a single movie that doesn’t have the bandwidth (or the interest) to mine any of them for major sources of romance or comedy, Claire Scanlon’s The People We Hate at the Wedding basically feels like watching a bunch of talented actors chug cheap red wine for 90 minutes.
The People We Hate at the Wedding is a career nadir for this cast, an asinine, poorly executed-excuse for a comedy. A little advice? Save yourselves and just RSVP no to this disaster.
This slog of a film will have you checking your watch, wishing for an open bar, and begging for the sparkler sendoff.
It’s pretty much a laugh-free film to make you appreciate the work of Nancy Meyers or Richard Curtis; their films may look easy or corny but they have something this doesn’t, a kind of buoyancy or a way of alchemising all the luxury tourist incidentals into something entertaining.
Kristen Bell and Ben Platt play siblings who don't get along with their mother (Allison Janney). When their rich step-sister (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) invites them to England for her marriage, the dysfunctional delights begin. At least that's what you'd hope, given the cast that's so accomplished in comedy. In reality (or on screen), not so much. They're romping thru the events leading up to the nuptials with energy, but the script lacks originality and there aren't any memorable jokes. As a fluffy little escape, this works, but it's destined to be quickly forgotten.
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Okay, Streamers, we have a lot of family movies coming out around this time. Studios are putting out their Christmas fare early. There are those romantic comedies and so many other films that are supposed to appeal to broad audiences as the families get together for the holidays. Amazon released on Prime Video a family comedy based on a novel with the same name, The People We Hate at the Wedding. Here's how the wedding bells tolled.
I'm going to be honest, friends. I don't want to waste my time writing a review of The People We Hate at the Wedding. It is such a nothing movie that I don't even want to write the premise. Fine - Alice (Kristen Bell) and Paul (Ben Platt) travel to their estranged, half-sister, Eloise's (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) wedding in England. Alice and Paul are American and are struggling in their personal and professional lives while Eloise grew up in England and seemingly leads a posh and perfect existence. Alice, Paul and their mother, Donna (Allison Janney), who is also Eloise's mother, go to the wedding begrudgingly. Disastrous hijinks ensue.
Actually, that synopsis was too long for this bland, unfunny movie. Everything you think will happen from the set up happens. Sorry to spoil it for you, Streamers. The worst part of the movie is that even though it is predictable, it could at least be funny but it's NOT. I like Kristen Bell, Ben Platt and Allison Janney. None of them can save this movie. Allison Janney does the best of those three, but she really doesn't have much to do either. The title of the movie gives you a clue that you will dislike these people, but there's really no redeeming value in them anyway. So, what's the point.
Ultimately, The People We Hate at the Wedding is not a good movie. It is pretty boring and definitely not funny. You could have this playing in the background during Thanksgiving dinner because you don't have to pay attention to it to know exactly what's going on and what's going to happen. Yep, this is definitely only a one popped kernel, but only because I can't say it's awful.
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Production Company
Amazon Studios,
CAMA Asset Storage & Recycling,
FilmNation Entertainment,
Wishmore
Release Date Nov 18, 2022
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Save the hate.
Awards
Astra Television Awards
• 1 Nomination
