The Big Wedding (2013)

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

A movie with lots and lots of actors never, or at least almost never, end up a success. The Big Wedding isn't an exception. The story starts with two divorced spouses who have to pretend to be still married for their adopted son's religious mother, who has come for his wedding. The story isn't really interesting by itself, and the additional little stories that accompany the main tale aren't helping really. The performances are almost terrible, as the actors don't really try to act, seemed to me as they had given up because of the script that has no freshness, no interest and no humour. Sure, the scenery was nice, but the story kept becoming more and more terrible, as more things were added and in the end the result was a big flop. So 2 out of 10.

The reason I say this film suffers from 'false advertising' is because of the poster. If you look at the (all star) cast on there, you'll see that most of them are laughing. I find this misleading. It makes it seem as if there's at least one funny moment in this film. And there isn't. There really isn't.Right from the word go we're treated to an 'American Pie for adults' scenario which might have been funny ten years ago, but really is just cringeworthingly bad when it's with adults who supposedly should know better. And it's not just the characters that should have known better - it's the cast, too. Like I said 'The Big Wedding' boasts an impressive all star cast. That begs the question why any of them would sign up for this. It simply isn't funny.The plot is tedious, too. A couple divorce because the man finds a new woman. The new woman and ex wife get on brilliantly. If that isn't impossible enough, their son is marrying a 'good catholic' who's birth mother thinks divorce is a massive sin. Therefore the original couple must pretend to be married for the duration of the wedding. That's it. And it's not funny.The characters, as well as being unfunny, are actually pretty unlikeable. It takes some good actors to make every single character as horrible as they possibly could be. And not funny.All in all, just avoid this film. Most people hate it (based on what I've read on other reviews and Internet message boards), but the few people that seemed to like it used words like 'charming' to describe it. I guess there must be some people out there who enjoyed it after all. I noticed they never used the word 'funny' though. Did I mention it's completely devoid of humour? Shame on you Bobby DeNiro

What could have made someone take a shot on another script by Justin Zackham? Was it the overwhelming brilliance of his last mediocre movie, "The Bucket List?" This movie doesn't even measure up that his last one. It's far from it. The saddest part is watching actors that used to make great movies stoop to taking part in something so unfunny and stale as "The Big Wedding." But I probably said the same thing after watching De Niro's last comedy "The Family." This movie is your typical Hollywood wedding comedy, complete with Robin Williams reprising his role as the priest he played in "License to Wed." Diane Keaton brings back the character she played in "Because I Said So" and takes it up a notch by being even less credible playing the mother of the groom. I won't go into the dysfunctional high jinks of the the two families that makes up the whole of the movie. Laughter does not ensue.

The Big Wedding is a romantic comedy has a large ensemble cast that includes Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, Ben Barnes, Susan Sarandon, and Robin Williams. The story is about a gathering of a family for the wedding of Alejandro,the adopted son of Don and Ellie. This is a remake of the original French film "Mon Frère se Marie",which was written by Jean- Stéphane Bron and Karine Sudan. Justin Zackham wrote the screenplay and directed it.The story is focused on a modern family who is trying to prepare and practically survive a weekend wedding celebration.This happens when long divorced couple,Don and Ellie Griffin decides to once again play a happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding.This was prompted when after his ultra conservative biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly from Columbia to attend the celebration.In the process of doing so,the Griffins are confronted to provide closure to unresolved issues of their past, present and future.Despite the involvement of talented actors and actresses in the movie,it was from being funny and entertaining.The screenplay provides nothing new to the viewer as many have definitely seen the themes presented as a rehash of many films that were shown in the past.Too bad that even the charming actors and actresses involved in it such as De Niro,Keaton,Williams,Seyfried and Grace aren't effective in making viewers laugh as the jokes are far from being refreshing and original.What's worse,Heigl's forgettable performance as a pompous character brings the it down further.Too bad that the cast could not save the film from its poor screenplay.Overall,it was a total disappointment and complete waste of the talent of the cast.