{"id":4943,"date":"2016-12-07T16:31:26","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T21:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4943"},"modified":"2026-04-10T10:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:14:15","slug":"a-wedding-1978","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4943","title":{"rendered":"A Wedding-1978"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Wedding-1978<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Robert Altman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Desi Arnaz, Jr., Carol Burnett, Geraldine Chapman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #539<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed December 17, 2016<\/p>\n

Grade: A<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Wedding (1978) is an obscure, brilliant gem penned and directed by Robert Altman, a film genius and one of my most adored directors.<\/p>\n

I love most of his movies, and A Wedding is no exception. The creative way that Altman weaves intersecting storylines and dialogue, thereby creating a real-life tone, gives immense realism to his films.<\/p>\n

In A Wedding, he takes a basic life event and turns it into a well-nuanced, fascinating, comical, yet dramatic story.<\/p>\n

He is known for having enormous casts (in A Wedding, there are 48 principals!), but every character serves a purpose.<\/p>\n

The viewer will feel like a fly on the wall at a real wedding.<\/p>\n

Altman’s actors primarily improvise their dialogue, speaking at the same time, which lends a realistic edge. I adore this quality.<\/p>\n

The film is a satire- people either love or loathe attending weddings, and Altman’s film caters to the latter. He creates a setting, from the ceremony to the reception, riddled with awkward moments and social gaffes.<\/p>\n

In pure satirical soap-opera fashion, two wealthy families gather at a lavish estate for the ceremony to begin. Hilarity ensues when the corpse of the matriarch of one family lies in her bed, nobody realizing she is dead.<\/p>\n

Other hi-jinks, such as the revelation of a nude, life-size portrait of the bride, the caterer falling ill, and a tornado wreaking havoc.<\/p>\n

Slowly, the families reveal secrets as alcohol flows and the characters become entangled in perilous situations.<\/p>\n

Altman does it again, creating a masterpiece based on real-life situations most can relate to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Wedding-1978 Director Robert Altman Starring Desi Arnaz, Jr., Carol Burnett, Geraldine Chapman Scott’s Review #539 Reviewed December 17, 2016 Grade: A A Wedding (1978) is an obscure, brilliant gem penned and directed by Robert Altman, a film genius and one of my most adored directors. I love most of his movies, and A Wedding … Continue reading A Wedding-1978<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127,9845,9703,1112,49,9226,1214,10185,10191,1835,1113,10187,41,215,10005,2248,10189,1731,1114,828,9432,10192,10188,5886,304,10003,10004,207,10186,10190],"tags":[129,9852,9705,1115,252,9231,1215,10193,10199,1838,1116,10195,73,216,10009,2255,10197,1739,1117,831,9436,10200,10196,5888,305,10007,10008,208,10194,10198],"class_list":["post-4943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1978-films","category-allan-f-nicholls","category-bert-remsen","category-carol-burnett","category-comedies","category-dennis-christopher","category-dennis-franz","category-desi-arnaz-jr","category-dina-merrill","category-gary-sinise","category-geraldine-chaplin","category-howard-duff","category-indiefilms","category-indie-comedies","category-john-cromwell","category-john-malkovich","category-lauren-hutton","category-laurie-metcalf","category-lillian-gish","category-mia-farrow","category-nina-van-pallandt","category-pam-dawber","category-pat-mccormick","category-paul-dooley","category-robert-altman-films","category-robert-fortier","category-ruth-nelson","category-satires","category-vittorio-gassman","category-viveca-lindfors","tag-1978-movie-reviews","tag-allan-f-nicholls","tag-bert-remsen","tag-carol-burnett","tag-comedies","tag-dennis-christopher","tag-dennis-franz","tag-desi-arnaz-jr","tag-dina-merrill","tag-gary-sinise","tag-geraldine-chaplin","tag-howard-duff","tag-independent-films","tag-indie-comedies","tag-john-cromwell","tag-john-malkovich","tag-lauren-hutton","tag-laurie-metcalf","tag-lillian-gish","tag-mia-farrow","tag-nina-van-pallandt","tag-pam-dawber","tag-pat-mccormick","tag-paul-dooley","tag-robert-altman-films","tag-robert-fortier","tag-ruth-nelson","tag-satires","tag-vittorio-gassman","tag-viveca-lindfors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4943"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22874,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4943\/revisions\/22874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}