Last Wedding (2001)

Director:

Bruce Sweeney

Writer:

Bruce Sweeney (written by)

Release Date:

22 July 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Music

Plot:

Three couples in Vancouver navigate their relationships: first jobs, first crises, professional jealousy...

Plot Keywords:

Architect | Business | Singer | Jealousy | Librarian

Awards:

10 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Benjamin Ratner	...	Noah
Frida Betrani	...	Zipporah
Tom Scholte	...	Peter
Nancy Sivak	...	Leslie
Vincent Gale	...	Shane
Molly Parker	...	Sarah
Marya Delver	...	Laurel
Babs Chula	...	Bobbi (as Babz Chula)
Kathleen Duborg	...	Karen
Jay Brazeau	...	Noah's Father
Kevin McNulty	...	Rabbi
Sam Feldman	...	Sam Feldman
Jillian Fargey	...	Record Company Assistant
Simone Bailly	...	Record Company Receptionist
Wendy Noel	...	Marriage Commissioner

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some strong sexuality.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:18+ (Ontario) | Hong Kong:III | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Pender Harbour, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

British Columbia Film

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: The boom mic is visible in one of the bedroom scenes (twice).

Movie Connections:

References Le déclin de l'empire américain (1986)

Soundtrack:

Sub reminisce

Intense and witty, a sheer punch.

If the British Columbia film industry has any doubts, I'd say that Last Wedding is a good reason to realize we're moving in the right direction. Director Bruce Sweeney brings his own script to life with a cast of fairly unknown actors [something I find refreshing from the blockbuster Hollywood-isms of today's movie scene.] The story details not only the lives of Noah and Zipporah, a new couple to be wed, but also gives the accounts of two related couples, and the suffering and activities which take them through the course of the film.

The actual depth explored isn't uncannily dynamic, but the topic matter, though tired and constantly overdone, is not forced here. The lives and events in Last Wedding are realistic, and not over-dramatized, but sometimes come off as a little awry. The main point, though, is that they are humourous, and that is all which seems to matter in this film.

Last Wedding ends rather abruptly, but it didn't really bother me. I had seen all I needed to, and if the film went on, it may have turned a little cliche. I think the BC Industry gets props here, and certainly proves point that you don't need big names for an interesting and fun film.