Wednesday 11 February 2015

The Wedding Video (2012) 8/10

Starring : Rufus Hound, Lucy Punch, Robert Webb, Matt Berry, Michelle Gomez, Miriam Margolyes, Harriet Walter
Director : Nigel Cole
Running Time : 94 mins

Tim (Webb) and Saskia (Punch) are getting married, and Tim wants his brother Raif (Hound) to be his best man. Raif decides that the perfect gift will be to film the entire affair from his arrival back in the UK up until the event itself, but when he realises that his brother is marrying the most rebellious girl at his old school and that - although her mother Alex (Walter) has married into money - deep down Saskia hasn’t really changed, the two start spending an increasing amount of time together...

This was a surprisingly likeable and well paced comedy, with Hound and Punch making an interesting double-act, and Webb being something of a background addition to the tale. Fans of rom-coms will like this, and its unconventional romance is expertly handled right up until the ending, which is the only real suffering of the piece as it felt too convenient and didn’t have nearly enough anger or emotion in it.

You’ll like this if you liked : I Give It A Year



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