Ang Lee’s 1993 traditional The Wedding ceremony Banquet is getting a Twenty first-century remake that has assembled an all-star solid. Directed by Andrew Ahn as his follow-up to the acclaimed Hearth Island, The Wedding ceremony Banquet stars Academy Award-nominee Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon), Kelly Marie Tran (Star Wars: The Final Jedi), Bowen Yang (Depraved), Han Gi-chan (The place Your Eyes Linger), Joan Chen (Twin Peaks), and Academy Award-winner Youn Yuh-jung (Minari). Following its world premiere on the Sundance Movie Pageant on Jan. 27, 2025, Bleecker Road has launched the primary official trailer for The Wedding ceremony Banquet.
Set for launch on Apr. 18, 2025, this is the official synopsis for The Wedding ceremony Banquet:
From Director Andrew Ahn comes a joyful comedy of errors a couple of chosen household navigating the disasters and delights of household expectations, queerness, and cultural identification. Angela and her companion Lee have been unfortunate with their IVF therapies, however can’t afford to pay for one more spherical. In the meantime their pal Min, the closeted scion of a multinational company empire, has loads of household cash however a soon-to-expire pupil visa. When his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris rejects his proposal, Min makes the provide to Angela as an alternative: a inexperienced card marriage in trade for funding Lee’s IVF. However their plans to quietly elope are upended when Min’s skeptical grandmother flies in from Korea unannounced, insisting on an all-out marriage ceremony extravaganza. With a pitch-perfect solid of multigenerational expertise that features Bowen Yang, Academy Award nominee Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-chan, Joan Chen, and Academy Award winner Youn Yuh-jung, this contemporary reimagining of Ang Lee’s beloved, Award-winning rom-com teems with humour and coronary heart in a poignant reminder that being a part of a household means studying to each settle for and forgive.
The Wedding ceremony Banquet is a remake of Ang Lee’s 1993 movie of the identical title, which follows bisexual Taiwanese immigrant Gao Wai-Tung (Winston Chao) as he marries a mainland Chinese language lady, Gu Wei-Wei (Could Chin), to get his inexperienced card. However when his dad and mom come to go to, Gao should conceal the reality from his companion, Simon (Mitchell Lichtenstein). The unique The Wedding ceremony Banquet gained the Golden Bear on the forty third Berlin Worldwide Movie Pageant and was nominated for Finest International-Language Movie on the 66th Academy Awards. The Wedding ceremony Banquet co-writer and frequent Ang Lee collaborator James Schamus additionally co-wrote the remake.
Early Phrase of Mouth Factors to ‘The Wedding ceremony Banquet’ Being a A lot-Wanted Rom-Com
Early phrase of mouth about The Wedding ceremony Banquet popping out of Sundance has been largely constructive. Display screen Rant‘s Mae Abdulbaki gave the film an 8 out of 10 and stated, “The Wedding ceremony Banquet is up there with a number of the finest romantic comedies in recent times. It’s touching, with sturdy themes and a largely seamless execution. The movie will make you chortle and cry in equal measure.”
Collider‘s Taylor Gates additionally rated the film 8 out of 10, saying, “The Wedding ceremony Banquet is a traditional rom-com with fashionable touches that not often ring false or really feel heavy-handed. The complete ensemble is top-notch, permitting beloved actors like Gladstone and Yang to do one thing barely completely different from their traditional fare. With common themes instructed in a particular approach and particular care to focus on the challenges and triumphs of motherhood, The Wedding ceremony Banquet will hit particularly laborious for queer and AAPI audiences however is bound to be a crowd-pleaser for all.”
Carlos Aguilar of Selection wrote, “Ahn has efficiently solid a profession making each indie productions and greater, broader fare. The Wedding ceremony Banquet matches within the latter class, however a number of the quiet introspection from his earlier work nonetheless finds its approach in right here.”
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The Wedding ceremony Banquet is being launched on Easter weekend, which appears to be like to be a really aggressive timeframe and places Ahn’s newest up towards the extremely anticipated vampire film Sinners, from director Ryan Coogler. Opening that very same weekend is the comedy Sneaks with Anthony Mackie and Martin Lawrence, in addition to Neon’s horror comedy Hell of a Summer season. Whereas romantic comedies have struggled on the field workplace, hopefully The Wedding ceremony Banquet will discover a crowd on the lookout for laughs and love heading into the summer season film season.
The Wedding ceremony Banquet
- Launch Date
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April 18, 2025
- Runtime
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102 Minutes
- Director
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Andrew Ahn
- Writers
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Andrew Ahn, James Schamus
- Producers
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James Schamus, Julie Goldstein, Daniel Bekerman, Shivani Rawat, Joe Pirro, Kent Sanderson, Anita Gou, Andrew Karpen