Review of After the Wedding (2019) by Mick Lasalle for San Francisco Chronicle — 13 Aug 2019
There’s a Danish film called “After the Wedding” which was released here in 2007 and nominated for the foreign film Oscar. It didn’t win — it had the bad luck to be nominated against “The Lives of Others,” which was even better.
But it’s a great film. The new After the Wedding is the American remake, and it’s fascinating. That is, it’s fascinating in that it’s not even close to great, despite using the same scenario. Indeed, it would be a real lesson in filmmaking to watch both movies back to back, just to see how to do things and how not to do things.
And, just to clarify, the new After the Wedding would be in the “how not to do things” category.
You can read the full review where it was originally posted online.
This review of After the Wedding (2019) was written by Mick Lasalle and published by San Francisco Chronicle on 13 Aug 2019.
After the Wedding has generally received mixed reviews.
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