More than one family secret hides behind a wedding... When the Corellis and the Brenners come together for the joyous occasion of their children's wedding events get off to a shaky start with the aging Bishop struggling to remember the order of service. As the reception gets underway the wedding planner looks set to crack the over-zealous staff attack one of the guests infidelities are rife and scandalous secrets are revealed. As the chaos ensues and tension rises between t
Robert Altman had an incredibly varied and eclectic career, but he was perhaps best known for his chaotic films featuring large ensemble casts with overlapping webs of subplots. Of these, "A Wedding" is not as well known as classics like "MASH" or "Nashville," but it certainly deserves to be; it's among Altman's finest films. The main story is simple -- two large families gather for a wedding joining the two clans, and chaos ensues -- but Altman uses his massive cast to explore all the interrelationships, troubled pasts, insecurities, and emotional connections of these characters. Among the many pleasures crammed into this sprawling, messy film are a neurotic wedding planner, a forgetful bishop, a hilariously inappropriate wedding gift, and the efforts to keep the family matriarch's death a secret until the wedding is over. Along the way, Altman pokes copious fun at the rituals of marriage, distinguishing the pomp from the core truths of love, and he especially lampoons the upper-middle class society to which these families belong. Somehow, Altman keeps this dense material under control and prevents it from overwhelming audiences. It's all just funny, insightful, and exhilirating to watch. The DVD image does great justice to Altman's fluid and constantly moving cinematography, and a handful of worthwhile featurettes round out the package.
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