Rachel Getting Married (15)

HEAR HEAR, Time Out has the guts to stand up for a fine, "documentary-fiction" made with love. GET WITH IT PEOPLE...you were told ad nauseum that 1-it is handeld...and 2- "it's not for everybody!"

Not a five-star film and to give it this rating is pretentious, and irresponsible. However, it is a subtle film and, although tedious in its insistence on realism, it is perceptive in its portrayal of a young woman coming to terms with great personal tragedy. . . But be warned the director devotes a ten minute section of this film to people putting plates in a dishwasher.

Well Done Time Out to stand up for this film which is NOT a crowd pleaser. It is a fiction film shot with Demme's Documentary skills. It is a family portrait which will tend to alter our expectations of how fiction is photographed, with apologies to viewers who are "allergic" to handheld cameras. We will watch this film [along with other experiments like Timecode] in film studies of the future. Cineastes will enjoy many of its virtues; easily bored viewers need not apply.

Wasn't anybody reminded of Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding?

Beautiful performances, and masterful, bravely structured script and direction. I'm normally very impatient, but wasn't bored once.

Why do movies like this get the green light? What a pile of crap.

Pretentious crap! Come on people, there is no justification for the many problems of this movie. 1. How is a shakey grainy handheld camera realistic? How?? Come one people will fall for any gimmick in the name of art! 2. The long drawn out speeches. For what? Realism? Come on!!!

I saw this movie, despite it not showing anywhere in Hull, and thought it was pretty damn good. I enjoyed the cinematography which made it feel like a documentary and made it all feel very natural and i enjoyed seeing Anne Hathaway as your usual rich girl disappointment junkie. I thought this brilliantly built up to the gradual discovery of a major accident, that has clearly torn a family apart and left it very disfunctional. These parts of the film were great, however i cant say i enjoyed the different cultures aspect to the film and didnt understand why they had chosen to put every culture under the sun and all their different music in it or why it was necessary. I didn't enjoy these bits and it didnt feel very realistic. I think it would have been better left as a domestic tragedy that gradually builds up, eg the confrontation with the mother and the car crash, as is seen so often in these rich seemingly perfect neighborhoods. I did not think these elements blended and had the music been left out would have reduced the issue of the length. However it was a good little film

Actually, as anyone who has seen Festen will agree, the filming style and direction was not unique. I suppose it makes a change from your average hollywood form, but it goes on way too long. Too long. People were walking out, and it felt like 3 hours, though I don't believe it was... Interesting material though. Can't believe Time Out gave it that many stars.

Well, would have to disagree with you there Marin! Every story or work of fiction is "contrived", the author makes it up. You object to this "art" movie without really saying why. Is the movie "pretentious" simply because a different technique is employed by the director? Is there only one way of shooting a film? Clearly, the point here, was to depict the drama in the most lifelike way possible, by using unstructured direction and dialogue, and clearly, you've missed the point! And I can't understand why you're put off by a multiethnic cast, as if it's somehow unrealistic. You don't like some of the more ordinary or mundane scenes in the film, but that's why it works. By showing all the details, quirks, mannerisms etc. of the main characters, in various settings, a far more striking effect is achieved. You are drawn closer in. If this film is still on in your area go see it, and Marin you should definitely watch it again!