The Wedding Banquet (2025, D: Ahn) S: Tran, Yang, Gladstone, Gi-Chan, Chen
01-28-25 | 01:16 PM
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The Wedding Banquet (2025, D: Ahn) S: Tran, Yang, Gladstone, Gi-Chan, Chen
Only in Theaters April 18
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From Director Andrew Ahn comes a joyful comedy of errors about a chosen family navigating the disasters and delights of family expectations, queerness, and cultural identity. Angela and her partner Lee have been unlucky with their IVF treatments, but can’t afford to pay for another round. Meanwhile their friend Min, the closeted scion of a multinational corporate empire, has plenty of family money but a soon-to-expire student visa. When his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris rejects his proposal, Min makes the offer to Angela instead: a green card marriage in exchange for funding Lee’s IVF. But their plans to quietly elope are upended when Min’s skeptical grandmother flies in from Korea unannounced, insisting on an all-out wedding extravaganza. With a pitch-perfect cast of multigenerational talent that includes Bowen Yang, Academy Award nominee Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-chan, Joan Chen, and Academy Award winner Youn Yuh-jung, this fresh reimagining of Ang Lee’s beloved, Award-winning rom-com teems with humour and heart in a poignant reminder that being part of a family means learning to both accept and forgive.
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From Director Andrew Ahn comes a joyful comedy of errors about a chosen family navigating the disasters and delights of family expectations, queerness, and cultural identity. Angela and her partner Lee have been unlucky with their IVF treatments, but can’t afford to pay for another round. Meanwhile their friend Min, the closeted scion of a multinational corporate empire, has plenty of family money but a soon-to-expire student visa. When his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris rejects his proposal, Min makes the offer to Angela instead: a green card marriage in exchange for funding Lee’s IVF. But their plans to quietly elope are upended when Min’s skeptical grandmother flies in from Korea unannounced, insisting on an all-out wedding extravaganza. With a pitch-perfect cast of multigenerational talent that includes Bowen Yang, Academy Award nominee Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-chan, Joan Chen, and Academy Award winner Youn Yuh-jung, this fresh reimagining of Ang Lee’s beloved, Award-winning rom-com teems with humour and heart in a poignant reminder that being part of a family means learning to both accept and forgive.
01-28-25 | 01:23 PM
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Re: The Wedding Banquet (2025, D: Ahn) S: Tran, Yang, Gladstone, Gi-Chan, Chen
So a remake/re-imagining of the 1993 film?.
01-28-25 | 01:26 PM
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01-28-25 | 02:05 PM
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01-28-25 | 02:32 PM
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04-26-25 | 12:44 PM
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Re: The Wedding Banquet (2025, D: Ahn) S: Tran, Yang, Gladstone, Gi-Chan, Chen
Saw this yesterday. It was okay. Not as funny as the trailers made it look. Had some good scenes and some boring and not well acted scenes.
04-26-25 | 01:30 PM
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Looked like a community theater remake of the original
04-26-25 | 02:57 PM
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Coming to Paramount + Mon Sept 8, 2025
09-22-25 | 12:33 PM
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Re: The Wedding Banquet (2025, D: Ahn) S: Tran, Yang, Gladstone, Gi-Chan, Chen
I watched it on P+ and liked it. I found it funny and touching but don’t remember the original, which I saw many years ago. I didn’t realize the lead was Rose Tico. 
I don’t watch SNL so only know Yang from Wicked. I thought he was fine.
I don’t watch SNL so only know Yang from Wicked. I thought he was fine.
11-12-25 | 09:52 PM
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Re: The Wedding Banquet (2025, D: Ahn) S: Tran, Yang, Gladstone, Gi-Chan, Chen
This was not bad and Yang was not over the top like he is on SNL and not going all out on the comedy and maybe change some opinions on him.
Nice to see Lily Gladstone and the grandma from Parasite was excellent.
I did not know the lead was Kelly Marie Tran from the Star Wars movies and she was pretty good.
Worth a watch.
Nice to see Lily Gladstone and the grandma from Parasite was excellent.
I did not know the lead was Kelly Marie Tran from the Star Wars movies and she was pretty good.
Worth a watch.
