Our Family Wedding (2010)

Director:

Rick Famuyiwa

Writers (WGA):

Wayne Conley (story)
Wayne Conley (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

12 March 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

To have and to hold... 'Til dads do us part.

Plot:

The weeks leading up to a young couple's wedding is comic and stressful, especially as their respective fathers try to lay to rest their feud.

Plot Keywords:

Wedding | Marriage | Love | Sister Sister Relationship | Wedding Cake

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Forest Whitaker	...	Brad Boyd
America Ferrera	...	Lucia Ramirez
Carlos Mencia	...	Miguel Ramirez
Regina King	...	Angela
Lance Gross	...	Marcus Boyd
Diana Maria Riva	...	Sonia Ramirez
Lupe Ontiveros	...	Momma Cecilia
Anjelah Johnson-Reyes	...	Isabella Ramirez (as Anjelah Johnson)
Charles Q. Murphy	...	T.J. (as Charlie Murphy)
Nathaniel Pelle	...	Raymond Boyd
Shannyn Sossamon	...	Ashley McPhee
Tonita Castro	...	Aunt Rosita
Anna Maria Horsford	...	Diane Boyd
Warren Sapp	...	Wendell Boyd
Shondrella Avery	...	Keisha Boyd
Sterling Ardrey	...	Ardom Boyd (as Sterling D. Ardrey)
Skylan Brooks	...	Buddy Boyd
Castulo Guerra	...	Father Paez
Joseph Mencia	...	Manny Ramirez
Vivek Shah	...	Maître d'
Matt Sauter	...	Waiter
Paul Costa	...	Mixologist
Joaquin Pastor	...	DJ Spin-Sane
James Lesure	...	Officer Turman
Alejandro Patino	...	Goat Truck Driver
Jacqueline Mazarella	...	Dress Shop Owner
Joseph Vassallo	...	Tux Shop Owner
Ella Joyce	...	Earlene
Sy Richardson	...	Sonny
Noel Gugliemi	...	Raymond Mata (as Noel G.)
Charles Grisham	...	Westside Player
Caroline Aaron	...	Elaine
Mimi Michaels	...	Tipsy #1
Carlee Avers	...	Tipsy #2
Hayley Marie Norman	...	Sienna
Gordon James	...	Frat Boy #2 (as Gordon E. James)
Gina Rodriguez	...	Bridesmaid
Gabriel Alvarez	...	Cousin Jaime (as Gabriel G. Alvarez)
Harry Shum Jr.	...	Harry (as Harry Shum)
Ethen Lane	...	Frederick Boyd
Brad Potts	...	Policeman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marco Xavier	...	Baseball player
Katrina Baker	...	Train Passenger (uncredited)
Michael Clark	...	Frat Brother (uncredited)
Taye Diggs	...	Whipped Friend (uncredited)
Jessica Starr Folger	...	Hostess (uncredited)
Bubba Ganter	...	The Mountainest (uncredited)
Libertad Green	...	Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Waymond Lee	...	Train Passenger (uncredited)
Steven Liu	...	Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Cindy Merrill	...	Cocktail Server (uncredited)
Délé Ogundiran	...	Cheryl (uncredited)
Tyler Sean Palmer	...	Arrested Teenager (uncredited)
Maurice Webster	...	Barnes Family Member (uncredited)
Troy Williams	...	Frat Brother (uncredited)

Directed by
Rick Famuyiwa

Writing credits (WGA)
Wayne Conley		(story)
Wayne Conley		(screenplay) and
Malcolm Spellman		(screenplay) and
Rick Famuyiwa		(screenplay)

Produced by
Scott Hyman	....	co-producer (as Scott G. Hyman)
Edward Saxon	....	producer
Steven J. Wolfe	....	producer

Original Music by
Transcenders

Cinematography by
Julio Macat		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Dirk Westervelt

Casting by
Kim Coleman		(as Kim Taylor-Coleman)

Production Design by
Linda Burton

Art Direction by
Colin De Rouin
Christopher M. Ridino		(as Chris Ridino)

Set Decoration by
Gia Grosso

Costume Design by
Hope Hanafin

Makeup Department
Natasha Allegro	....	key hair stylist (as Natasha Davies Allegro)
Debra Denson	....	key makeup artist
Kelcey Fry	....	makeup department head
Pauletta O. Lewis	....	hair stylist (as Pauletta Lewis-Irwin)
Frances Mathias	....	hair department head
Beverly Jo Pryor	....	makeup artist
Anita Brabec	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Jennifer Brown Greenberg	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Raqueli Dahan	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Veronica Lorenz	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Jenny Hinkey	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Thom Buckley	....	additional second assistant director (as Thomas Buckley)
Lily Garcia	....	second second assistant director
Franklin A. Vallette	....	first assistant director (as Franklin Vallette)
Sean Whitler	....	second assistant director
Dana Imsande	....	second second assistant director (uncredited)
Eric Sherman	....	first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)
Anderson Vilien	....	second second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Curtis Akin	....	assistant property master
Anthony A. Altomare	....	construction gang boss
Heidi Baumgarten	....	buyer
Kim Bolanowski	....	assistant property master (as E. Kim Bolanowski)
Randy Brewer	....	set dresser (as John Brewer)
Michael Coscia	....	art department coordinator
Steve Dennis	....	carpenter (as Stephen Dennis)
John 'Bugsy' Fuess	....	construction foreman (as John Fuess)
David Harris	....	key greens (as Paul Dave Harris)
Dylan J. Hay Chapman	....	graphic designer (as Dylan J. Hay-Chapman)
Jennifer Haybach	....	art department production assistant
Gene Hunter	....	painter
Anne Hyvarinen	....	lead painter
Anthony Imperato	....	carpenter
Wendy Jerde	....	painter
Janet Kusnick	....	art illustrator
John Londono	....	art department production assistant
Sara Morgan	....	art department production assistant
Chuck Morganti	....	set dresser (as Charles Morganti)
Charles Nixon III	....	leadman (as Charles Nixon)
Carl Nunez	....	greens coordinator
Sara Peterson	....	art department production assistant
Tony Piller	....	set dresser (as Anthony Piller)
Anthony Price	....	set dresser
James Rainbow	....	wedding flowers
Regana Redd	....	on-set dresser
Sarah Regan	....	stand by painter
Charles Reyes Jr.	....	painter runner
Danny Ronay	....	painter
Mike Rutgard	....	set dresser (as Michael S. Rutgard)
Palmer Schallon	....	on-set dresser
D. Tracy Smith	....	set designer
Phillip Vargas	....	labor foreman
Whit Vogel	....	art department coordinator
Jim Zemansky	....	property master
Amy Lynn Umezu	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Bobbi Banks	....	supervising adr editor
Jeff Blehr	....	sound utility
G.W. Brown	....	dialogue editor (as Greg Brown)
Harry Cheney	....	foley supervisor (as Harry M. Cheney)
Kevin Compayre	....	boom operator
Lorita de la Cerna	....	foley mixer (as Lorita Delacerna)
Lori Dovi	....	sound mixer
Ken Dufva	....	foley artist (as Ken R. Dufva)
Ginger Geary	....	foley artist (as Ginger F. Geary)
Ryan Gegenheimer	....	assistant sound editor
Kenneth Gombos	....	adr mixer (as Ken Gombos)
Aaron J. Green	....	sound services manager
Paul Hackner	....	assistant sound editor
Darrell Hanzalik	....	dialogue editor
Greg Hedgepath	....	supervising sound editor (as Gregory Hedgepath)
Marti D. Humphrey	....	sound re-recording mixer
Chris M. Jacobson	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer (as Chris Jacobson)
Myron Nettinga	....	sound re-recording mixer
Cecilia Perna	....	adr mixer
Andy Potvin	....	sound consultant: Dolby
Pernell L. Salinas	....	assistant sound editor (as Pernell Salinas)
K.H. Santy	....	boom operator (as Kevin Santy)
Christian Schaanning	....	sound effects editor
Frank Smathers	....	dialogue editor
Paul Hackner	....	sound re-recording mixer: temp mix (uncredited)
John Soukup	....	sound transfer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Chris Bailey	....	special effects
Robert Garrigus	....	special effects coordinator (as Bob Garrigus)
Timothy B. Graham	....	special effects (as Timothy Graham)
Jason Hansen	....	special effects
Joseph Livolsi	....	special effects
Thomas Rasada	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Alan Edward Bell	....	visual effects supervisor (as Alan E. Bell)
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals (as Pat Clancey)
Michael Dillon	....	digital intermediate assistant project manager
Steve Dyson	....	digital compositor
Todd Groves	....	digital compositor
Holly Gregory Horter	....	digital paint and roto (as Holly Horter)
Ed W. Marsh	....	additional visual effects
Andy Mower	....	digital compositor
Francisco Ramirez	....	additional visual effects
Charles Bunnag	....	second digital colorist (uncredited)

Stunts
Steve Boyles	....	stunts
Richard Cetrone	....	stunts
Darryl Crews	....	stunts
Thomas Dewier	....	stunts (as Thomas DeWier)
Steve Finley	....	stunts
Sandy Fletcher	....	stunts
Al Jones	....	stunts
Brett A. Jones	....	stunt coordinator (as Brett Jones)
Clint Jones	....	stunts (as Clint E. Jones)
Dorian Kingi	....	stunts
Horace Knight	....	stunts (as Horace Knight Jr.)
Anthony Martins	....	stunts (as Anthony A. Martins)
Marco Morales	....	stunts
Mandy Pongs	....	stunts
Scott Rogers	....	stunt coordinator: Baseball
Nancy Thurston	....	stunts
David Wald	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Sebastian Amiri	....	best boy electric (as Sebastien Amiri)
Matt Ardine	....	electrician
Joseph E. Bates	....	rigging best boy grip (as Joeseph E. Bates)
Matthew Boeka	....	electrician
Francisco Bulgarelli	....	electrician
Dwight Campbell	....	gaffer
Liam Clark	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Bob Crockett	....	company grip (as Robert Crockett)
Gary Dagg	....	key grip
Scott Garfield	....	still photographer
Sam Griffin	....	rigging best boy electric
Robby Hart	....	camera loader
Greg HecQ	....	rigging electrician (as Greg Hecq)
Steele Hunter	....	rigging key grip
Johnny E. Jensen	....	director of photography: second unit (as Johnny Jensen)
Tino Jimenez	....	electrician
Krash Kowal	....	rigging grip
Wisnick Luberice	....	rigging electrician
Max Macat	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Harry Sandlin Mattice III	....	video assist
Peter McAdams	....	company grip (as Pete Mcadams)
Christopher TJ McGuire	....	camera operator: "a" camera (as Chris Mcguire)
Christopher TJ McGuire	....	steadicam operator: MK-V AR (as Chris Mcguire)
Ben Medley	....	company grip
David W. Nims	....	dolly grip (as David Nims)
Gregg 'Deadair' Norton	....	company grip (as Gregg Norton)
Melvina M. Rapoza	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Kendall A. Reed	....	electrician
Paul A. Rychlec	....	company grip
T. Daniel Scaringi	....	rigging grip (as T.D. Scaringi)
Moulaye Sene	....	electrician
Reza Tabrizi	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Rodney Veto	....	best boy grip
Ramian E. Williams	....	rigging gaffer
Steve Barnes	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)
Jeff Barnett	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Matthew Berger	....	electrician (uncredited)
Kathryn Comkowycz	....	additional camera assistant (uncredited)
Nicholas Davidoff	....	additional camera operator (uncredited)
Nicholas Davidoff	....	steadicam/ar operator (uncredited)
Michael Lindquist	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting
Erika Lee	....	extras casting assistant
John McAlary	....	casting associate
Michael Schiavone	....	extras casting
Natasha Ward	....	casting associate
Jackie Sollitto	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kasey C. Bazil	....	set costumer (as Kasey Bazil)
Summer Browning	....	key costumer
Carrie Dacre	....	set costumer
Hannah Jacobs	....	costume coordinator
Lydia Jakubowski	....	tailor/fitter
Valerie Laven-Cooper	....	assistant costume designer
Devon Patterson	....	costume supervisor
Cynthia Sterling	....	tailor/fitter
Marta Villalobos	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Harry Muller	....	color timer
Martha Pike	....	digital intermediate editor
Christian Prejza	....	digital intermediate project manager: Efilm
Tom Reiser	....	digital film colorist
Elizabeth Ross	....	assistant editor
Scot Scalise	....	additional editor
Steven J. Scott	....	digital film colorist
Michael Hatzer	....	digital intermediate colorist: Efilm (uncredited)
Marc Lulkin	....	digital color assist (uncredited)

Music Department
Ramon Aguallo	....	mariachi
Alberto Barba	....	mariachi
Jim Black	....	music clearances
Joel Bowers	....	additional musician: bass & teno saxophone
Tom Caffey	....	additional musician: piano
Josh Campbell	....	temp music editor
Barry Cole	....	music supervisor
J. Curtis	....	additional musician: guitar
Michael Dittrick	....	music editor
Mike Fratantuno	....	musician: bass, guitar
Sharyn Gersh	....	music editor
David Hermann	....	additional musician: guitar
Kim Hill	....	additional musician: vocals
Jose Javier-Hernandez	....	mariachi
Jordan Katz	....	additional musician: trumpet
Brian Lapin	....	musician: piano, hammond organ
Jim McMillian	....	additional musician: trombine (as Jim Mcmillian)
Kyle Mullarky	....	music recording engineer
Jose Alberto Munõz	....	mariachi
Suzana Peric	....	music editor
Chuck Prada	....	additional musician: percussion
Jose Manuel Sandoval	....	mariachi
George Shelby	....	additional musician: bass & tenor saxophone, flute
Del Spiva	....	music playback consultant
Chris Tedesco	....	additional musician: trumpet
Dan Ubick	....	additional musician: guitar
Terence Yoshiaki	....	drum programmer
Terence Yoshiaki	....	musician: drums, percussion
Martin Barboza Zarate	....	mariachi
Steven D. Grothe	....	music mixer (uncredited)
Steven D. Grothe	....	music recordist (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Ernesto A. Luna	....	transportation co-captain (as Ernesto Luna)
Karl E. Nelson	....	transportation captain
Michael Perrotti	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Anne Aaronson	....	assistant accountant
Karl Alsens	....	intern
Sam Alvelo	....	key set production assistant (as Samuel J. Alvelo)
Renetta G. Amador	....	script supervisor
Kimberly Bailey	....	voice cast
Justin Bell	....	assistant: Mr. Saxon
Jerusha Bhindie	....	intern
Karen Bove	....	production secretary
BJ Brasier	....	assistant choreographer (as B.J. 'Boywonder' Brasier)
Elida Cerda	....	construction medic
Lanai Chapman	....	voice cast
Michael Chickey	....	location manager
Django Craig	....	voice cast
Martin J. Cummins	....	key assistant location manager (as Martin Cummins)
Scott Davis	....	animal trainer
Jeremiah Daws	....	intern
André Devantier	....	caterer (as Andre Devantier)
Larkin Donley	....	office production assistant
Justin Duncan	....	key assistant location manager
Patrick Dunn	....	set production assistant
Karen M. Fuchs	....	payroll accountant (as Karen Fuchs)
Anna Fuson	....	unit publicist
Eddie Garcia	....	choreographer
Josiah Golojuh	....	intern
Orlando R. Gonzales	....	assistant production coordinator (as Orlando Gonzales)
Jennifer Hall	....	intern
Chris Hazzard	....	assistant: Mr. Wolfe
Stephen Hemmerice	....	layout board
Hector Alex Hernandez	....	craft service
Hernan A. Hernandez	....	craft service
Veronica Jamerson	....	animal trainer
Lauren Johansen	....	assistant choreographer (as Lauren 'LJ' Johansen)
Zachary Kahn	....	key assistant location manager
Mary Kerley	....	set production assistant
Kett Kettering	....	assistant accountant
Lance Kirshner	....	set production assistant
Gints Krastins	....	production accountant
Verla Loomis Randall	....	layout board
Vanessa Macedo	....	office production secretary
Sasha Maravic	....	layout board
Ed W. Marsh	....	optical titles
Terence Mathews	....	voice cast
Richard McCune	....	financing: City National Bank (as Richard K. McCune)
Janora McDuffie	....	voice cast (as Janora Mcduffie)
Brittany Merrill	....	assistant choreographer
David Michie	....	voice cast
Arlin Miller	....	voice cast
David Moore	....	intern
Kareema Morrison	....	assistant: Mr. Famuyiwa
Vivianne Nacif	....	voice cast
Levi Nunez	....	voice cast
Casey O'Connor	....	office production assistant
Kosha Patel	....	intern
Frank Pelluchon	....	chef (as Franck Pelluchon)
Erik Piecuch	....	financing: City National Bank
Jeffrey Raines	....	studio teacher (as Jeff Raines)
Michael Ralph	....	voice cast
Jason Salzman	....	production coordinator
Jonathan Silver	....	title designer: main title
Phil Smith	....	animal trainer
Roger Craig Smith	....	voice cast
Gregg Spiegelman	....	key set medic
Charline St. Charles	....	clearance coordinator
Shelley Stevens	....	production coordinator
Jason Stowell	....	assistant location manager (as Jason B. Stowell)
Ricky Townsend	....	intern
Kelley Vallette	....	set production assistant
Magan Yoon	....	intern
Magan Yoon	....	production assistant
Ruth Zalduondo	....	voice cast
Gustavo F. Alcaraz	....	production staff (uncredited)
Zack Arnold	....	title designer (uncredited)
William Batsel	....	set production assistant (uncredited)
Quincy Gray	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Jacob Kindberg	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Tanya Leal Soto	....	assistant: Forest Whitaker (uncredited)
Alexis Ramer	....	assistant: Carlos Mencia (uncredited)
Matthew Switzer	....	additional production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Fox Searchlight Pictures (presents)
• Sneak Preview Entertainment
• Dune Entertainment (made in association with)

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (2010) (worldwide) (all media)
• 20th Century Fox (2010) (Spain) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2010) (Mexico) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2010) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (2010) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (2011) (USA) (TV)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Handmade Digital (visual effects) (as Handmade Digital, Inc.)
• Monkeyweed (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• American Humane Association, The  animal activity monitoring
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies (as Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Inc.)
• City National Bank  financing
• Dub Stage, The  re-recording facility
• EMS Payroll  extras payroll (uncredited)
• Film Art  artwork (uncredited)
• Fix It In Post  end titles
• Intelligent Media  international monitoring agency (uncredited)
• Kodak  motion picture film
• L.A. Casting Group  extras casting (uncredited)
• Liquid Soul Media  marketing and promotion (uncredited)
• Micdi Productions  music editorial (uncredited)
• Otto Nemenz International  cameras and lenses (as Otto Nemenz)
• R/H Factor  adr stage
• Studio 8 Sound  post-production sound services (uncredited)

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sexual content and brief strong language

Runtime:

USA:103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #45839) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) (theatrical rating) | Ireland:12A | Malaysia:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:6 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company:

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Trivia:

Lupe Ontiveros played America Ferrera's mother in the film "Real Women Have Curves" (2002). In this film, she plays her grandmother.

Goofs:

Continuity: Brad Boyd's car starts moving before Miguel Ramirez gets into the tow truck.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Matrix (1999)

Soundtrack:

Desire

A really poor version of the "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" genre

"Our Family Wedding" has some good actors and two great actors, Forest Whitaker and America Ferrera, but a horrible script. A young interracial couple travel back home to tell their families they're getting married and to plan a quick wedding. Their fathers, their cultures and their families clash. This is just rehashed material and no better than a poor man's "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner".

They were going for laughs, and although I did laugh-out-loud in a few scenes, most of the lines were just rude, and all of the characters, especially Whitaker's, were just being insubordinate. Every character had friction with one another and sometimes we weren't even privy to the reasons, so not only were we not laughing, we're frustrated as well.

The few laughs were not enough to overcome the frustration and many pointless scenes. Even if they were going for drama instead, there is no sense of drama just from watching characters act in horrible ways because the script tells them to. I can't really recommend "Our Family Wedding", only possibly to die-hard fans of the genre and fans of America Ferrera. This is a Ferrera we haven't seen before, mature and subdued, and she at least was nice to watch.