Galt Nietherfoffer wrote the novel in which this film is based and directed her own adaptation. Not having read the book, it is hard to make a more objective comparison. It is another wedding picture, but in spite of its subject, the screen treatment does not break any new ground. We are sure that the the creators started with another movie in their minds.
We are taken to a Northern Long Island location where old moneyed types live, quite a contrast from the flashier Hamptons. Lila Hayes is getting married to Tom. The two families have gathered for the wedding rehearsal and the obligatory dinner. Laura Rosen, who is the maid of honor, has a reason for being uncomfortable, she is in love with the bridegroom. Lila, a callous young woman, knows all about it, but she is going ahead with her plans to be a bride the following day.
After dinner, the wedding party decides to keep celebrating at the beach. A lot of alcohol is consumed and Tom and Laura rehash their differences, for Tom realizes the kind of life he is to expect to live with Lila, a woman he obviously does not love. After all the awkward comments from all the so-called friends, we cannot help but wonder: will Tom marry Lila, or will he not? Well, do not expect fireworks to go off any time soon.
The miscasting of Anna Paquin derails the film. This is a film that fall between "My Best Friend's Wedding" and "Rachel Getting Married", this last one kept popping into our mind at the time of the rehearsal dinner toasts. Kathy Holmes has done better. All the male roles are so uninteresting one wonders why were they included. The ultimate problem lies on the fact that we do not connect to this wedding as we should have.
We are taken to a Northern Long Island location where old moneyed types live, quite a contrast from the flashier Hamptons. Lila Hayes is getting married to Tom. The two families have gathered for the wedding rehearsal and the obligatory dinner. Laura Rosen, who is the maid of honor, has a reason for being uncomfortable, she is in love with the bridegroom. Lila, a callous young woman, knows all about it, but she is going ahead with her plans to be a bride the following day.
After dinner, the wedding party decides to keep celebrating at the beach. A lot of alcohol is consumed and Tom and Laura rehash their differences, for Tom realizes the kind of life he is to expect to live with Lila, a woman he obviously does not love. After all the awkward comments from all the so-called friends, we cannot help but wonder: will Tom marry Lila, or will he not? Well, do not expect fireworks to go off any time soon.
The miscasting of Anna Paquin derails the film. This is a film that fall between "My Best Friend's Wedding" and "Rachel Getting Married", this last one kept popping into our mind at the time of the rehearsal dinner toasts. Kathy Holmes has done better. All the male roles are so uninteresting one wonders why were they included. The ultimate problem lies on the fact that we do not connect to this wedding as we should have.