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Article: woman on the edge ; Anne Hathaway takes the cake in tedious 'Rachel Getting Married'
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- October 10, 2008
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Movie review
Who wouldn't want to attend a wedding with the likes of Anne
Hathaway, Anna Deavere Smith and the normally reclusive Debra Winger
on the guest list?
Even better, you don't need to wear a tux or a tie, and $10 will
suffice as a gift.
But don't go expecting a rip-roaring time, because seeing "Rachel
Getting Married" is the epitome of the wedding from hell.
Why? For one thing, the bride is a self-righteous twit, the groom
a nonentity and the maid of honor a recovering addict with a nasty
habit of picking contrived arguments with her dysfunctional family.
It's like "Wedding Crashers" on barbiturates, as caterer Jonathan
Demme dampens the reception by serving nothing but unrelenting ...