Rachel Getting Married Reviews

Naturalistic and expertly acted, Rachel Getting Married is a good piece of sullen, melodramatic filmmaking. It's not often that a movie features so many performers who can cry on cue, and the fact that that's the case in this film makes its emotional punch that much more effective. The rumors are true: Anne Hathaway does give an excellent performance in a role that is very different from anything she's done before. However, I'd like to remind people that Hathaway hasn't played the nice, scrappy persona in every film she's starred in. Although her screen time in Brokeback Mountain was somewhat limited, she still managed to pull off what I thought was a startling (yet seamless) character transformation, from cheery southernbelle to a bitter, unfeeling businesswoman (she is particularly great in the telephone conversation with Heath Ledger's character, towards the end of the film). She is equally great in her lead role in Rachel Getting Married; there are so many reasons that can lead the audience to blame her character, Kym, for the mistakes she's made (including an event that is way more tragic than your average drug-addict screw-up), yet at the same time, it's so easy to feel for Kym, because we see the events from her point of view, and we can sense every time she is being judged, even with something as simple as a mere skeptical glance. Of course, even with Hathaway's great work, this would not work without adept performances from the supporting members of the cast, and thankfully, that is exactly what we get from them.

The fact that the film's dramatic moments are so effective makes it a bit of a shame that some of the moments involving the logistics of the wedding drag so much. Granted, this is part of what makes Rachel Getting Married such a realistic experience at the movie theater, but there are three moments in particular that are longer than they should be. The first of these involves the toasting during the rehearsal dinner. While Kym's toast is as perfectly awkward as it should be (and of course, Hathaway is in top form in this scene), the length of the other toasts could have been trimmed. Then there's the dishwasher competition, which does conclude with a severely impacting and relevant emotional event, but takes too long to get there. Finally, they definitely went overboard with the dancing sequences after the wedding. Rachel Getting Married could have easily been 20 minutes shorter and a better film at that length.

With that being said, though, this is still a remarkably compelling dramatic piece, with a lead performance that is so far among the year's best. I'm just not as surprised by it as other people are - Hathaway has always been very good. Some extra work on the trimming done at the editing room could have made Rachel Getting Married an above-average cinematic offering, but it is still worth seeing.

I was actually very surprised at this film. It is a very dark story but has some beauty within it. It is a dark story that involves a young woman called who has been in and out of rehab for the past decade and has now returned home for her sister's wedding. I can only predict that her presence will affect the wedding and the people involved in it too. That is something that we do find out in this film of what Kym has gone through in her life and what she would like to change. It is beautiful as well because we see the beauty of weddings as always and also seeing the romance and love the couple have for each other. Kym's sister Rachel is the woman getting married to a black man called Sidney. It is a beautiful mix between two races of human. They are both so well adapted together and it shows how peaceful people can be when like that when some of the time, there are racist attacks and insults towards each other.


It is really well filmed with absolutely fantastic performances from all actors. Anne Hathaway's performance as Kym was absolutely amazing! She very much deserved her Oscar nomination which probably surprised many people but it didn't surprise me at all. Anne proves that she is the only actress who would have been good enough to portray Kym. Anne is a woman who isn't really appreciated for her films as much as she deserves to be just like Heath Ledger didn't have really until he died. After seeing her in Rachel Getting Married, I am starting to really like her as a really talented actress. Her performance in Brokeback Mountain wasn't really a breakthrough but Rachel Getting Married certainly was and in a huge way. Rosemarie DeWitt's performance as Rachel was absolutely fantastic as well. She really did bring powerful feelings towards her characters and she really showed all of the anger, heartbreak and also love for her sister Kym despite of how much damage Kym has done to the family and to herself. Rosemarie DeWitt was robbed of a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination.


Jonathan Demme hasn't directed that many films in his career. He is most famous for his Oscar winning film The Silence Of The Lambs which he earned a Best Director Oscar for. Demme always directs films that is filled with pure drama but are all in different ways. Rachel Getting Married is an underrated 2008 film just as I think Jonathan Demme's work on the film is as well.


Overall, Rachel Getting Married is a really good film that is underrated and is a film that has proved Anne Hathaway is an actress who is a force to be reckoned with. It is her best performance and probably will be for a long time. Jonathan Demme's best film is obviously The Silence Of The Lambs and I am predicting that it always will be. Rachel Getting Married is a beautifully filmed, well directed, written and produced film that I would definitely watch again at some point in the future.

Anne Hathaway should have won the Best Actress Oscar. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love Kate Winslet and thought that she was due for an Oscar…just not for The Reader.

Hathaway’s toxic, lying, manipulative over-grown demonic wild child is a performance of true grit and determination. She blasts all memory of The Princess Bride clear out of your mind. I knew from Brokeback Mountain that she could be a good dramatic actress, I just didn’t know how good she could be. This is one of the most accurate, honest portraits of a recovering addict, but a non-recovering narcissist, I have ever seen. Rosemarry DeWitt as her long-suffering sister, the Rachel of the title, should have gotten more awards recognition for her work. For all of Hathaway’s poison, DeWitt is there to counter back with reality and to call everyone’s bluff.

Jonathon Demme is a master filmmaker. Interview With the Vampire is an icy, erotic, phantasmagoric cabaret, Silence of the Lambs is a chilling neo-noir, and Beloved is messy but filled with beautiful images. His artistry isn’t involved in creating images which look like moving paintings, of which the three films I mentioned are, but in creating a documentary feel. This feels like scrapped together home movies. That is not a complaint but high praise. This feels so real and authentic that you forget it’s a scripted drama. The best and most engrossing works of art can do that to you.

Existem filmes que já nos primeiros momentos, mostram que não são só puro entretenimento. "O Casamento de Rachel" cabe muito bem nisto. Ao contrário de 'Watchmen', o filme é pura surpresa. Nada que acontece nele dá para prever. O longa retrata a visita de Kym (Anne Hathaway), vinda da reabilitação, à sua casa para o casamento de sua irmã Rachel (Rosemarie DeWitt). E em meio aos preparativos do casamento, os conflitos daquela família emergem.

Particulamente, gosto demasiadamente de filmes sobre relacionamento humano. Talvez seja por isso que "O Declínio do Império Americano" e seu seguinte "As Invasões Bárbaras" sejam filmes inesquecíveis. Nós, humanos, somos seres extremamente peculiares por mais que alguns ainda não tenham notado. E no meio de tantos filmes sobre relacionamentos, "O Casamento de Rachel" se destaca pela sua forma de narrativa nua.

As atuações são de completa importância para o filme, pois conseguem passar a veracidade necessária a fim de emocionar e, por vez, chocar o espectador. O que funcionou muito bem comigo. Com uma justa indicação ao Oscar de Melhor Atriz, Anne Hathaway faz a melhor atuação que já vi em sua carreira. Em seus momentos dramáticos, conduz muito bem as cenas e prova que mereceu a indicação. Outra maravilhora interpretação é a de Rosemarie DeWitt, que faz com competência e delicadeza a irmã de Kym, a noiva Rachel. Além de ser muitíssimo linda.

O roteiro é, lógico, a base para o desenrolar da história. Mas neste filme, ele é o palco para todas a peripécias, brincadeiras, piadas, encontros e conflitos que aparecem na fita. A direção soube muito bem mexer com os sentimentos dos personagens que, às vezes, acabam refletindo em quem está do outro lado da tela. A fotografia, ora inquieta, promove pequenos e lindos planos-sequência, e é o aspecto técnico que mais me atraiu.

Depois de ter adorado o resultado final e, incrivelmente, ter me emocionado, a única coisa que me resta escrever é: se você quer ver "O Casamento de Rachel" para puro e simples divertimento, não veja.