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- Much like another film opening this weekend, She's Out of Your League, helmer Rick Famuyiwa's Our Family Wedding benefits tremendously from a winning cast and an abundance of sweetness that work together to create a film that often transcends its broad humor, hyperactive culture clashes and wealth of ethnic stereotypes that would have likely trashed virtually any other film.
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Parents need to know that this imperfect, but heartfelt family-friendly film attempts to address a challenging subject: interracial marriage. In doing so, it doesn't quite steer clear of clichés, but does entertain while at least partly moving the discussion forward.
- America Ferrera
- Rick Famuyiwa
- Fox Searchlight
Mar 10, 2010 · “Our Family Wedding” is a perfectly good idea for a comedy: A wedding between a Mexican-American woman and an African-American man leads to culture clash. The film, unfortunately, deals with the situation at the level of a middling sitcom.
Our Family Wedding is a mirthless, contrived affair that does little with its promising premise and talented cast. Read Critics Reviews
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- Rick Famuyiwa
- PG-13
- America Ferrera
Our Family Wedding is a grim prospect on its face: a frantic wedding movie meets an uproarious culture clash movie, where two patriarchs - the smooth African-American and the fiery Latino - do hilarious battle and then there's some romance somewhere. It fails to deliver even on that meagre promise.
Our Family Wedding follows the African-American Marcus (Lance Gross) and Mexican-American Lucia (America Ferrera), a pair of recent college grads who've returned home to share the news of their pending nuptials with their respective families.
Mar 12, 2010 · In Our Family Wedding, they learn the hard way that the path to saying "I do" can be rife with familial strife. When they return from college and too suddenly announce their marriage plans, they soon discover that their fathers - two highly competitive over-the-top egos - can wreak a major amount of havoc on their special day.
Our Family Wedding is a grim prospect on its face: a frantic wedding movie meets an uproarious culture clash movie, where two patriarchs - the smooth African-American and the fiery Latino - do hilarious battle and then there's some romance somewhere.
