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The Wedding Guest

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Jay is a man with a secret who travels from Britain to Pakistan to attend a wedding - armed with duct tape, a shotgun, and a plan to kidnap the bride-to-be. Despite his cold efficiency, the plot quickly spirals out of control, sending Jay and his hostage on the run across the border and through the railway stations, back alleys, and black markets of New Delhi - as all the while attractions simmer, loyalties shift, and explosive secrets bubble to the surface.
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The Wedding Guest makes a compelling argument for Dev Patel as an actor worthy of diverse leading roles, even if the movie's less than the sum of its action thriller parts.

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Andrea Gronvall Chicago Reader In the end, the screenplay is the letdown, hewing too closely to generic convention. Mar 24, 2020 Full Review Mark Kermode Kermode & Mayo's Film Review Something you will have to seek out, but Michael Winterbottom is always worth seeking out. Jul 25, 2019 Full Review Simran Hans Observer (UK) More than anything, this wiry thriller works as a homage to the neo-noir genre. Rated: 4/5 Jul 20, 2019 Full Review M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut The melting-pot of genres aside, The Wedding Guest is worth a look based on its steady hand, a pair of strong lead performances, and a rousing musical score, but really needed that one thing to bring it all together. Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 20, 2022 Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills His controversial nudes and other graphic images are here, yet the film itself feels conventional and tepid. Oct 28, 2020 Full Review Matthew St. Clair Cinema Sentries A meditative yet thrilling genre bender. Oct 1, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Nigah K The movie was pointless, with a weak storyline. Although the actors portrayed their roles well, Apte's character did not seem like a Pakistani girl sorry. It was unclear why the kidnapper felt the need to kill her guard when she was willing to live with another man. Dev should consider choosing a more mature storyline for his next co-production. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/11/24 Full Review Desyane M Patel is the only one acts good. Nice story line but poor ending Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/14/23 Full Review Audience Member If you are making a movie with actors like Dev Patel and Radhika Apte, you need to have a better and well-written story. If it weren't for these actors, the movie would have been half its current ratings everywhere online. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Michael Winterbottom's films range from the sublime (2002's extraordinary 24 Party People) to the final-nail-in-the-coffin dull (2004's boring as sin 9 Songs). The best way to approach his latest, is to go in knowing next to nothing. With no context given, we see Dev Patel preparing a trip somewhere, packing the usual passport, clothes, toiletries, combined with some items that the average one of us wouldn't usually think about taking abroad. Duck tape and zip wires for example. It becomes apparent that Patel's Jay has been hired by someone to kidnap a girl on the eve of her wedding in Younganabad in Pakistan. The Wedding Guest is only ninety minutes long, and Winterbottom initially sets it up like a thriller, and sets it up extremely well for that matter. The opening half is absolutely gripping and Patel proves once more his ability for something completely different. Not only has he mastered the good side of a character (Hotel Mumbai [2018]) as well as proving his comedy chops in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), here he shows the flip side of the coin. If not an out and out bad guy, Jay is clearly conflicted; he knows the difference between right and wrong and although his coldness early on is impressive in its mentality, his arc shows a melting of that initial hardness in a stirring fashion. Frustratingly Winterbottom loses focus in the final third, fracturing sight of what he wants the film to be. The Wedding Guest works so well when it poses as a thriller, much less so when he turns it into a partial romantic drama. The film ends up forcing you to buy into an ending you simply can't believe Jay not being wary of, and it almost feels like there must be a part II that you're awaiting. Sadly, that's not the case, but The Wedding Guest is at least two thirds of a very solid thriller, with another superb turn from Dev Patel. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Amazing movie love the cinematography Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/06/21 Full Review Audience Member Boring, no plot twists, nothing clever, literally nothing to like Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Jay is a man with a secret who travels from Britain to Pakistan to attend a wedding - armed with duct tape, a shotgun, and a plan to kidnap the bride-to-be. Despite his cold efficiency, the plot quickly spirals out of control, sending Jay and his hostage on the run across the border and through the railway stations, back alleys, and black markets of New Delhi - as all the while attractions simmer, loyalties shift, and explosive secrets bubble to the surface.
Director
Michael Winterbottom
Producer
Melissa Parmenter, Deepak Nayar, Nik Bower
Screenwriter
Michael Winterbottom
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
Revolution Films
Rating
R (Language|Brief Nudity|Some Violence)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 1, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 25, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$385.2K
Runtime
1h 34m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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