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SYNOPSIS
“Our marriage, their wedding.” It’s lesson number one for any newly engaged couple, and Lucia (America Ferrera) and Marcus (Lance Gross) are no exception. In Fox Searchlight Pictures’ OUR FAMILY WEDDING, they learn the hard way that the path to saying “I do” can be rife with familial strife. When they return from college and too suddenly announce their marriage plans, they soon discover that their fathers – two highly competitive over-the-top egos – can wreak a major amount of havoc on their special day.
With insults flying and tempers running high, it’s anyone’s guess if the alpha dads (Forest Whitaker and Carlos Mencia) will survive to make it down the aisle in one piece. Lucia’s mother (Diana Maria Riva) is busy planning the wedding of “her” dreams and the only levelheaded one in the bunch is Angela (Regina King), the groom’s father’s best friend and lawyer, who manages to keep her cool when the madness reaches a crescendo.
With only weeks to plan their wedding, Lucia and Marcus soon discover the true meaning of love and find there is truth to the saying – that when you marry someone, you marry their entire family.
OUR FAMILY WEDDING is directed by Rick Famuyiwa from an original screenplay written by Rick Famuyiwa, Malcolm Spellman, and Wayne Conley. The film is produced by Ed Saxon and Steven Wolfe. Linda Burton (CADILLAC RECORDS) is the production designer, the director of photography is Julio Macat (WEDDING CRASHERS) with costume designer Hope Hanafin ([500] DAYS OF SUMMER), Editor Dirk Westervelt (NOTORIOUS) and music composed by The Transcenders (“Gossip Girl”).
From a family get together on the subject of Chris Brown and Rhianna: “If you’re willing to hit a man be prepared to get or RUN!!!!” LOL
My Scandinavian-american partner says that my Italian-american family’s get-togethers are basically “8 people having 24 different simultaneous conversations, loudly”.
Your goal should be forever….in reality all goals are not obtained.
during christmas my family was watching family home videos trying to figure out who every one is
My sister -in law left the wedding with my cousins for about an hour so they could all get stoned
My cousin was underage and ended up drunk and embarrased my uncle and caused a huge scene!
The wedding was held many hundreds of miles away near Green Bay, WI & people had a difficult time finding the exact wedding location (going in “circles”, etc.)
I HAD A APRIL FOOL’S WEDDING. WITH CHAIRS BORROWED FROM A FUNERAL HOME, A FAKE 4 TIERED WEDDING CAKE AND A MINISTER WHO WAS A INSURANCE SALESMAN. WITH CHAMPAIGNE AND A TOAST THE GUESTS WERE SURPRISED WHEN TOLD “APRIL FOOL.”
I went to a wedding in 2001 and the groom was drunk, he had to be held up by his best man, and then got into an fistfight with his new brother in law that ended the marriage before the honeymoon even begun.
ONE THING ABOUT A WEDDING IS THAT IT BRINGS TOGETHER FAMILY, FRIENDS AND OF COURSE DRUNKS.
My Mexican-American fiance’s family will meet my Taiwanese family for the very first time on our wedding day this summer! Menudo or chicken feet? Anyone??
I went to my cousin’s wedding. It brought together many family members that I rarely see, including my cousin’s divorced parents who had to be seated far apart. But that wasn’t the best part. The bride lost her engagement ring while getting ready and everyone was scrambling to find it!
I knew someone who married on October 31st, Halloween. She said she wanted to get married in October and that was the only date available. She said that all of the spooks and vampires were invited.
I got married recently and its a lot of fun.
Weddings are a blessing but can sometimes bring out the worst in people!
A quirky moment for me was on my very own wedding day 11 years ago to my wonderful…and crazy husband Josh. Okay so you know the part in the wedding when the groom takes the brides gader to toss to the guests…well my husband wanted to take mine off in a very sexy-like manner. I felt very uncomfortable and awkward because I come from a very religious and conservative family and all eyes…from my side of the family were on me!!! I know they were thinking, “Would she allow him to do this to her in public??” I’m happy to say that I went along with it but at the end of it all I got a 30 minute lecture from my mother and grandmother on how inappropriate that was!! : ( But I had the best wedding party and I wouldnt change a thing from that day! I still love you mom!!!
YIELD TO ME.
I am looking forward to seeing this movie because I myself am anticipating marriage and I can relate in many ways to this movie. My fiance and I have very different families and are from different backgrounds. (that in itself is a learning experience) I also love the groom in this movie he is a great actor and very attractive lol.
At my sister’s wedding, her fiance was late for the ceremony because he was at a strip club, they didn’t end up getting married.
The bride and her mates were late which was bad enough. But we expected them to show up in a cab and instead showed up in a stretch navigator.
My aunt and uncle’s wedding – all the groomsmen went to a strip joint in-between the church and the reception so we couldn’t be announced my aunt was livid! plus the limo broke down and they were all drunk by the time they showed up
wow.. love only lasts in the beginning, a preacher accidently quoted that.
Before my sister’s wedding it was a mad house. I was only a teenager and she asked me to be her maid of honor. I knew nothing of the responsibilities. I was surprised she did not ask her best friend. But I luckily had very little responsibility except to help when she needed me and to hold onto the hair pins. Luckily the ceremony went without a hitch. Years later, I wish the marriage had gone on without a hitch.
love is forever!!!
A few years ago, I was in a good Friends wedding. Everything was beautiful and seem to be going on time until the bride was notified that her parents’ driver was lost. My friend was a total wreck. And her parents made it to the church two hours late!!! So much for being on time!
It’s not natural to not have partner.
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute.
My aunts children who are pranksfters changed the cake color from blue and white(actual color scheme) to red and white. After seeing it, my aunt was livid. The actual cake was in the kitchen area! Im glad they are still alive!
I went to a party where the bride and groom just left to go to a club while the guests party without them.
church!!!
being in a wedding really is a experience to behold clothing made hair done practice makes for a perfect wedding especially if you’re member or the mother of one those wedding party wondering wants going on with you in the wedding will you ever be finished or maybe it could of been all done at home!
My friend had a very small wedding ceremony which was held in a conference-type room at a hotel. Unbeknownst to the guests, there was no music to be played when the bride walked “down the aisle”. As the bride strolled towards her groom, she started to hum the ‘Wedding March” and asked the guests to do the same and join in! Yikes!!!!
Did you live in Cambridge?
On my wedding day I was a translator for a spanish speaking couple. Judge O’Malley gave me two chances to say NO ,so needless to say I said YES. Many moons later I still wonder if that couple is still together.
Who would have anticipated that an African American guy I went to prom with 10 years ago.. and hadnt seen in 10 years till this year, would be the love of my, a Mexican girl, life and who I’d want to marry?? This movie has PERFECT timing!
A quirky moment would be when my boyfriend who was at the best man at his cousin’s wedding was so nervous during the speech, he said congrats to the Bride and the Broom.
They was throwning potato chips instead of rice..
When my brother got married, both of his two ex-wives came and it caused a bit of a stir because his biggest wedding was with his new bride. Nothing happened, but it was very awkward for most of the reception.
I saw a big fight between the bride and her brother’s friend once. Very awkward.
once there was a loud argument from another wedding reception at the same place as mine. It got very quiet and all attention was on them
Wardrobe Malfunction!
Seeing a family friend removed for buying drinks for underage!
THE BRIDE MOONED THE GROOM!
My sisters ex-boyfriend, a friend of her husband, was invited to their wedding. At the reception he asked my sisters now husband to ask my sister if it was okay if he asked out my other sister.
Love means never having to say you’re sorry!
An awkward moment at a family wedding was when wedding crashers arrived at the church and expressed how they felt about the bride not a good look for grooms ex-girl for crashing
the last wedding I went to was my cousins. It was a great wedding, set in a old country mansion down in Texas. Had plenty of fun and a great time. The only mishap I think that happened was that they didn’t plan on enough food for everyone afterwards. Lots of hungry people. My favorite thing was the morning of the wedding I met the preacher at the hotel. I was standing in the breakfast line and a man dressed in full Harley Davidson motorcycle gear introduced himself as the preacher. Yes that is right the preacher came on a Harley , full beard and riding a hog. He did wear a suit for the wedding thank goodness . But, I had a hard time believing him when he told me who he was. Sure enough he did a great job .
The worst part of weddings is being in one. I was a matron of honor and the bride drove me nuts. She was so cheap and didn’t buy us any gifts. Plus she went to MAC and got her makeup done the day before for free, slept on it, and wore the same makeup to her wedding. It was caked-on and gross.
Someone brought a blow up doll as their guest as a joke
Went to a wedding once outdoors. By a golf course. It was being filmed. People were swearing loudly on the golf course. Of course, it got on the wedding tape.
I once went to a wedding where apparently the bride had slept with the best man. During the ceremony, the best man ended up objecting to their marriage. Them two actually ended up getting married that day. It was actually quite sad because the groom had paid for everything.