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Rachel Getting Married

2008 · 113 min

A raw, emotionally charged family gathering where joy and old wounds collide, leaving you drained but moved.

Tagline
The perfect weekend for a wedding… but the storm is coming.
Overview
A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
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  • Netflix
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • guilt
  • addiction
  • family
  • redemption
Places
  • single country house
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour4
Realism9
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Jonathan Demme
Written by
Jenny Lumet
Starring
Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin, Debra Winger, Tunde Adebimpe, Mather Zickel, Anna Deavere Smith, Anisa George
Music
Zafer Tawil, Donald Harrison Jr.
Cinematography
Declan Quinn
Runtime
113 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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