Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
IFC Films | Release Date: December 7, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1
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80
Time OutJenna SchererDec 4, 2012
Rice's style is pitched somewhere between Merchant Ivory and Wes Anderson, favoring shots of sad, pretty people looking bereft in elaborately elegant rooms. But it's Jones and Treadaway, both seething volcanoes trapped behind artfully pallid faces, who turn what could've been a candy-coated comedy of manners into a complex, melancholic farce. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeDec 4, 2012
A sustained balancing act between dry upper-crust cynicism and pent-up passions, Donald Rice's Cheerful Weather for the Wedding maintains its uneasy stasis long enough to frustrate some romance-hungry viewers while tantalizing those for whom withheld pleasure is the whole point. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubSam AdamsDec 5, 2012
Without a source as rich as Jane Austen to draw on, Cheerful Weather feels incomplete, caroming off previous stories without forging its own way. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenDec 14, 2012
There isn't much of anything here that hasn't been done elsewhere, but as the film rolls merrily along it reminds why wedding comedies are such ripe targets. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanDec 6, 2012
With costumes taking precedence over character, the movie ultimately seems more concerned with atmosphere than action. Read full review
55
NPRIan BuckwalterDec 7, 2012
The comic relief, an attempt to buoy the sinking feeling of Dolly and Joseph's difficulties, steals away the emotional weight of their story. The dominance of the madcap side of the film's split personality lays an airy veneer over Dolly and Joseph's woes, making them seem inconsequential - as unsubstantial as an observation about wedding-day weather. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley MorrisDec 13, 2012
There is one bright spot. Ellie Kendrick plays Dolly's silly, breathlessly romantic little sister, Kitty. Read full review
50
VarietyRob NelsonDec 4, 2012
A costumer that's well named for being pleasant and conventional but little more. Read full review
50
Village VoiceErnest HardyDec 4, 2012
The costumes are gorgeous, and the settings are plush, but the acting is merely serviceable, and the film lacks either the wit or the energy of its predecessors. Long before it ends, you find yourself indifferent to the fate of the mismatched lovebirds or anyone else in the tale. Read full review
42
The PlaylistCory EverettDec 6, 2012
The film may help "Downton Abbey" fanatics looking to kill a little time in that era but holds little cinematic appeal for the rest of us. Read full review
40
Total FilmSimon KinnearDec 17, 2012
Buckling under the influence of Downton Abbey, Rice apes its style but none of the substance to create an amiable study of posh hypocrisy without any real satire or social feeling. Read full review
40
The New York TimesStephen HoldenDec 6, 2012
If the movie had more courage, it would lay waste these people as hilariously as Robert Altman's film "A Wedding." But as its bad vibes accumulate, Cheerful Weather exhibits all the energy of a disgruntled wedding guest muttering complaints under his breath. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineThomas HachardDec 6, 2012
The Donald Rice film suffers most from an excessively blunt approach. Read full review
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