The Wilde Wedding

I was going to start out saying this is a Woody Allen clone film, but then thought well, heck, there's a whole genre of films out there that I would call the upper-middle class family relationship genre. What usually implies Woody Allen is when they're set in New York, as this film is, and the family is Jewish, which was not stated in this film, nor was it not stated. That said, The Wilde Wedding had much about it that kept me watching: good looking and interesting characters, some of whom are also celebrities in the arts and/or literature; pleasing physical settings in the suburbs and rural areas not far outside NYC; and ultimately, musings on the nature of love and marital relationships, and others, while the families act out some of these relationships. What I especially liked about it was that even when things got somewhat strained between characters, overall the tone of the film was good-natured. There is some tongue-in-cheek humor, and some wine- and shroom- fueled antics which ultimately contribute to the overall happy mood. Though it touches on some of the heavy subjects of life, highlighted with quotes by some of the heavies such as Shakespeare and Nietzsche, The Wilde Wedding is an hour and a half's worth of enjoyable film viewing.

Terrible movie. It's such a waste of good actors with those caricatural characters that are almost impossible to like. Plus who ever did the French dubbing needs to be fired, It was terrible, it's like they chose the most annoying voices that they could find. I give a 2 for the nice house.

I read some of the previous reviews of this movie but - being a fan of the three stars - my husband and I decided to watch it last evening anyway. It was a shame that the basic premise (former movie star Eve/Glenn getting married for 4th time to writer Harold/Patrick while 1st husband Laurence/John is present as a friend of his ex-wife). Nice little premise that moves predictably through the script. However, at least two of Eve's and Laurence's 3 adult son's plus their significant others and children and one of Harold's 2 adult daughters could have been eliminated from the picture all together as contributing nothing to the main plot but just adding to the movie's (and this viewer's) confusion. Someone needed to take a red pen to this script before it began filming so that the focus would be where it belonged - on exploring the complicated relationship of Eve/Harold/Laurence and let these powerful stars shine instead of being relegated to bemused bystanders within their own storyline.

Great to have a movie made for adults. A busy movie, to say the least, with so many family members. We enjoyed the predominately comedic aspect with a touch of drama. Lots of subtle banter to enjoy. Use subtitles just in case.

There are so many undeveloped characters and the plot is so convoluted that it's a chore trying to figure out how each person is related to the others. At one point Patrick Stewart has sex with his daughter's friend and ruins the wedding. Also first cousins end up being intimate with each other. More hollywood deviance as always.

Lucky for this movie then, because the dialog is at times forced, shallow and unrealistic. Regardless, it's enjoyable to see the greats do what they can with so little 'meat' to work with. Wasted talent.