Our Family Wedding
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| Directed by | Rick Famuyiwa |
| Produced by | Edward Saxon |
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| Story by | Wayne Conley |
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| Music by | Transcenders |
| Cinematography | Julio Macat |
| Editing by | Dirk Westervelt |
| Distributed by | Fox Searchlight |
| Release date(s) | March 12, 2010 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $21,409,028[1] |
Our Family Wedding is a romantic comedy film starring Forest Whitaker, America Ferrera, Carlos Mencia, Lance Gross, Shannyn Sossamon Charlie Murphy and Regina King. It received its wide release on March 12, 2010.
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[edit] Plot
The film tells the story of two families, one African-American and the other Mexican-American, that are forced to combine when Lucia (Ferrera) and Marcus (Gross) announce their engagement.
[edit] Cast
- Forest Whitaker as Bradford Boyd
- America Ferrera as Lucia Ramirez
- Lance Gross as Marcus Boyd
- Carlos Mencia as Miguel Ramirez
- Regina King as Angela Boyd
- Diana Maria Riva as Sonia Ramirez
- Anjelah Johnson as Isabel Ramirez
- Shannyn Sossamon as Ashley McPhee
- Fred Armisen as Philip Gusto
- Charlie Murphy as T.J.
[edit] Release
[edit] Box office
Our Family Wedding opened at number six, grossing a little over $7.6 million. At the end of its theatrical run, the movie has collected $20,712,308 worldwide.[2]
[edit] Critical reception
The film has received generally negative reviews from critics. It currently holds a score of 39% "generally unfavorable" at the review aggregator site Metacritic,[3] and a "Rotten" score of 13% at Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes consensus is "Our Family Wedding is a mirthless, contrived affair that does little with its promising premise and talented cast."[4]
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film two stars out of four, describing it as "a pleasant but inconsequential comedy, awkward for the actors, and contrived from beginning to end." He praised the performances of Ferrera and Gross.[5] Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C-.
[edit] References
- ^ Our Family Wedding (2010). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
- ^ Weekend Box Office Results for March 12-14, 2010. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
- ^ Our Family Wedding Reviews, Ratings, Credits. Metacritic. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
- ^ Our Family Wedding Movie Reviews, Pictures. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
- ^ Our Family Wedding :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews. Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
