Anne Hathaway has come home from rehabilitation to participate in her sister's wedding celebrations. As so often happens at this time in a family's history, the past intrudes, dirty laundry is aired and a few home truths are exchanged.
From the opening credits on, the film has the feel of a family home movie. It is as though the audience is eavesdropping on reality. A long scene of the wedding rehearsal dinner where guests take turns to toast the bridal couple at times borders on the embarrassing and feels very real.
Hathaway, who has been nominated for an Academy Award for this performance, has a far edgier role than we are used to seeing her in and is totally believable.
This is not a movie with a storyline. It is a snapshot of a family over a couple of days which reveals characters with their flaws and foibles.
Every time I hear the name Hathaway, I think of the bank manager's secretary in Beverly Hill Billies. Jane I think.
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