Kiss the Bride (2002)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Vanessa Parise

Writer:

Vanessa Parise (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Three sisters find themselves battling for love and validation.

Plot Keywords:

Wedding | Lesbian Romance | Lesbianism | Sister Sister Relationship | Female Nudity

Awards:

4 wins

Cast

Amanda Detmer	...	Danisa 'Danni' Sposato
Sean Patrick Flanery	...	Tom Terranova
Brooke Langton	...	Nicoletta 'Niki' Sposato
Monet Mazur	...	Antonia 'Toni' Sposato
Alyssa Milano	...	Amy Kayne
Vanessa Parise	...	Christina 'Chrissy' Sposato
Johnathon Schaech	...	Geoffrey 'Geoff' Brancato
Johnny Whitworth	...	Marty Weinberg
Talia Shire	...	Irena Sposato
Burt Young	...	Santo Sposato
Frances Bay	...	Grandma Julia Sposato
Rocco Olivo	...	Pepe
Ric Mancini	...	Luigi
Lillian Adams	...	Aunt Speed
Vanna Salviati	...	Aunt Fanny

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some drug use and brief nudity.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:AL | Australia:MA | Singapore:M18 | USA:R

Company:

Empera Pictures

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Benchwarmers (2006)

Proof that writer/directors should not act in their own films...

I had the unfortunate experience of watching a screener version of this movie. Not that long into an already bad film, I was so distracted by the performance of one the sisters, that it made everything else fade into insignificance. The "actress" who plays one of the leads -- a have-it-all high powered exec, who comes home for her sister's wedding -- does such a terrible job that it literally makes you wonder how this woman was cast in the first place. However, If you keep watching there is an answer (which is the only satisfying conclusion to watching this film until the end): in the credits, you realize that the actress is also the writer/director, and all of a sudden Vanessa Parise's unwatchable performance makes sense (it doesn't bode well for the people who worked on this film that no one told her the nasal valley girl thing just doesn't work for this role).

Too bad -- the rest of cast is decent; Alyssa Milano, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Jonathan Schaechter, Brooke Langton -- though you can see that they don't know what to do with the clichéd script (let's not get started on the script). And what's with the soundtrack? Like Parise's acting, it's just amateur and self conscious. I would almost recommend this film just as a lesson in what-not-to-do-in-your-first-film Guide.