Movie Review: ****Table 19
This movie really got me thinking. This movie is mostly about two relationships. One is a relationship struggling in getting off the ground, and the other one that is struggling after many years of falling out of love. I liked watching both relationships develop. Eloise (Anna Kendrick) was intended to be the maid of honor at her friend’s wedding. However she is now out of favor after the bride’s brother, Teddy (Wyatt Russell) has dumped her for a new girl who is the maid of honor. As such she goes from table 2 to table 19. At table 19 is a couple who run a restaurant the Kepps (Lisa Kudrow and Craig Robinson) where the bride’s father frequents, a man who stole from the father and ended up in jail, Walter (Stephen Merchant), the bride’s nannie, Jo (June Squibb) and a young man, Renzo (Tony Revolori) who is rather awkward. They are at the outcast table, in a way. However they form a relationship, and even step out for a time, when Eloise crashes into the cake and it ends up all over all of them. The share a joint, and start opening up about their lives. This includes discovering that Eloise is pregnant, and the Jo is dying of cancer. Lots of twists and turns, and great conversation.
I dislike that this movie has too many people falling down. This is not slap stick. It also shows the butt of Walter’s roommate twice. (Once was too much.) This rather odd group muddles through, and they even seem to grow as a result of the night. I enjoyed this. I find that I really enjoy Anna Kendrick as an actress.
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