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A Very Sordid Wedding

2017 · 109 min

A broad, affectionate small-town comedy where big personalities bicker and reconcile, leaving you smiling at its warmth and cheek.

Directed by
Del Shores
Genres
Comedy
Tagline
Marriage. Family. Equality. Texas
Overview
Del Shores' follow-up to "Sordid Lives" revisits Winters, Texas for a showdown between the gradually liberalizing locals and the new fundamentalist preacher in the wake of the Supreme Court's marriage equality decision.

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Directed by
Del Shores
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • campystrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • love
  • faith
  • loyalty
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
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Starring
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Cinematography
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