Raif has returned home to England from his world travels to be the Best Man at his brother’s impending nuptials. The siblings are total opposites. Whilst Raif has been partying non-stop these past few years, his uptight older brother Tim has a very responsible job in merchant banking and is now anxious to settle down and start a family of his own. To Raif’s utter surprise he discovers that his brother’s fiance is none other than Saskia who used to the wildest good-time girl at the high school they all went too. She has evidently become ‘respectable’ since her once common mother snagged herself a millionaire to marry and not only provide her with a rather grand new lifestyle but is also now bank-rolling the extravagant wedding that is being planned.
This is the type of easy-on-eye gentle romantic comedies that Brits do well. Helmed by Nigel Cole whose resume includes ‘The Calendar Girls’, ‘Saving Grace’ and ‘Made in Dagenham’ and written by local Cheshire man Tim Firth who penned ‘Kinky Boots’ as well as ‘Calendar Girls’. This may not be very best of its genre, but it’s unquestionably very entertaining, thanks mainly to some great performances from this talented Brit cast. Harriet Walter is pitch perfect as the Mother, and Miriam Margolyes (who could never put a foot wring in my book) plays the grandmother superbly. Lucy Punch was really funny as Saskia, as was stand up comedian Rufus Hound playing Raif … and credit too for Scottish actress Michelle Gomez for her wonderful turn as the ex Flight Attendant who was the crazy Wedding Planner.
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★★★★★★★
Labels: 2013, British, romantic comedy
