Article: woman on the edge ; Anne Hathaway takes the cake in tedious 'Rachel Getting Married'

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 ...

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