If you enter with the intention to get down on the level of Destination Wedding's debased sewer-bile dialogue you will be rewarded with a deranged symphony of laughter. As it stands, the best measure available to judge its appeal before watching is this: how much do you love Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves? Even in a genre that allows wordiness, however, the dialogue is overwritten.
Reeves and Ryder too often sound like waspish columnists quoting their stuff at each other. On-screen chemistry between two magnetic leads can overcome a lot in a film, but it can't mask questionable screenwriting.
A sort of anti-romantic comedy, Destination Wedding is a snide, well written independent comedy with Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder as Frank and Lindsay, two strangers who meet on their way to a wedding in California's wine region.
A missed opportunity. The two leads are anchored by a script which skirts so close to being informed and interesting, but ends up like an overheard conversation between two people who should definitely not be together.
There's something that undeniably works about Destination Wedding and much of that praise must fall at the door of Reeves and Ryder. My Movies. Confirm current pricing with applicable retailer. All transactions subject to applicable license terms and conditions. Screen Pass. The smart, witty, intimate modern romance Destination Wedding reunites two of cinema's most adored stars, Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder, as the socially awkward Frank and Lindsay.
When they meet on the way to a destination wedding, they soon discover they have a lot in common: they both hate the bride, the groom, the wedding, themselves, and most especially each other.
As the weekend's events continually force them together --and their cheerlessness immediately isolates them from the other guests - Frank and Lindsay find that if you verbally spar with someone long enough, anything can happen. When debate gives way to desire, they must decide which is stronger: their hearts or their common sense. Director :. Victor Levin. Producer :. Winona Ryder , Keanu Reeves. Critics Consensus: Destination Wedding reunites Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder for a sour comedy whose initially promising misanthropic twist overpowers the chemistry of its leads.
Previous VultureHound. August 28, Review Film Review. July 1, Dare Daniel. May 26, Curtsies and Hand Grenades. Levin's scripting is stuffed full of movement but the direction itself is distinctly static - it could easily have a second life as a play - and he does have a tendency to repeat his set ups, so we see the pair struggling with peanuts, chocolate and wine in much the same way, for example.
But while not particularly visually inventive, the director has a keen eye for the casually absurd, so that every setting he puts his characters in comes with just the right amount of daftness. Destination Wedding is most likely to appeal to older fans, who'll enjoy the fact Ryder and Reeves are clearly having a whale of a time, and those who are sick of the more saccharine output of mainstream Hollywood.
You long for them to live grumpily ever after. Starring: Keanu Reeves , Winona Ryder.
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