The Big Wedding (2013)

A long-divorced couple fakes being married as their family unites for a wedding.

Director:

Justin Zackham

Writers:

Justin Zackham (screenplay), Jean-Stéphane Bron (motion picture "Mon frère se marie"),

Stars:

Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert De Niro	...	Don
Katherine Heigl	...	Lyla
Diane Keaton	...	Ellie
Amanda Seyfried	...	Missy
Topher Grace	...	Jared
Susan Sarandon	...	Bebe
Robin Williams	...	Father Moinighan
Ben Barnes	...	Alejandro
Christine Ebersole	...	Muffin
David Rasche	...	Barry
Patricia Rae	...	Madonna
Ana Ayora	...	Nuria
Kyle Bornheimer	...	Andrew
Megan Ketch	...	Jane
Christa Campbell	...	Kim

Storyline

Don and Ellie were once married and have two children, Lyla and Jared. They adopted a boy from Colombia, Alejandro. Eventually they divorce, Ellie moves away and Don hooks up with Bebe, Ellie's best friend. When Alejandro is about to get married, he informs Don And Ellie that he never told his natural mother who is so traditional that they got divorced. And she is coming for the wedding so he asks them if they can pretend to still be married. Don and Ellie reluctantly agree to it and Bebe moves out who is also upset that Don for some reason doesn't want to commit.

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Plot Keywords:

birth mother | remake | box office flop | three word title | marriage | 

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Taglines:

It's never too late to start acting like a family.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, sexual content and brief nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish Latin

Release Date:

26 April 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Wedding

Filming Locations:

Stamford, Connecticut, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$7,591,663 (USA) (26 April 2013)

Gross:

$21,477,281 (USA) (14 June 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Two Ton Films, Millennium Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film will introduce Lionsgate's newly redesigned opening logo.

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Connections

Featured in Chelsea Lately: Episode #7.63 (2013)

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Soundtracks

"The Forgotten One"
Written by Michael Campagna & Cliff Hugo
Performed by Campagna Hugo Quartet

User Reviews

What a waste of actors' and viewers' time!

My wife suggested we go see this movie, after all, you have to work really hard to spoil something with De Niro, Keaton and Robin Williams in it, right?

Well, apparently not. Just throw together a completely meaningless plot, fill it with a couple awkward sexual scenes, remove any hint of real feeling or nuance, and then fill what's left with numerous clichés that are worthy of a B porno flick - and you will get some idea of what "The Big Wedding" is like.

It's another one in the long and sadly ever-growing line of Hollywood fiascoes, built on the premise that it's enough to throw together a bunch of star actors to get a blockbuster. It's not. The feeling you get is that the film's budget was spent on securing the big hitters, and then a couple of hundred bucks that were left were given to some sex-obsessed teenager in high school, to write the plot.

As a result, this movie which claims to be a comedy, is a farce, a farce of what a comedy should be. After watching for a little over an hour, I left without finishing it. It was super boring, predictable and entirely unimpressive. Don't waste your time watching this grotesque concoction of nothing.