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My Brother's Wedding

  • 19831983
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 55m
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7.1/10
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Ronnie Bell and Everett Silas in My Brother's Wedding (1983)
My Brother's Wedding is a tragic comedy that takes place in South Central Los Angeles. The story focuses on a young man who hasn't made much of his life as of yet, and at a crucial point in his life, he is unable to make the proper decision, a sober decision, a moral decision. This is a consequence of his not having developed beyond the embryonic stage, socially. He has a distinct romantic notion about life in the ghetto and yet, in spite of his naive sensitivity, he is given the task of being his brother's keeper; he feels rather than sees, and as a consequence his capacity for judging things off in the distance is limited. This brings about circumstances that weave themselves into a set of complexities which Pierce Mundy (Everett Silas), the main character, desperately tries to avoid.
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A man who has struggled personally has conflicts with his upwardly mobile lawyer brother and well to-do fiancee and is reluctantly to be the best man at their wedding.A man who has struggled personally has conflicts with his upwardly mobile lawyer brother and well to-do fiancee and is reluctantly to be the best man at their wedding.A man who has struggled personally has conflicts with his upwardly mobile lawyer brother and well to-do fiancee and is reluctantly to be the best man at their wedding.
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    • Charles Burnett
    • Charles Burnett(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Everett Silas
    • Jessie Holmes
    • Gaye Shannon-Burnett
    • Charles Burnett
    • Charles Burnett(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Everett Silas
    • Jessie Holmes
    • Gaye Shannon-Burnett
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    • 9User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
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    Everett Silas
    • Pierce Mundy
    • (as Everette Silas)
    Jessie Holmes
    • Mrs. Mundy
    Gaye Shannon-Burnett
    • Sonia Dubois
    Ronnie Bell
    • Soldier Richards
    • (as Ronald E. Bell)
    Dennis Kemper
    • Mr. Mundy
    Sally Easter
    • Mrs. Richards
    Hobert Durham Jr.
    • Mr. Richards
    Angela Burnett
    Angela Burnett
    • Angela
    Tim Wright
    • Big Daddy
    Cora Lee Day
    Cora Lee Day
    • Big Mama
    Monte Easter
    • Wendell Mundy
    Frances E. Nealy
    • Mrs. Dubois
    • (as Frances Nealy)
    Sy Richardson
    Sy Richardson
    • Mr. Dubois
    Garnett Hargrave
    • Walter
    Margarita Rodríguez
    • Maria
    Jackie Hargrave
    • Hattie
    Lynda Gypcy Lewis
    • Judith - Pregnant Lady #3
    Denise Elliot
    • Cheryl - Lady in Accident
      • Charles Burnett
      • Charles Burnett(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      A restoration of the film was conducted in 2007 by the University of California Pacific Film Archive.
    • Connections
      References The Howdy Doody Show (1947)
    • Soundtracks
      Old Rugged Cross
      Written by George Bennard

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    7/10
    Life is all about choices
    Milestone released two films by Charles Burnett last fall. His acclaimed Killer of Sheep, and this lesser known film. This film was originally released in 1983, but has been re-cut and re-released. This is the 2007 version that I am reviewing.

    The slice of life that we see in this film is interesting, but confined mostly to dialog, with little action. Everett Silas stars as Pierce, an individual who is torn by his loyalty to his no-good friend, and his family. This is put to the test on Saturday as his friend dies on his brother's wedding day.

    It is the little things that I found fascinating in this film - the fact that a 16-year-old is constantly flirting with Pierce, who is 30; the stark contrast with Pierce, a working man, and his brother the professional, and the siding of Pierce's mother with wealth; the two people he cares for who can't bathe themselves or take their medicine, and their preoccupation with religion, which also is huge with Pierce's mother. There is a wealth of material to draw upon for reflection, and Burnett has given us a good film.

    I can't wait to see the original.
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      • March 1985 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Spanish
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      • Chico Street, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Charles Burnett Productions
      • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
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    • 1 hour 55 minutes
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