Rachel Getting Married

Year: 2008

Grade: D

Country: USA

Director: Demme

Review

jenny lumet (daughter of the great sidney lumet) pens this pile of garbage. demme directs. hathaway is decent enough. i’m not sure how long the film is, but i know how long it feels (too long) and know that it could use some trimming. it stinks of one world liberalism that makes it seem like demme is trying to be too hip for his own good. it’s a black guy marrying a white woman and they’re dressed in indian garb and speak yiddish from time to time. they listen to dub and world music and jazz and hip-hop and rock. they’re just so cosmopolitan and worldly. this, though, is a minor issue. the writing and direction are the most bothersome elements. everything is too in your face and the camera moves too much. it’s as though demme thinks he can take you into the characters’ heads by showing you every pore on their face. the sweet moments are saccharine and best left out. blah.

Watched in theater