Rachel Getting Married

To be flip Rachel Getting Married is a two hour cat fight.  To be more charitable I will call it an engrossing tale of family angst, highlighted by Anne Hathaway’s powerful performance. Along with a welcome performance by Debra Winger.  The spotlight, in all honesty, should fall on the performers.  This cast did a tough job at a high level of emotional energy.  I must say, though, Rachel Getting Married has “indie” written all over it.  A more commercial film would have been edited much more tightly and would gone to the humor card more.  It was somewhat of a challenge to make it though this film.  [ RT ]