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The perfect weekend for a wedding… but the storm is coming.
A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
Rachel Getting Married
2008 Directed by Jonathan Demme
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Anne Hathaway Rosemarie DeWitt Sebastian Stan Roslyn Ruff Bill Irwin Anna Deavere Smith Debra Winger Annaleigh Ashford Mather Zickel Tunde Adebimpe Zafer Tawil Tamyra Gray Anisa George Marin Ireland Beau Sia Victoria Haynes Quincy Tyler Bernstine Darrell Larson Michelle Federer Matt Stadelmann Paul Sparks Jill Dalton Big Jim Wheeler Tiffany Little Canfield DeQuina Moore Andre B. Blake Jerome Le Page Van Hughes Robert Merrill Show All…
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Jonathan Demme Marc Platt Ilona Herzberg Carol Cuddy H.H. Cooper Neda Armian Innbo Shim Alyssa St. Vincent Emily Woodburne Elizabeth Hayes
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O casamento de Rachel, Rachel sta per sposarsi, Rachel se marie, Rachel esküvője, 레이첼, 결혼하다
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Felt myself choking up during the sad parts of this movie. Felt myself choking up during the joyous parts of this movie. That's the Jonathan Demme experience. His films have such vibrancy and warmth.
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hating anne hathaway? never felt that, never experienced that emotion
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god this movie is good. If you can’t give it up for Anne Hathaway or Rosemarie Dewitt or Bill Irwin in this- what DO you want from an actor? This is what good acting is. what Anne Hathaway has to do is SO so tricky and could so easily veer into a different tonal territory at any second- but somehow never does- it’s so electric to watch
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This is a movie I love very dearly. It is also listed on Letterboxd as the favorite film of my friend and biggest fan, Hunter Lurie, who sadly passed away on July 3rd at the too-young age of 27. I wanted to commemorate him here because he was a frequent presence and contributor to Letterboxd. Hunter loved, loved, LOVED movies. Maybe you will take the time to read some of the things he has written here. R.I.P. Hunter - PH
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I picked this movie at random from my Letterboxd.com watchlist Tuesday without anticipating the overlap in my own life.
2020, this month, and this week in particular brought a whole pot of discord in my family to a full boil. And recent circumstances made me feel so much more for Kym than I might’ve in normal times. She is the logical conclusion of fatalistic narratives handed down to her that calcified into her whole identity.
The part that makes this movie so good at being so sad is the contrast in the shadow of death Kym carries with her with the genuine life at Rachel’s wedding. Unfortunate 2008 cultural appropriation aside, that wedding ruled. I have no clue how Demme…
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demme does dogma / anne hathaway under the influence / i had to pause this halfway thru cause it gave me a panic attack and made me cry a lot / but also it made me feel good in a way only demme can / every movie should have a dishwasher-loading competition scene
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i never cry during movies, but i have to say that the scene where Rachel is bathing Kym made me tear up. it’s very short and subtle, but so powerful!!!
and Anne Hathaway is pretty much perfection at portraying what it’s like to feel like the black sheep of the family; a pariah, if you will. the way she depicts the process of backsliding felt too real, it was kind of triggering😭but marvelous nonetheless.
if you have mentally ill friends and/or family, pls show them you care about them even if they constantly fuck up ;-;
Jonathan Demme i miss u <3
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Ebertfest inherently heightens emotions by being a celebration of its namesake but I still wasn’t ready for how much Rachel Getting Married absolutely wrecked me. Thought of Roger, Jonathan, my kids, my parents - it’s such a beautiful, powerful film. One of my faves.
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