After the Wedding 2019

Every family has a secret

6.4 / 10   221 vote(s)
PG-13
Drama

Seeking funds for her orphanage in India, Isabelle travels to New York to meet Theresa, a wealthy benefactor. An invitation to attend a wedding ignites a series of events in which the past collides with the present while mysteries unravel.

Homepage http://aftertheweddingfilm.com
Release Date 2019-08-09
Runtime 1h 50m
Directors Bart Freundlich, Julio Macat, Douglas Aibel, Henry Russell Bergstein
Producers Joel B. Michaels, Silvio Muraglia, Julianne Moore, Bart Freundlich, Harry Finkel, Nik Bower, Deepak Nayar, Andrea Scarso, Peter Touche, William Byerley, Bill Koenigsberg, Michael Caton-Jones
Writer Bart Freundlich

I haven't seen the Danish film upon which this is based, so I cannot say whether it does or doesn't stay true to that. Taken on it's own, however, it is an emotional car-crash of a film that didn't work for me at all. Michelle Williams seems to be in a giant sulk in almost all of her scenes - it is as if she is in some sort of vacuum. The ultimately - albeit benignly, manipulative Julianne Moore doesn't fare that much better, though her role has more moving parts for her to work with. Both the husband and the daughter seem to behave oddly and unrealistically at significant moments and the few rare moments of anger/passion seem eerily detached. The characters are all too busy lying to themselves and each other that they forget they are lying to the audience too... Pity, had great potential.

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