The Big Wedding(2013)

Lionsgate

R
1h 29m

Release Date: Apr 26, 2013 | Wide

6%
40%
C+
5.6

A long-divorced couple fakes being married as their family unites for a wedding.

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Releases

Original Release | Apr 26, 2013

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Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$7,591,663
Total US & Canada:
$21,819,348
Total International
$24,702,789
Total Worldwide:
$46,522,137

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Director & Top Cast

Justin Zackham
Director

Robert De Niro
Don

Diane Keaton
Ellie

Katherine Heigl
Lyla

Amanda Seyfried
Missy

Topher Grace
Jared

Susan Sarandon

Bebe

Robin Williams

Father Moinighan

Ben Barnes

Alejandro

Christine Ebersole

Muffin

David Rasche

Barry

Patricia Rae

Madonna

Ana Ayora

Nuria

Kyle Bornheimer

Andrew

Megan Ketch

Jane

Christa Campbell

Jane

Ian Blackman

Maitre D'

Shana Dowdeswell

Maitre D'

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby Digital,Datasat

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English,Spanish,Chinese,Latin

Summaries

Plot Summary

Don (Robert De Niro) and Ellie (Diane Keaton) were a couple in New England, married for twenty years before they got divorced. They have three children from their marriage - Lyla (Katherine Heigl), Jared (Topher Grace), and Alejandro (Ben Barnes), who is adopted from Colombia.In preparation for Alejandro's wedding, Ellie shows up at Don's (and her old) house. She finds Bebe (Susan Sarandon), Don's girlfriend of eight years (and Ellie's former best friend), almost having sex, scaring Ellie. They make small talk, and he shows her to her room. Meanwhile, Alejandro and his fiance Missy (Amanda Seyfried) are in a meeting with Father Moinighan (Robin Williams), the priest who will be marrying them. It is revealed that Alejandro's biological mother Madonna (Patricia Rae) is going to be coming from Colombia to the wedding, which upsets Alejandro since he does not have a "traditional" family, and his Catholic mother would not approve of that or the fact that Don and Ellie had been divorced.Lyla, who reveals she is separated, goes to the hospital and sees her 29-year-old brother Jared, an obstetrician. Lyla is terrified of kids & passes out in the maternity ward. They talk and it is revealed that he is a virgin and is waiting for the "right one". It is also revealed that Lyla is having difficulty having kids. Back at home, Alejandro tells Ellie about his mother coming to the wedding. Explaining that since she is a devout Catholic and doesn't believe in divorce, Alejandro asks Ellie and Don to pretend to be married for the next three days. Hearing this, Bebe becomes upset and leaves the house, clearly upset at Don. Alejandro's mother arrives with his biological sister, Nuria (Ana Ayora). Later, Nuria flirts with Jared, and ends up swimming naked in the family's lake as he watches.That evening, the family goes out to dinner with Missy and her parents Muffin (Christine Ebersole) and Barry (David Rasche), with Bebe as their waitress, which surprises everyone. Meanwhile, Nuria starts touching Jared under the table. Ellie sees Nuria giving Jared a hand-job. She brings Nuria to the restroom for a chat, telling her that American women behave differently with men. When they arrive home, Jared tells Nuria he wants to have sex, as she had suggested earlier, but she now tells him no, asking him instead to do romantic things for her such as read her poetry. Don and Ellie, meanwhile, have sex after Ellie sleeps in Don's room.Ellie and Madonna go for a walk in the woods and talk. At the same time, Don and Lyla talk privately and Lyla reveals she is pregnant. On the wedding day, before the ceremony, Don tells Bebe he had sex with Ellie. Bebe says she forgives them but then punches him in the face. She also reveals that Ellie cheated on Don with Missy's father before Don cheated on her. Muffin says that she knows about Ellie and Barry, and tells them that she is bisexual, implying that she is interested in a sexual affair with both Bebe and Ellie. Meanwhile, Missy and Alejandro have decided to get married on the family dock to escape the crowd. The family runs after them and, after some of them fall into the lake, the couple are back to the wedding reception.During the reception, Jared goes upstairs to talk to Nuria, who says she has decided to no longer follow Ellie's advice (about not being so available sexually), and they sleep together. Back at the reception, Ellie and Bebe have made up. Don surprises Bebe by proposing to her, and they get married on the spot. Lyla's husband Andrew (Kyle Bornheimer) arrives at the wedding and, upon finding out that Lyla is pregnant, makes up with her. Alejandro's mother realizes she has been lied to about his family and he runs after her as she starts to leave. But she reveals that her own past was not as pure as he thought, that she too had lied to protect him, and she forgives him.It is revealed just before the credits that Lyla has a daughter called Jane because Don adds her name to their family tree saying both her grandmothers are crazy.

Storyline

Don and Ellie were once married and have two children, Lyla and Jared. They adopt a boy from Colombia, Alejandro. Eventually they would divorce, Ellie would move away and Don would hook up with Bebe, Ellie's best friend. When Alejandro is about to get married, he informs Don and Ellie that he never told his natural mother who is so traditional that they got divorced. And she is coming for the wedding so he asks them if they can pretend to still be married. Don and Ellie reluctantly agree to it and Bebe moves out who is also upset that Don doesn't want to commit. Lyla who is married is going through a rough patch in her marriage. And Jared who hasn't had much luck with women finds himself attracted to Alejandro's extremely sensual sister, Nuria. — rcs0411@yahoo.com When their adopted son Alejandro (Ben Barnes) announces his upcoming wedding to Missy (Amanda Seyfried), happily divorced parents Don (Robert De Niro) and Ellie (Diane Keaton) masquerade as if they were still married in order to stay on the good side Alejandro's ultra-conservative biological mother, and ensure that the wedding goes off without a hitch..