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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.

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Storyline

Kym is released from rehab for a few days so she can go home to attend her sister Rachel's wedding. The home environment is always challenging for a recovering addict, no less so when the visit if only for a few days. While the sisters feel genuine affection for one another, there is tension in their relationship. Rachel feels that her father dotes on Kym far too much and Kym is upset to learn that Rachel has selected a friend to be her maid of honor. Their father is genuinely concerned about Kym's well-being but doesn't see the stress the relationship is causing. Both women also have to deal with their selfish mother who is clearly more concerned with her own well-being ahead of that of her children. Underlying the family's dynamic is a tragedy that occurred many years previously and for which Kym is held by some to be responsible. Written by garykmcd

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Rated R for language and brief sexuality | See all certifications »

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31 October 2008 (Spain)  »

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Dancing with Shiva  »

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Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$293,369 (USA) (3 October 2008)

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$12,796,277 (USA) (17 April 2009)
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Trivia

There is no pre-recorded background scene music throughout the film. All music heard in the film is performed live on screen. See more »

Goofs

Kym has a car wreck on the eve of her sister's wedding by driving straight into a huge rock. When the tow truck driver drops her off at home, you can see the front of the car has no damage. See more »

Quotes

Paul: All you young people who applauded can go fuck yourselves!
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Referenced in Jeopardy!: Episode #26.60 (2009) See more »

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"Rice Field Chant"
Written by Roberto Colella and Riccardo Mazzamauro
Performed by Black Bombay
Courtesy of Funky Juice Recordings
By arrangement with The Royalty Network, Inc.
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A bunch of pampered attention-seekers
29 January 2009 | by (Wales, UK) – See all my reviews

Where to begin? Firstly, Anne Hathaway has always been a very under-rated actress (largely due to the critical snobbery around the roles she chooses) and anyone surprised by her performance here simply hasn't been paying attention. There's very little on show here that she hasn't shown before, and in far superior films. Besides, if anyone's performance leaps out, it's Rosemarie DeWitt's. Secondly, there isn't one likable character in the whole movie. Quite frankly I was wishing a thunderbolt would hit the tent during the unforgivably, interminably long wedding reception, wiping out every one of the self-centred, attention seeking bunch. And the multi-culturalism was so crass and vulgar it was downright insulting to both its audience and the multiple cultures from which it was pilfering. If it made a point about race, it's that you don't have to be white to be pretentious and middle-class. Clearly written by someone who's been spoilt rotten and had far too much therapy. Utterly hateful tosh.


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