Jenny's Wedding 2015

Family is worth fighting for.

5.7 / 10   401 vote(s)
PG-13
Comedy Drama

Jenny Farrell is getting married. But how will her straight-laced family react when they find out that the woman they thought was their daughter’s roommate is actually her fiancée? As the old-fashioned Farrells attempt to come to terms with the prospect of a surprise daughter-in-law, they face a difficult choice: either adapt with the times or risk being left behind.

Release Date 2015-07-31
Runtime 1h 34m
Directors Mary Agnes Donoghue, Seamus Tierney, Chad Rosen, Cristi Rickey
Producers Michael C. Cuddy, Raj Brinder Singh, Kevin Scott Frakes, Stuart Brown, Lauren Selig, Myles Nestel, Lisa Wilson, Michelle Manning, Gail Levin, Mary Agnes Donoghue, Alex T. Wake, Todd Williams, Nick Thurlow
Writer Mary Agnes Donoghue

Is there any better gay themed movie for the family audience?

This is an awesome movie for families, maybe except orthodox families. It is a lesbian theme, but not a romance movie. A beautiful drama filled with some good humours. This is not about two women falling in love and their relationship complications, but the family of one of them who struggle to accept after knowing their daughter is a gay. The daughter wanted to marry her sweetheart and start a family. So how things shape up within the family, who lose, who gain and what happens at the end is the remaining.

The title says it is a Jenny's wedding, but the wedding is a small part, the rest is all about Jenny's family. While portraying the family about how they're coping with the news, I liked how the film focused one at a time and their way of coming out of the frame they're in. Mostly it was the perspective of the women, because the writer was a woman, so she knew how to carve it. That's why the father's part slightly lacked the exhibition, nevertheless, that's the only male character that has to be so tough.

Such a wonderful narration, totally an unexpected movie. Surely one of the underrated movie of the year. The cast was fantastic. Among all the characters, Alexis Bledel's role was disappointingly shorter. Anyway, she was not that important, but the rest of them had played their part exceptionally. Great dialogues, sometimes emotionally gets us. Is there any best gay themed film for families, I've not seen quite good as this one. I definitely recommend it.

8/10

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