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Helena from the Wedding

  • 20102010
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  • 1h 29m
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Helena from the Wedding (2010)
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Newlyweds Alex and Alice host a New Year's Eve party for their closest friends at a remote cabin in the mountains. An unexpected addition arrives and the group's facades begin to crumble.Newlyweds Alex and Alice host a New Year's Eve party for their closest friends at a remote cabin in the mountains. An unexpected addition arrives and the group's facades begin to crumble.Newlyweds Alex and Alice host a New Year's Eve party for their closest friends at a remote cabin in the mountains. An unexpected addition arrives and the group's facades begin to crumble.

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  • Director
    • Joseph Infantolino
  • Writer
    • Joseph Infantolino
  • Stars
    • Dagmara Dominczyk
    • Paul Fitzgerald
    • Dominic Fumusa
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  • Director
    • Joseph Infantolino
  • Writer
    • Joseph Infantolino
  • Stars
    • Dagmara Dominczyk
    • Paul Fitzgerald
    • Dominic Fumusa
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    • 8User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
    • 49Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Dagmara Dominczyk
    Dagmara Dominczyk
    • Eveas Eve
    Paul Fitzgerald
    Paul Fitzgerald
    • Nickas Nick
    Dominic Fumusa
    Dominic Fumusa
    • Donas Don
    Jessica Hecht
    Jessica Hecht
    • Lynnas Lynn
    Gillian Jacobs
    Gillian Jacobs
    • Helenaas Helena
    Melanie Lynskey
    Melanie Lynskey
    • Aliceas Alice
    Corey Stoll
    Corey Stoll
    • Stevenas Steven
    Lee Tergesen
    Lee Tergesen
    • Alexas Alex
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    • Trooperas Trooper
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      • Joseph Infantolino
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      • Joseph Infantolino
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    Longtime couple Alex, a lawyer-turned-struggling-playwright, and Alice, an insecure woman, have recently married and invited several of their couple friends to Alex's parents' cabin in the upstate woods for New Year's Eve: Don and Lynn, a poor writer who would rather come up with crazy thus ultimately-doomed business ideas, married to a domineering lawyer who seems oblivious to her drinking problem; Steven and Eve, a lawyer and his expectant wife who have previously admitted to attending marriage counseling; and businessman Nick, who left his wife Melissa for a much-younger model, Lola, but they have now broken up so Nick arrives alone. All of the guests being their open and not-so-open relationship dysfunctions and set them against Alex and Alice's honeymoon bliss. But the existent cracks in Alex and Alice's marriage have the potential to split wide open with the last-minute addition of British model Helena, whom Alex and Alice know only casually as one of Eve's bridesmaids--whom Alex tried to hit on at the wedding while he was already seriously dating Alice. —Huggo
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    • Soundtracks
      Largo, 2nd Movement From Concerto No.4 In E Minor RV 297, 'Winter'
      Composed by Antonio Vivaldi (as Andonio Vivaldi)

      Performed by The UniqueTracks Radio Orchestra

      Music licensed from the UniqueTracks Production Music Library Inc.

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    An Idea Removed from the Oven too Soon
    Helena from the Wedding is a classic example of a film written with a single idea in mind, then stretched out to fill a 90-minute run time. In this film, eight seemingly happy friends spend New Year's together in a cabin in the woods, though over the course of the story, we find out that the characters are each struggling with different levels of unhappiness. In this type of story, typically the characters go on a journey of self-discovery that leads to personal growth by the end of the film. In Helena, however, nothing ever really happens. The writer does a good job of fleshing out the different character's mental anguish, but then fails to deliver on the follow through on their collective stories. As soon as the credits started rolling, I scratched my head and asked: "Soooo... what happens now?" That's not really a desirable place to leave a viewer at the end of a film. Especially one that wasn't intended to leave an opening for a sequel. It was a valiant effort, but I think the writer/director can do better.
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    • Release date
      • March 14, 2010 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Hancock, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Beech Hill Films
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $4,190
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,692
      • Nov 14, 2010
    • Gross worldwide
      • $4,190
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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