Film review: The Wedding Party | Alphabet Pony

The Wedding Party is a fresh Australian comedy that covers the joys and complexities of modern day relationships. Sound a little familiar? Well yes, on face value this is a fairly typical Australian rom-com ? yet it manages to captivate you just long enough to keep you guessing.
Steve (Josh Lawson) is the youngest son in the Thompson family, an idiotic yet loveable anti-hero crippled by debt. In order to save his relationship with his long-time partner Jacqui, as well as himself from financial devastation, he agrees to the marriage of Ana (Isabel Lucas) who is seeking residency, in return for a large sum of money.
What was initially a private registry is soon turned into a fully-fledged spectacular once a noisy family friend gets wind of the plans. All the while Steve is furtively trying to repair his relationship with Jacqui.
Though the main storyline (gloriously unbelievable at times) is highly entertaining, it?s the relationship misadventures faced by the other members of the Thompson family that very nearly steal the show.
A sexually frustrated brother who is fast becoming estranged to his wife, an unfaithful father with an eye for Russian beauty Ana, and a sister experiencing her own sexual difficulties all afford a surplus of laughs ? while at its heart, the movie somehow manages to remain mature.
The performances are generally fantastic. Josh Lawson can occasionally be a little dry when emotiveness is needed, but there is no questioning his comic abilities. Isabel Lucas? thick Russian accent is a little hard to swallow initially but is easy to warm to, while Steve Bisley is all class in playing a character with no class.
The Wedding Party, while not overly challenging was a real delight. Particularly impressive was the way in which the multiple relationships along with their complexities intertwine, which was just enough to captivate the viewer.
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