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Richard's Wedding
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Wikipedia article
'Richard's Wedding' is a 2012 comedy/drama film written, edited, and directed by Onur Tukel. Among the film's ensemble cast are actors Josephine Decker, Randy Gambill, Lawrence Michael Levine, Jennifer Prediger, and Tukel himself.
The film premiered at the 2012 Sarasota Film Festival.
Cast
*Thomas J. Buchmueller as Simon
*Josephine Decker as Phoebe
*Dustin Guy Defa as Taco
*Jamie Dobie as Deedee
*Randy Gambill as Louis
*Heddy Lahmann as Amy
*Lawrence Michael Levine as Richard
*Theresa Lu as Lyndsey
*Oona Mekas as Kristin
*Jennifer Prediger as Alex
*Darrill Rosen as Darrill Rosen
*Adam Schartoff as Andrew
*Onur Tukel as Tuna
Release
Media
The film was released on VOD through Devolver Digital.Reception
Critical response
The film received a generally mixed response from critics. David DeWitt of 'The New York Times' called the film "a slice of the John Cassavetes, John Sayles and Richard Linklater life" and added "'Richards Wedding' is modest in umpteen ways, and if your cinematic diet craves the substantial, be forewarned. But the films DIY ethos has a heart, which makes the scripts small talk about humanity not so small after all." Ronnie Scheib of 'Variety' added, "Turkel constantly undermines the feel-good with the ridiculous and vice versa, vacillating between infantile insults and professions of affection, a duality that ultimately wears thin. Still, if the message sometimes veers uncomfortably toward sententiousness, it reaches its comic apogee in Alexs born-again ex-junkie cousin Louis (Randy Gambill), now an online-ordained minister. Proffering thought-provoking questions about the nature of friendship and demanding crack with equal sweetness, his helpfulness and obliviousness run neck and neck."Conversely, Michael Atkinson of 'The Village Voice' viewed the film very unfavorably, calling it "A handheld New York indie that dallies in the queasy DMZ between hipster-narcissism and a self-satisfied critique of hipster-narcissism". Kenji Fujishima of 'Slant Magazine' gave the film a more mixed 2 out of 4 stars, saying "'Richard's Wedding' may be admirably nervy in some ways, but in the director's preference for above-it-all contempt over tough-minded empathy, the film ends up seeming little more than an 89-minute hatefest, with no special insights into human nature to make the endeavor worthwhile."
References
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