Our Family Wedding

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Jessie Crayford says...

Even with a spectacular cast, the filmakers tried to mix stone-cold sentiment with over-the-top, would-never-happen-in-a-million-years jokes and none of it works .... not even in the slightest way.The other "good" reviewers must work for the DVD company or Amazon or some such because this movie has no redeeming qualities at all.There is zero chemistry between any of the cast members.What is meant to be funny is racist, stale and offensive.This movie is not even worth a $1 rental.Come to think of it, it is not even worth the time I spent to write these few lines.

Posted on June 27, 2011

Bettyann Osorio says...

I have to agree with the others who rated this movie low - I selected it because of Forest Whitaker - but his performance was forced and very sub-par; the story line was weak, overall a very forgetable film. Don't waste your time.

Posted on June 27, 2011

Alyssa Steckley says...

I really like America Ferrera and Forest Whitaker and consider them both good actors, but I did not like this movie. It tried way too hard to be funny - and it missed the mark completely.I never laughed once during this film, and the scenes that were supposed to be "touching" were stale.I spent most of my time looking at my watch and waiting for the movie to end.



Centering around the surprise, impending marriage between a nice Hispanic girl and an African-American soon-to-be doctor, the movie tries to expose the humor between the two cultures when they attempt to become family.The result is shallow characters, predictability, and stupid situations.



I truly wanted this movie to be good, but the truth is I don't even think is worth paying to rent.

Posted on June 28, 2011

Lela Sessa says...

I actually loved this movie I thought it was pretty funny, what i really want to know is if anyone knows the name of the song in the begining that the chick is dancing to while she is brushing her teeth??

Posted on June 29, 2011

Vickey Halen says...

OUR FAMILY WEDDING



STARRING: Forrest Whitaker, America Ferrera, Carlos Mencia, Lance Gross, Regina King, Diana-Maria Riva, Lupe Ontiveros, Anjelah N. Johnson, Charlie Murphy and Shannyn Sossamon



WRITTEN BY: Wayne Conley, Malcolm Spellman and Rick Famuyiwa



DIRECTED BY: Rick Famuyiwa



Rated: PG - 13

Genre: Comedy

Release Date: 12 March 2010

Review Date: 25 March 2010







Our Family Wedding was good, but it was barely good. As has been the case countless times in comedies and romantic comedies lately, it's the film's actors that save the film. Is it the writing or is it the directing and producing that is continuously falling short? It's often tough to say, but regardless of the condition of the screenplay, it's the producers, editors and directors who are the last ones to touch the project; I'm just saying.



Forrest Whitaker, as is probably to be expected, out-acts everyone in the film. He is just brilliant, and can steal any scene from any actor bold enough to share it with him. Here, he plays Brad, the father of Marcus (Lance Gross).



Marcus is happily engaged to Lucia (America Ferrera) and the two are madly in love. There's just one little problem; neither of them have told their parents. To make matters worse, they are both worried that the fact that

Marcus is black and Lucia is Hispanic, may play a part in causing an issue between their folks. Oh, and they are leaving the country, and have been secretly living together as well, which is a big no-no in Lucia's family.



Carlos Mencia plays Lucia's somewhat obsessive father, Miguel. If you know anything about Mencia, you will be blown away by him in this film. He really is a talented actor. However, I could not help but feel this part should have gone to George Lopez. Lopez is a master at this kind of comedy, and I felt that Mencia was being held back in the film, comedic-ally. He's got a dirty mouth, and not to type-cast him, but I'd rather see him in a film where he could use it frivolously.



There is a pretty funny scene early on in which the two dads meet each other, not knowing that their children are dating one another. Miguel owns his own towing company and Brad is a successful DJ. Living in California, the filmmakers clearly wanted them to be very good at their jobs, because they both have a ton of money, based on their extravagant homes and accessories. It's a stretch, but - okay, whatever. Miguel ends up towing Brad's nice car and the two get into a juvenile racial spat in the middle of the street.



Later that night, we meet the rest of the family and discover that Brad has a thing for younger women, as his date (Shannyn Sossamon), is about the same age as his son's fianc

Posted on June 30, 2011

Jean Dornellas says...

Our Family Wedding is a good movie, just know in advance that it's not a flat-out comedy.Shot by the same director as 1999's "The Wood", it's mostly a warm movie about love and marriage, with a few funny scenes thrown in.



The best part about the film is its cast.A gorgeous America Ferrera shines as Lucia, wife-to-be of future doctor Marcus Boyd (Lance Gross of House of Payne).Great acting and chemistry between the two offer warm scenes that will make viewers both laugh and cry.As a long time fan of Forest Whitaker, it was refreshing to see him in a comedy.And is it just me, or does Regina King get even more lovely with each film?



While Chappelle Show veteran Charlie Murphy has limited screen time in the movie, he steals every scene that he's in.Warren Sapp, Noel Gugliemi and Taye Diggs also make for funny moments, though all three get "blink and you missed them" roles (Diggs oddly isn't credited).



My biggest complaint with the movie is that the story has been done before.Boy meets girl, parents get involved, culture clash ensues, all leading up to a predictable ending.It's more Meet the Parents than Hangover, with only a few laugh out loud moments (though the reception seating montage is funny and clever).What's interesting is that they really don't milk the ethnic differences as much as you'd assume that they would.



It isn't a comedy blockbuster, but it's still a good film, especially if you enjoyed movies like The Wood.A good cast and some feel-good moments make it worth watching at least once before you decide on buying the DVD.

Posted on June 30, 2011

Tajuana Athearn says...

Forest Whitaker is just amazing in anything and although this was a really different part for him it still works. It is true that it is still and not funny most of the time it is not a complete waste of money. Eventhough you know pretty much everything that will happen and how it will end its still a decent ride along the way. A nice date or family movie night movie. I really liked the chemistry between Regina King and Forest Whitaker they were probably the best thing about the movie.

Posted on July 2, 2011

Justa Beatty says...

I recently rented this movie via Comcast's OnDemand service because the preview made the film look really funny.Unfortunately, the preview included all the "good parts."The rest of the movie appeared to be a copycat of My Big Fat Greek Wedding ("MBFGW") slanted a bit so as to include some more raunchy jokes, a sprinkling of ethnic humor, and some random "filler" scenes (such as an extended baseball game scene and a bar scene with no point).It didn't reach the humor of Wedding Crashers/American Pie "raunchy" nor did it reach the clever, ironic humor of MBFGW.Instead, it just floundered around, going nowhere.



Storyline in a sentence:Black man and hispanic woman want to marry and their family initially freaks out because of the culture clash and eventually deals with it.



The jokes were sporadic and mostly related to sexual humor and/or the culture clash. For instance, the hispanic grandmother cracks jokes in Spanish about being one Mexican short for a Mexican wedding.Likewise, Carlos Mencia jokes about black people and credit scores.At another point, a goat is brought to the wedding and it devours a bottle of Viagra and humps the black guy's dad.None of it is particularly funny.



Also, unlike MBFGW, the characters in this film are not very intriguing.Indeed, the father of the groom is a metro-sexual, ladies' man addicted to Viagra and young girls.He is shown sleeping around constantly and having issues with marriage in general.He goes nuts about Carlos Mencia touching his car the wrong way and using his personal bathroom.



For some reason, it didn't strike a chord with me because it seemed like they were trying too hard to craft this character.It just wasn't funny.Get a better plot if you're venturing into the raunchy humor.As to the racial issues, the same problem.



Overall, I'm disappointed.This is a mediocre film.I give it a "C -" because, while bland, it was not so terrible that I had to turn it off (i.e. Lower Learning; Wicker Man -- two of the worst films ever produced).

Posted on July 2, 2011

Stefany Nieman says...

I DO NOT RECOMMEND FOR ANYONE TO BUY THIS MOVIE.I BOUGHT THE MOVIE THINKING IT WAS GOING TO BE GOOD JUST FROM SEEING THE PREVIEWS AMD WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY.THE MOVIE WAS FLAT OUT BORING, NO COMEDY.CARLOS MENCIA WORST PERSON THEY COULD'VE PICKED.MAYBE IF GEORGE LOPEZ STARED IN THE MOVIE MAYBE IT COULD'VE BEEN BETTER.IF YOU STILL WANT TO SEE IT FOR YOURSELF, I WOULD RENT IT BEFORE YOU BUY IT.TOO BADI DIDN'T WAIT FOR IT TO GO TO THE $5 BIN AT WALMART.BUY IT THEN WHEN IT HITS THAT $5 MARK.

Posted on July 6, 2011

Milagros Haneke says...

I'm mostly mad that I wasted my time to watch this movie. I thought that the movie would be good with all the excellent films that Forrest Whithaker has been involved with. This movies is poorly written with acting that goes no where to ideas that insult the viewer's intelligence. The same story has been told many times . . . but here the same story was told badly. Save your time and money . . . skip this film, it is not funny . . .there isn't even a moral to the story.

Posted on July 6, 2011