Fresh
A very adroit and entertaining social comedy.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
The Wedding Banquet
A little deception at the reception.
1993 · 1h 48m · R
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Ang Lee
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The Wedding Banquet
Overview
A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.
Director and cast
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94%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Most of this is smoothly done and scripted with plenty of incident.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Never patronising his characters, Ang Lee combines comedy, both subtle and raucous, with acute social asides.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
It is the unusual film comedy in which the humor springs as much from character as from situation.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Fresh
Ang's elegantly orchestrated farce is generous with hilarious moments.
Joe Brown, Washington Post
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