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Summary: I didn't see the beginning....
Review: ... and, in fact, I didn't even know the name until I came here and looked this movie up for reference to see its name. But, I watched it just last week on HBO, and I was absolutely riveted. I was flipping channels, and I ended up watching the entire thing standing up in my living room!
I have read the other reviews here, but I will say this movie captured my imagination and I found the portrayals by Lena Olin and Gabriel Byrne to be particularly stirring. Claire Danes was fine in a supporting role, but it was the tension and love between her parents which really moved me.
Perhaps my imagination was captured so readily because my family immigrated from Poland some 70 years ago, and I wanted to see this portrayal of Polish life and community. But what stayed with me was the breathless tension between Jadzia and her husband, the power this beautiful woman had over him, the confusion and strength in his silence, the seeming clumsiness of her values, their stumbling around their own lives and loves. There is something quite endearing about the wanton way in which they live and love.
It may not change the world, but this movie certainly transported me for an afternoon.
Highly recommended.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: A horrible, pointless film in which the actors are way too good for the script. I was not surprised to see that the writer/director has done nothing else since. Let's hope her urge to create remains dormant.
There is not much Polish in the characters other than the names. I fail to see any real traditions from Eastern Europe. The film was shot in a suburb quite a ways from Detroit that is known for having a large Polish community. I think they mentioned Pierogi once, although it was said wrong. That's about the only polish influence in the movie. Everything else is just horniness run amuck.
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Summary: GONG!
Review: Absolutely the worst movie I have seen this year. Story line was merky, and sleezy. This is one of those movies you end up watching at 3 am because it is better than watching the Home Shopping Club. Don't waste your time. Watch Patch intstead :)
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Summary: gabriel's fabulous
Review: after seeing the movie 5 times at the theater ,what i recommend is you gotta watch this one ,not only the movie is humorous but also it is a must for all GABRIELBYRNE fans especially in the scene where he is crying.
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Summary: Definitely Different
Review: An interesting movie and well acted. A refreshingly different story-line. All of the actors did a good job making their characters credible. I wouldn't watch this movie again, but it was worth watching once. Don't expect too much and just sit back and enjoy. No FX. Just a look at an average (?) family, their trials and tribulations. The movie focuses on the young teenage daughter, but offers some insight into the Mother and Father and their personal struggles with everyday life, which is what this movie is about. It probably does not protray the Polish ethinic very well, but I don't think that is the point of this flick. An interesting, light hearted look into the boring, humdrum existence of family life.
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Summary: PATHETHIC!!!!... not even worth this one star
Review: Being of Polish background I though that buying this movie was a good idea. I WAS WRONG!!! After watching this movie, my entire family and I were speechless, offended and degraded. I am positive that the director of this move KNEW NOTHING, NOTHIG AT ALL about the Polish culture and the Polish people. After watching the movie, I threw it in the garbage... where it belonged right from the beginning!!!
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Summary: PATHETHIC!!!!... not even worth this one star
Review: Being of Polish background I though that buying this movie was a good idea. I WAS WRONG!!! After watching this movie, my entire family and I were speechless, offended and degraded. I am positive that the director of this move KNEW NOTHING, NOTHIG AT ALL about the Polish culture and the Polish people. After watching the movie, I threw it in the garbage... where it belonged right from the beginning!!!
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Summary: Wonderful cast
Review: Claire Danes is exquisite. A beautiful performance in everything she does.
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Summary: awesome
Review: Claire Danes was so great in this movie, she played a wonderful part. Never seen a movie with so much emotions in it.
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Summary: Did you hear the one about the Polish filmmaker who¿¿¿¿¿¿
Review: Fox Searchlight had worked hard over the past few years to attempt to carve a niche in the expansive low-budget, boutique film business, dominated by Miramax (commercial) and well represented by Sony Pictures Classic (artistic).The saying is if you keep throwing something against the wall eventually it will stick? It hasn't stuck yet for Fox Searchlight (where forgettable films like Stealing Beauty, Ice Storm, Smilla's Sense of Snow, Slums of Beverly Hill's and Blood and Wine tend to congregate on everyone's 'just-missed' list). Polish Wedding is an amatuerish effort. A small film like 'In the Company of Men" succeeds through an innovative idea, strong acting performances and passionate filmmaking, Polish Wedding has none of these components. Claire Danes is wonderful on-screen, yet miscast in most every film she's played. Gabriel Byrne continues a succession of non-descript performances in non-descript films. Good idea dressing up Lena Olin, one of the world's true on-screen beauties, as a janitor, cleaning toilets in full makeup. There's a nice screaming baby sequence in the 1st ten minutes that will drive you away quicker than the poorly used musical score. Pass. Big time.
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