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The Wedding (1998)

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10:40-12:55 Fri 5th Aug 2011 135m
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Synopsis

Race and class issues collide in this syrupy, soap opera-style melodrama adapted from Dorothy West's bestselling novel. Edited down from a two-part mini-series executive-produced by Oprah Winfrey, it stars Halle Berry as a mixed-race girl in a prosperous, 1950s black family who stirs up an emotional hornets' nest when she decides to marry an impoverished white musician (Eric Thal). While the narrative explores the cross-generational repercussions of prejudice and self-doubt, it never really has the impact or intensity its subject matter demands. Instead, handsome visuals and an attractive cast sugar-coat the serious moral messages, with Berry carrying the long-winded film on looks and charm rather than depth of performance.