Rachel Getting Married

Who: Liz
What: Rachel getting Married
Why: I heard about it and wanted to see it.
Where: home on DVD

Well this movie was kind of intense. I loved it. Anne Hathaway did a fabulous job as Kym, the addict sister.

This movie starts out when Paul and his wife, Carol, pick up his daughter, Kym, from rehab to come home for her sister Rachel’s, wedding. Apparently, Kym has been in trouble with drugs for a long time and is only clean for about a month this time. This film is about the family’s interactions with Kym over the weekend of the wedding. Kym is so self absorbed. She has to make everything about her. Rachel is upset about this and just for once since she is getting married, would like to have the family pay some attention to her and not Kym. Paul, the dad, is such an enabler. Finally, we meet Kym’s mother, played by Debra Winger…she was excellent.

This movie is filled with interesting characters. Sidney, the groom, has a cousin, Joe, who is in the army and on leave for the wedding. He always has a video camera in his hand and Paul twice alludes to him “coming back, safe and sound”. Sidney has horrible glasses, I mean really, a little ridiculous. I couldn’t tell if the wedding was supposed to be non-denominational or whatever…but they all dress in Indian garb. The ceremony takes place in the family home, with the reception later on, outside. Lots of music and singing and a universal cast of characters.

Some scenes were hard to sit through, but sometimes I think movies need to be a little more reality based, rather than these fantasies of “happily ever after”.
I think if you like movies with a little substance, you will want to see this film.