- A comedy about two Italian families from different sides of the tracks. What can go wrong does go wrong in this comedy about an Italian-American wedding.
- "Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding" is the story of childhood sweethearts who decide the next coolest thing to do after high school is to get married, but can Tony and Tina's marriage survive their wedding day? Tina faces "the happiest day of her life" with two dysfunctional families fighting over control of her wedding and marriage. Tony is trying to "keep the lid on it" and escape the day with his wife still married to him.—Tony Travis/Producer
- For the first few minutes, everything is shown from either the point of view of either Tony or Tina. The setting is in or near New York City. One sign says "Massapequa". Both families are from Queens.
Then outside the church is the blue-haired filmmaker Raphael. Well, the part that hangs down in his face is blue. He is in charge of making a film about the wedding, and finally Tina and Tony get out of their cars. Inside the church and for the rest of the movie, the viewer apparently sees the point of view of one of the multiple cameras.
Barry is best man and he wishes he could take drugs to get through this terrible experience (but he's not allowed). He is having a baby with maid of honor Connie, who nevertheless continues to smoke and drink.
Tony's father is now with Maddy, a woman who looks like a hooker. This is understandable as he runs the respectable (his word) strip club Animal Kingdom. Dad was apparently molested by a priest as a boy and still has hostility toward priests (he hits one) and the church.
Tina's mom is described as Morticia. She is kind of scary looking but the Addams wife (Carolyn Jones' version, anyway) was prettier and nicer. Mom is demanding and unpleasant and constantly reminds us Vito died putting up Christmas decorations. It's not clear whether Vito was Tina's father.
Inside the church one of the female guests is crying like this is a funeral. Really crying. This is apparently a Catholic church. Father Mark, the priest conducting the ceremony, is black, which wouldn't mean anything except he behaves in the style of a black preacher and refers to the crazy white people. When he asks if anyone objects Michael, Tina's ex, tries to answer but is silenced. Michael showed up late and is there to make trouble but he's too much of a wimp to have any success, either at the ceremony or later. The priest is asked to finish up quickly because Tina is not feeling so good, so he skips Mass, explaining that it is hot and the church has no air conditioning.
And it's off to the reception at Vinnie's Coliseum. Vinnie is a standup comic. He based the place on the movie "Spartacus" and has gladiators as waiters. The women who work there have on some kind of sexy outfit. There are also statues which are blurred when the movie is edited for TV. Maybe anatomically correct statues.
The reception has the usual comic moments and some very unusual misadventures.
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By what name was Tony & Tina's Wedding (2004) officially released in Canada in English?
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