Summary: My Big Fat Jewish Wedding
This is quite an entertaining little film, very much in the
vein of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding'. Like that hit movie, it deals with family and cultural expectations when it comes to marriage.
Summer Phoenix stars as Suzie Gold, a true romantic who wants to marry for love rather than prestige.
I laughed a lot
at the start of the film. A fine ensemble cast includes Miriam Karlin, Frances Barber and Stanley Townsend.
What lets
the film down, in my opinion, is the total lack of chemistry between Ms Phoenix and Leo Gregory as Darren, the love of Suzie's
life. You just don't believe that these two are crazy about each other which is a shame as it's otherwise quite fun.
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