SummaryEngland, 1932. Today is the wedding day of Dolly Thatcham, and her family is arriving at the manor house with all the cheerfulness, chaos and grievances that bubble to the surface at such gatherings. Trouble soon appears in the shape of Joseph, Dolly's lover from the previous summer, who throws her feelings into turmoil. Dolly's mother will not a... Read More
Directed By:Donald Rice
Written By:Mary Henely-Magill, Donald Rice, Julia Strachey
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
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Dec 4, 2012
80
Rice's style is pitched somewhere between Merchant Ivory and Wes Anderson, favoring shots of sad, pretty people looking bereft in elaborately elegant rooms. But it's Jones and Treadaway, both seething volcanoes trapped behind artfully pallid faces, who turn what could've been a candy-coated comedy of manners into a complex, melancholic farce.
Dec 5, 2012
67
Without a source as rich as Jane Austen to draw on, Cheerful Weather feels incomplete, caroming off previous stories without forging its own way.
Dec 6, 2012
60
With costumes taking precedence over character, the movie ultimately seems more concerned with atmosphere than action.
Dec 13, 2012
50
There is one bright spot. Ellie Kendrick plays Dolly's silly, breathlessly romantic little sister, Kitty.
Dec 4, 2012
50
A costumer that's well named for being pleasant and conventional but little more.
Dec 17, 2012
40
Buckling under the influence of Downton Abbey, Rice apes its style but none of the substance to create an amiable study of posh hypocrisy without any real satire or social feeling.
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Jul 29, 2014
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I love action films, but I also love to slow down sometimes and watch a film like "Cheerful weather for the wedding", where all the characters are impossibly hilarious or ridiculous or both. Films where the main character is lovable, however, somewhat strange and disconnected. I loved the scenes with the little boy and the old man, I laughed every time. To me, those kinds of films are what the Brits do best, or one of the things that they do **** guns, no action, but pure humour and family drama with interactions between the characters that bring to mind some of the memories from my own childhood. Beautiful and riveting both story and characters. T.
Production Company:
- Cheerful Weather
- Goldcrest Pictures
- Yellow Knife
Release Date:Dec 7, 2012
Duration:1 h 33 m
Rating:PG
