Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
positive
2(6%)
mixed
12(38%)
negative
18(56%)
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Apr 26, 2013
75
The movie, in its basic concept, is corny and contrived, but as written and directed by Justin Zackham, it's executed in a pleasantly wry and understated fashion.
Apr 25, 2013
63
Coarse, crude but often cute, The Big Wedding serves up the spectacle of its title, and the bigger spectacle of four AARP-eligible Oscar winners cursing like sailors.
Apr 25, 2013
55
The rare example of a film that had to have been a tonal mystery to everyone involved for the entire process of scripting, shooting, and editing. The lingering issue? They never managed to crack the case.
Apr 24, 2013
50
There’s not a bad performance in this movie. De Niro, Keaton and Sarandon are particularly good, what a surprise. But it feels as if all the guests at “The Big Wedding” are wearing ID tags telling us their one Plot Point.
Apr 25, 2013
50
Most of this huge-cast extravaganza is a botched farce. When that doesn't work, it turns sentimental. The presence of liked and familiar actors helps make it watchable, but there is no disguising that this is a weak, badly constructed comedy. At least it's short.
Apr 25, 2013
50
No one is bad in The Big Wedding, but no one is remotely believable, either.
Apr 25, 2013
50
The fact that the three actors who do most of the fooling around — Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton and Susan Sarandon — have a combined age of 202 pegs this as a sex romp for the Viagra crowd.
Apr 25, 2013
50
It’s just such a shining example of a dull studio comedy.
Apr 28, 2013
50
Forced, formulaic and never believable. It's a particularly unholy combination.
