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Old 02.21.2014, 11:29 AM   #17883
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RACHEL GETTING MARRIED

this was a lot better than i expected. great screenplay, great characters-- turns out it was written by the daughter of sydney lumet. who knew! (i didn't, till yesterday anyway).

 


when jonathan demme is good he's good, and he was very good in this in some aspects; but i wish he had cut a bit of fat from the film because at times it drags a little (or a lot, depending on your tastes). yes yes, some people like weddings, sure a lot more than i do-- still, this was about to become an endless carnival. like specialist gonzalez, i think he needed to put the camera down at times.

good fucking actors and all. as for the guests, i've never seen so many cool people in one room. i really like that not everything was so obvious, and there is a good measure of moral ambiguity and unsolvable problems, etc. that was very good, that was the screenplay, good screenplay. also the style of shooting was good-- naturalistic, near-documentary, but still good enough for the film screen, and mixed with "wedding camera" footage, good shit, good style, pleasurable.

4/5 for me. would have given it a 5 if not for the pace which did bug me.
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