The Wedding Banquet
Taste attributes: comedydramaromanceweddinggay/lesbianslowwholesomerealisticsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agecomplex relationshipfish out of water/culture clashlove conquers allunlikely connections
"A little deception at the reception."
Boxlist takeMoving and realistic: a straightforward romantic comedy, small-scale rather than epic. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
Quality rating
7.2 /10
TMDB · 138 votes
Where to watch
Streaming data: JustWatch
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What lines up
- Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
Characteristics
Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
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Details
- Genre
- Comedy
- Year
- 1993
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Ang Lee Productions
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
