Dunham16
Laz Alonso and Paula Patton fall in love in New York. Their parents have not been introduced at the time they meet for their kids' wedding. Loretta Devine takes public transportation to a modest job in New York from a modest apartment. She is a widow now relying on her friends once a man who could be her brother or brother in law and her son seem to prefer to remain distant.Angela Bassett uses inherited family money to own a manor estate on Martha's Vinyard jointly with her husband and to formally sequester the remainder of her private, personal wealth from her husband. She tries to keep her distance from her husband, a female member of the family who could be her sister or sister in law and her stepdaughter. Their personal issues will play out on the wedding weekend as well as whatever personal issues the kids have accepting their most human in laws. A brilliantly cast, written and executed film the stories play out in a way which makes the audience recall times in their lives they went through one of the issues of the fictitious storyboard.
erykah8402
positive black movie! shout out to the Pastor Jakes, excellent work!!! Only the craziest person on earth could not care for this film. There were a lot of pointers to live by. Its been a very long time that I could watch an movie an agree with all of the messages given an laugh at the same time.Mike Epps kept me laughing to pieces!! he is a very funny man an every actor played a role that suits them all so well. From watching the movie, I can tell that this was carefully written an film oppose to these other rush films out in Hollywoo lately.Im running to get this movie in my collection... Im in shocked it took me so long to finally see it, but better late than never!
MLDinTN
both families don't get along. The movie was OK but nothing original. Sabrina and Jason are getting married in swanky Martha's Vineyard, and they are about to meet each other's families for the first time. Sabrina's family is rich and throwing the wedding of the year. Jason's mom, Mrs. Taylor, is a tough talking postal worker, whom brings her friend, his uncle and his cousin to the wedding. Needless to say, their lifestyle is completely different from the Watson's. From the beginning, Mrs. Taylor is at odds with Sabrina and her mom and flies off the handle at the littlest of things. She finds it offensive they want her recipes, they sent a driver to pick them up, Sabrina wants her to wear a dress she bought, they don't want to jump the broom, etc... pretty much everything. And Sabrina's mom doesn't think Mrs. Taylor is sophisticated enough. The two families arguing soon leads to Sabrina and Jason arguing. Then Mrs. Taylor over hears a family secret and just has to tell the hurtful secret to Sabrina. But will they still get married? FINAL VERDICT: I say just watch it if you like wedding movies.
deeglory56
I am sorry I did not see in the theater. Yes, it covers a lot of common issues, but with a different slant. This to me was different than the movie "Our Family Wedding" because it dealt with black culture from a totally different nationality wedding tradition. This movie deals with culture within a culture. In this day and age so much is available to us with just a key stroke, it is difficult not to touch on what is familiar. We are in an information age so much is not surprising these days. I don't think we have seen many movies who deal with issues about black mothers and how they treat their sons as this one has. Also the touch on jumping the broom and where the tradition came from and what it represented was addressed also and needed for those who don't know. Kind of reminds us that we don't have to throw the baby out with the bath water so to speak. We can include our traditions along with adding changes. Most of all don't give your cookies away to any and everybody! I say this is a good product. Kudos to the producers, directors, cast and crew... thanks for a job done well.
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