Serial (Bad) Weddings
A prosperous Catholic couple's hopes for a culturally uncomplicated wedding collide with the messy, comic reality of their multicultural extended family.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- irreverent
- joyful
- lazy sunday
- group movie night
What critics said
The film was a major French commercial success and praised by many French viewers for broad comic appeal, but international critics found its humor heavy-handed and potentially reliant on racist stereotypes.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Verneuil parents confront the marriages of three daughters to men of different nationalities and religions, while the fourth engagement initially appears culturally reassuring.
The plot and reception explicitly center on heavy-handed jokes, racist remarks, and controversy over whether the humor reproduces stereotypes.
Multiple daughter marriages and the anticipated fourth wedding provide the central engine for the Verneuil family's conflicts and reconciliations.
The well-off Catholic couple's household becomes the meeting ground for Jewish, Arab, Asian, African, and Catholic identities.
Films like Serial (Bad) Weddings, and why
The Big Fat Greek Wedding
Like this film, it uses a family-centered ensemble comedy to explore cultural difference, prejudice, and social tolerance through escalating misunderstandings.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Both are broadly accessible domestic comedies about interfaith or intercultural relationships, generational expectations, and parental resistance to marriage choices.
The Intouchables
Both feature socially provocative comedy built around clashing identities, politically incorrect jokes, and uneasy attempts at cross-cultural understanding.
Movie Details
- Director
- Philippe de Chauveron
- Release Date
- 2014-04-16
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (3556)
Cast
- Christian Clavier
- Chantal Lauby
- Ary Abittan
- Medi Sadoun
- Frédéric Chau
- Noom Diawara
- Frédérique Bel
- Julia Piaton
- Émilie Caen
- Élodie Fontan
Common questions
- What is Serial (Bad) Weddings about?
- A prosperous Catholic couple's hopes for a culturally uncomplicated wedding collide with the messy, comic reality of their multicultural extended family.
- What is Serial (Bad) Weddings like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Serial (Bad) Weddings as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Serial (Bad) Weddings violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Serial (Bad) Weddings as mild.
- What did critics think of Serial (Bad) Weddings?
- The film was a major French commercial success and praised by many French viewers for broad comic appeal, but international critics found its humor heavy-handed and potentially reliant on racist stereotypes.
- Which films are like Serial (Bad) Weddings?
- Films with a similar feel include The Big Fat Greek Wedding, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, and The Intouchables.
- How long is Serial (Bad) Weddings?
- Serial (Bad) Weddings runs 94 minutes.
