Trailer for OUR FAMILY WEDDING, starring America Ferrera and Forest Whitaker
Here's one genre I've never seen Forest Whitaker tackle before - comedy (not counting BATTLEFIELD EARTH, though I'm told it's pretty hilarious). While this normally isn't a type of film I would enjoy seeing, I will be checking this out for Whitaker. You've seen this type of story before - an inter-racial couple wants to be together, the family disapproves, and lots of "cute and funny" stereotype jokes get thrown in. Everyone loves Ferrera - she's adorable - so I'll let those tiny cliches slide for this. Check out the trailer after the jump.
Lucia (America Ferrera) and Marcus (Lance Gross) are college sweethearts and decide to get married. Egotistical competitive fathers (Forest Whitaker and Carlos Mencia) don't want it to happen. On the wedding day, mayhem happens as the two compete to be the best. Diana Maria Riva and Regina King co-star. The film was co-written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa, with Malcolm Spellman and Wayne Conley as co-writers as well. OUR FAMILY WEDDING opens wide on March 12th.
Official synopsis:
"Our marriage, their wedding." It's lesson number one for any newly engaged couple, and Lucia (America Ferrera) and Marcus (Lance Gross) are no exception. In Fox Searchlight Pictures' OUR FAMILY WEDDING, they learn the hard way that the path to saying "I do" can be rife with familial strife. When they return from college and too suddenly announce their marriage plans, they soon discover that their fathers - two highly competitive over-the-top egos - can wreak a major amount of havoc on their special day.
With insults flying and tempers running high, it's anyone's guess if the alpha dads (Forest Whitaker and Carlos Mencia) will survive to make it down the aisle in one piece. Lucia's mother (Diana Maria Riva) is busy planning the wedding of "her" dreams and the only levelheaded one in the bunch is Angela (Regina King), the groom's father's best friend and lawyer, who manages to keep her cool when the madness reaches a crescendo.
With only weeks to plan their wedding, Lucia and Marcus soon discover the true meaning of love and find there is truth to the saying - that when you marry someone, you marry their entire family.
OUR FAMILY WEDDING is directed by Rick Famuyiwa from an original screenplay written by Rick Famuyiwa, Malcolm Spellman, and Wayne Conley. The film is produced by Ed Saxon and Steven Wolfe. Linda Burton (CADILLAC RECORDS) is the production designer, the director of photography is Julio Macat (WEDDING CRASHERS) with costume designer Hope Hanafin ([500] DAYS OF SUMMER), Editor Dirk Westervelt (NOTORIOUS) and music composed by The Transcenders ("Gossip Girl").
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