The Big Wedding

Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon, and Robert De Niro pooling their talents together to act in a film. The results should be beautiful and legendary with fireworks exploding in the background. These are three of Hollywood's prized possessions, diamonds among the stars. I can't think of many other people who have as much class as these three. That's why it's such a shame to report that their new movie The Big Wedding lacks any fireworks and is nothing less than a subpar movie. I was definitely disappointed, although to be honest I should have seen it coming. The number one reason I should have known is that Robin Williams was cast as the alcoholic priest. The last time he was cast as a priest in License to Wed was just as disappointing. 

The movie centers around a family in shambles as their youngest son gets married. Keaton and De Niro's characters used to be married but after several rounds of cheating are now divorced, De Niro has picked up Sarandon as his new relationship, who coincidentally used to be best friends with Keaton's character. If you can't follow this part I understand, but this is the least of the weird connections in the movie. As a person who comes from a complex extended family myself, I can usually follow convoluted and complex ties between family members, not this time. So Keaton and De Niro had three children the youngest of whom is adopted. The biological mother who is a devout Catholic and speaks no English is coming to the states for the wedding. She of course is still under the impression that her son's adoptive parents are married. 

Chaos ensues as you can imagine. The problem that takes place in this movie is that the ties are unrealistic and not clear. The trailers made the movie look like a fabulous and delicious movie. I mean goodness, they also got Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, Kathryn Heigl, and Ben Barnes along with Christine Ebersole to agree to this project. But when you actually sit down and digest the movie, its really just too weak to believe and lacking any luster. The extra things that are thrown into the plot only add to the confusion and unbelievable plot and make you wish for a simple movie. My mom said it right yesterday: "They tried to mix It's Complicated with Meet the Fockers." That's exactly what this movie was, a crock disguised as something great.