Kiss the Bride (2002)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Vanessa Parise

Writer:

Vanessa Parise (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Three sisters find themselves battling for love and validation.

Plot Keywords:

Wedding | Lesbian Romance | Lesbianism | Sister Sister Relationship | Female Nudity

Awards:

4 wins

Cast

Amanda Detmer	...	Danisa 'Danni' Sposato
Sean Patrick Flanery	...	Tom Terranova
Brooke Langton	...	Nicoletta 'Niki' Sposato
Monet Mazur	...	Antonia 'Toni' Sposato
Alyssa Milano	...	Amy Kayne
Vanessa Parise	...	Christina 'Chrissy' Sposato
Johnathon Schaech	...	Geoffrey 'Geoff' Brancato
Johnny Whitworth	...	Marty Weinberg
Talia Shire	...	Irena Sposato
Burt Young	...	Santo Sposato
Frances Bay	...	Grandma Julia Sposato
Rocco Olivo	...	Pepe
Ric Mancini	...	Luigi
Lillian Adams	...	Aunt Speed
Vanna Salviati	...	Aunt Fanny

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some drug use and brief nudity.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:AL | Australia:MA | Singapore:M18 | USA:R

Company:

Empera Pictures

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Benchwarmers (2006)

A Lovely Low Budget Movie About Family, Relationship, Feelings and Love

In Rhode Island, in the Italo-American family Sposato, Danni (Amanda Detmer) is going to marry Geoffrey Brancato (Johnathon Schaech). Danni is virgin, lives with her parents Santo (Burt Young) and Irena (Talia Shire) and is the third and 'the good daughter' of her family. Her three sisters come for her wedding: the older Nikki (the gorgeous Brooke Langton), a successful TV starlet, who works in a TV show very similar to 'Baywatch'. Nikki brings her boy-friend and manager Marty Weinberg (Johnny Whitworth) to be introduced to her family. Chrissy (Vanessa Parise), who deals with investments in Wall Street; and the rebel younger Toni (Monet Mazur), who plays in a rock-and- roll band with her lesbian lover Amy Kayne (Alissa Milano). Together, they have meals in the restaurant of Tom Terranova (Sean Patrick Flanery), the former and first love of Nikki. Many discussions in the breast of the Sposato family show wounds not healed, when the characters expose their real feelings.

This lovely low budget movie is a gem about themes related to family, relationship, love, feeling, religion and sex. I respect, but do not understand the unfair 'IMDB User Rating' of only 5.6, specially after seeing the 'Demographic Breakdown', the 'Arithmetic Mean' of 7.8 and the 'Median' of 9. The story about a Latin Catholic family is wonderful and the performances of the beautiful cast are excellent. There is romance, comedy and drama in right doses. I was particularly impressed with the beauty of Brooke Langton, and the wonderful smile of Vanessa Parise. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): 'O Beijo da Noiva' ('The Kiss of the Bride')