Arrangements for a traditional indian service are made. Watch rachel getting married movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Rachel and sidney decide to get married, and rachels friend, emma, is to be the maid of honor. Rachel getting married accomplishes something i havent seen in the movies before. It takes its time to blossom, dwelling on moments that many other, lesser films would have skipped the dishwasher contest, the musical interludes. Rachel getting married stars anne hathaway as kym, who comes home for her sister rachels wedding after having been in and out of rehab for 10 years.
Rachel getting married is an engrossing tale of family angst, highlighted by anne hathaways powerful performance and director jonathan demmes return to. I dont think ive ever seen a wedding film that made me feel the way this one does, as if i wasnt just crashing the event but was part of the family. Anne hathaway earned a best actress nod for her role as a recovering addict home for the wedding of her sister. But by far the most beautiful piece was the long violin piece played during the final credits. With anne hathaway, rosemarie dewitt, debra winger, sebastian stan. Rachel getting married original soundtrack rachel getting. She glances impatiently at her watch and presses her ear to her cell phone. Rachel getting married 2008 stream and watch online. In rachel getting married 2008, anne hathaway plays kym, who is released from rehab in order to go to her sister rachels wedding, which takes place at the home of her father, paul and step. Anne hathaway is very good and believable as the girl. When kym returns to the buchman family home for the wedding of her sister rachel, she brings a long history of personal crisis and family co. A scene from the movie rachel getting married the tonight show. Rachel getting married written by jenny lumet 1 ext. Taking from the very best cassavettes films and lowkey family dramas such as, festen, rachel getting married, is a heartwrenching tale of selfishness and forgiveness.
Rachel getting married body of lies new york magazine. When kym anne hathaway returns to the buchman family home for the wedding of her sister rachel rosemarie dewitt, she brings a long history of personal crisis. Jan 24, 2009 in rachel getting married, directed by jonathan demme from an original screenplay by jenny lumet daughter of veteran director sidney, she plays kym, a woman in her early 20s who emerges from. Emotional ownership in parenting in rachel getting married. This movie is a about a girl who leaves rehab for a little bit to be a part of her sister rachels wedding.
The film is a slice of life piece detailing a small space of time, only a few days, where kym returns home from a rehab clinic just in time for her sister rachels wedding. Kym goes home for the weekend to attend her sister rachel s wedding. Theres no single indian i can see in the movie but the sarees. The wonderful thing about rachel getting married is how expansive it seems, in spite of the limits of its scope and the modesty of its. The thing i really liked about the music in the movie is that it all happens in real time. When kym anne hathaway returns to the buchman family home for the wedding of her sister rachel rosemarie dewitt, she brings a. When kym returns to the buchman family home for the wedding of her sister rachel, she brings a long history of personal crisis, family conflict and tragedy alon. The very last shot of the movie is kym being driven back to her treatment centerher recovery and her familys recovery is an ongoing process. This is like a car crash between a happy movie and an irascible one, says rob mackie. Now the newly colored spotlight falls on anne hathaway and her powerful turn as kym in rachels getting married.
There is an engrossing plot involving her sister kym anne hathaway. Rachel getting married is not a happy movie, but neither does it wallow in unrelieved bleakness. Apr 20, 2020 the movie revolves around kym buchman anne hathaway, a young woman who has been in a rehabilitation center for several months due to her addiction problem. Rachel getting married movie photos and stills fandango. Rachel getting married is an engrossing tale of family angst, highlighted by anne hathaways powerful performance and director jonathan demmes return to form. It took me two viewings of rachel getting married to decide whether i liked the soundtrack, and on the second viewing i got to like parts of it very much. She is released temporarily from the facility to attend her sister rachel buchmans wedding. Recovery in the movie rachel getting married psychiatry. The problem in rachel getting married not the problem with the film, mind you is that even though rachel is the one getting married, its all about kym, her younger sister. Such bonds endure because kinship tends to conquer even insult and injury, two things families often dish out like meatloaf at dinnertime.
Few demonstrate this better than kym and rachel buchman in rachel getting married. The moments of real tension in the film are not signposted by the. An invitation to an unforgettable wedding in rachel getting. Rachel getting married 2008 directed by jonathan demme. Rachel getting married on dvd march 10, 2009 starring anne hathaway, debra winger, bill irwin, tunde adebimpe. A young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years, returns home for the weekend for her sisters wedding. Anne hathaways wreaking havoc in jonathan demmes new. Feb 06, 2009 anne hathaway earned a best actress nod for her role as a recovering addict home for the wedding of her sister. At home edition ask the fallons childhoods and dating advice duration. Anne hathaway, rosemarie dewitt, sebastian stan, roslyn ruff, bill irwin, anna deavere smith, debra winger, annaleigh ashford director. When kym returns to the buchman family home for the wedding of her.
She is glad to be allowed to visit her family house for the upcoming wedding of her older sister rachel rosemarie dewitt, but, like many newly recovering addicts, she cannot help but feel edgy and nervous, and her anxiety is not quelled. Rachel getting married is stunningly moving, though there will be viewers who will be frustrated by its pace. Rachel getting married, the new wedding dramedy from oscar winner jonathan demme, marks a gratifying return to the directors independentfilm. How it unfolds, who attends, the nature of the ceremony, what it has to observe about how the concept of family embraces others, and how our multicultural society is growing comfortable with itself.
Rent rachel getting married 2008 starring anne hathaway and rosemarie dewitt on dvd and bluray. Sony pictures classics present rachel getting married. But i believe the films deep subject is the marriage itself. As rachel shes forgotten she even referenced the boundaries that. When an estranged daughter anne hathaway returns home for her sister rachels wedding, her arrival throws a wrench into the familys precarious social dynamic, causing longsimmering tensions to boil to the surface in the most hilarious and heartbreaking of ways in this nuanced family portrait from academy awardwinning director jonathan demme. Oct 03, 2008 the problem in rachel getting married not the problem with the film, mind you is that even though rachel is the one getting married, its all about kym, her younger sister. Roger ebert gave rachel getting married his highest rating, as did entertainment weekly. Read the rachel getting married movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Oct 03, 2008 the directors rachel getting married spins gold out of the very bleak. Rachel getting married is a 2008 american drama film directed by jonathan demme, and. Theres an element of hope in the ending and there are moments of understated humor sprinkled throughout. In fact this film is more about kym than rachel, despite the title.
The devil wears prada 45 movie clip andy gets a makeover 2006. There is no way to watch this movie without numerous moments of being squeamish or uncomfortable. The directors rachel getting married spins gold out of the very bleak. It manages to be honest about the pain and misery that family members inflict upon each other, while at the same time celebrating the family in such an openhearted way i caught myself wearing one of those inadvertent movie grins. However, much to emmas chagrin, she is replaced by kym, rachels substanceabusing sister who appears shortly before the engagement. Rachel getting married is an engrossing tale of family angst, highlighted by. Day 1 kym, a darkly beautiful girl in her early 20s, is smoking furiously on the porch of an urban halfway house. Rachel getting married movie trailer and videos tv guide.
Recovery in the movie rachel getting married december 11, 2008 it doesnt seem like the public at large is very familiar with the film rachel getting married. Its easy to throw around the word masterpiece, particularly when any film that deviates from hollywoods welltrodden path comes as so much of a relief. Anne hathaway as kym and rosemarie dewitt as rachel in rachel getting married. The film premiered at the 65th venice international film festival on september 3, 2008. Rachel getting married is not your classic wedding movie. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing rachel getting married near you. In rachel getting married, directed by jonathan demme from an original screenplay by jenny lumet daughter of veteran director sidney, she plays kym, a. Released october 3rd, 2008, rachel getting married stars anne hathaway, rosemarie dewitt, bill irwin, debra winger the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 51 min, and received a score of 82 out. Jonathan demme takes the core setting of a suburban upper class house and turns it into a purgatoryinstyle hell for hathaways character. Oct 16, 2011 in rachel getting married 2008, anne hathaway plays kym, who is released from rehab in order to go to her sister rachel s wedding, which takes place at the home of her father, paul and step. How it unfolds, who attends, the nature of the ceremony, what it has to observe about how the concept of family embraces others, and how our multicultural. Kym the sister is released from rehab for a few days to intend her sisters wedding.
As the story unfolds and relatives arrive, the movie reveals that the source of much of the familys trouble is that 10 years ago kym had a car accident while intoxicated, which killed their. Rent rachel getting married 2008 on dvd and bluray dvd. This isnt a surprise, since it wasnt marketed heavily and is only in limited release. However, much to emmas chagrin, she is replaced by kym, rachel s substanceabusing sister who appears shortly before the engagement. Rachel getting married is a 2008 american drama film directed by jonathan demme, and starring anne hathaway, rosemarie dewitt, bill irwin, and debra winger.