After the Wedding (2019)
1h 50m | PG-13
Seeking funds for her orphanage in India, Isabelle travels to New York to meet Theresa, a wealthy benefactor. An invitation to attend a wedding ignites a series of events in which the past collides with the present while mysteries unravel.
Director: Bart Freundlich
Studio: Paradox Studios
Genre: Drama
Video: 720p
Cast
Julianne Moore
as Theresa
Michelle Williams
as Isabel
Billy Crudup
as Oscar
Abby Quinn
as Grace
Alex Esola
as Jonathan
Susan Blackwell
as Gwen
Reviews
I haven't seen the Danish film upon which this is based, so I cannot say whether it does or doesn't stay true to that. Taken on it's own, however, it is an emotional car-crash of a film that didn't work for me at all. Michelle Williams seems to be in a giant sulk in almost all of her scenes - it is as if she is in some sort of vacuum. The ultimately - albeit benignly, manipulative Julianne Moore doesn't fare that much better, though her role has more moving parts for her to work with. Both the husband and the daughter seem to behave oddly and unrealistically at significant moments and the few rare moments of anger/passion seem eerily detached. The characters are all too busy lying to themselves and each other that they forget they are lying to the audience too... Pity, had great potential.