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The Wedding Banquet

2025 · 103 min

A warm, funny, quietly aching tangle of love and obligation that keeps you smiling while your heart twists for everyone involved.

Overview: Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her partner Lee's expensive IVF. Elopement plans are upended, however, when Min's grandmother surprises them with an extravagant Korean wedding banquet.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, melancholic and light. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Family, love, identity, found family
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
love
identity
found family
parenthood
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild