Richard's Wedding

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.

Richard's Wedding
Film poster
Directed byOnur Tukel
Produced byJason Klorfein
Onur Tukel
Devoe Yate
Written byOnur Tukel
StarringJosephine Decker
Randy Gambill
Lawrence Michael Levine
Jennifer Prediger
Onur Tukel
CinematographyJason Banker
Jorge Torres-Torres
Edited byOnur Tukel
Distributed byDevolver Digital
Release date
  • April 20, 2012 (2012-04-20) (Sarasota)
  • June 1, 2012 (2012-06-01)
Running time
86 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The film premiered at the 2012 Sarasota Film Festival.[1]

Cast

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 "Richard’s Wedding is modest in umpteen ways, and if your cinematic diet craves the substantial, be forewarned. But the film’s DIY ethos has a heart, which makes the script’s small talk about humanity not so small after all."[2] 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 Alex’s 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."[3]

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".[4] 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."[5]

References
  1. "RICHARD'S WEDDING premieres at Sarasota Film Festival". Filmwax Radio. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  2. DeWitt, David (May 31, 2012). "When Friends Get Together and Riff: 'Richard's Wedding,' Written and Directed by Onur Tukel". The New York Times. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  3. Scheib, Ronnie (May 30, 2012). "Review: 'Richard's Wedding'". Variety. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  4. Atkinson, Michael (May 30, 2012). "Richard's Wedding". The Village Voice. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  5. Fujishima, Kenji (May 29, 2012). "Richard's Wedding". Slant Magazine. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
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