The Big Wedding
Lionsgate | Release Date: April 26, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
28
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
12
Negative:
18
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
55
Film.comLaremy LegelApr 25, 2013
The rare example of a film that had to have been a tonal mystery to everyone involved for the entire process of scripting, shooting, and editing. The lingering issue? They never managed to crack the case. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia PuigApr 28, 2013
Forced, formulaic and never believable. It's a particularly unholy combination. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenApr 25, 2013
It’s just such a shining example of a dull studio comedy. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyApr 25, 2013
The fact that the three actors who do most of the fooling around — Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton and Susan Sarandon — have a combined age of 202 pegs this as a sex romp for the Viagra crowd. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaApr 25, 2013
No one is bad in The Big Wedding, but no one is remotely believable, either. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleApr 25, 2013
Most of this huge-cast extravaganza is a botched farce. When that doesn't work, it turns sentimental. The presence of liked and familiar actors helps make it watchable, but there is no disguising that this is a weak, badly constructed comedy. At least it's short.
50
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsApr 25, 2013
The movie's own brand of charm has its subset of smarm. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperApr 24, 2013
There’s not a bad performance in this movie. De Niro, Keaton and Sarandon are particularly good, what a surprise. But it feels as if all the guests at “The Big Wedding” are wearing ID tags telling us their one Plot Point. Read full review
40
EmpireHelen O'HaraMay 27, 2013
Ben Barnes as a Colombian? Really? Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriApr 28, 2013
The Big Wedding isn’t terrible. De Niro is actually pretty good here — the script gives him plenty of raunchy one-liners, and, while they’re mostly lame, he delivers with conviction, which counts for something nowadays. Read full review
40
VarietyPeter DebrugeApr 25, 2013
The film isn’t so much funny as it is merely amusing — a laundry list of inappropriate and potentially embarrassing moments that strive mightily, but never quite manage to land the laugh. Read full review
40
NPRKeith PhippsApr 25, 2013
Zackham's film feels as plastic as a cake topper — and just as hard to digest. Read full review
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