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Rachel Getting Married

Rachel Getting Married

Drama · Romance · 2008

A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.

Movie details

Rachel Getting Married

“The perfect weekend for a wedding… but the storm is coming.”

2008 Drama · Romance 1h 53m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Rachel Getting Married?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Jonathan Demme

Written by

Jenny Lumet

Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway

Kym Buchman

Rosemarie DeWitt

Rosemarie DeWitt

Rachel Buchman

Bill Irwin

Bill Irwin

Paul Buchman

Debra Winger

Debra Winger

Abby Buchman

Tunde Adebimpe

Tunde Adebimpe

Sidney Williams

Mather Zickel

Mather Zickel

Kieran

Anna Deavere Smith

Anna Deavere Smith

Carol

Court is in session

Put Rachel Getting Married on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.