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Rachel Getting Married (2008)

R Sep 03, 2008 Drama, Romance 1h 53m
User Score
63%
596 votes
Internet Movie Database
67%
Rotten Tomatoes
85%
Metacritic
8500%

The perfect weekend for a wedding… but the storm is coming.

Overview

A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.

Jonathan Demme
Director
Jenny Lumet
Writer

Top Billed Cast

Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway

Kym Buchman
Rosemarie DeWitt
Rosemarie DeWitt

Rachel Buchman
Bill Irwin
Bill Irwin

Paul Buchman
Debra Winger
Debra Winger

Abby Buchman
Tunde Adebimpe
Tunde Adebimpe

Sidney Williams
Mather Zickel
Mather Zickel

Kieran
Anna Deavere Smith
Anna Deavere Smith

Carol
Anisa George
Anisa George

Emma
Robyn Hitchcock
Robyn Hitchcock

Wedding Guest

Full Cast & Crew

Media

Official Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer
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Reviews

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A review by DoryDarko
Written on February 21, 2017

Rachel Getting Married left me feeling quite ambivalent. On the one hand I was really impressed with the acting (most notably from Anne Hathaway), on the other I just couldn't get myself to care. But that's really the director's doing; after all, it's his job to get me involved and to make me care about the story he's telling, and unfortunately, Jonathan Demme failed to do so with this film.

Something that throws you off right from the start is the incredibly shaky hand-held camera. There isn't a steady shot throughout the entire film. It actually gave me a headache during the first five minutes. This, in combination with the lack of proper story- and character build-up makes you feel like you're watching a home video of some stranger's wedding. And it's not particularly interesting… ...

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