fredrikgunerius Review of Wedding Party

Wedding Party (1989)

At its best it has an infantile charm, at its worst, it's almost unbearable

[4/10 · 28 February 2024]

In Wam & Vennerød's only full-blown comedy, the story and the abundances of slapdash characters and relations never make much sense, but at least the film is constantly on the move so that you are spared from lingering on its inadequacies. At its best, Bryllupsfesten has an infantile charm and captures some of the zeitgeist the filmmakers always tried to satirise. At its worst, it's almost unbearable, with an utterly silly script by Vennerød. The comedy is forced, the performances lack spontaneity, and the timing is off. Wam & Vennerød keep piling it on hoping for the best, but there's something sadly uninspired about their work here. They were usually a lot funnier in their more serious works - intentionally or not. Some of the actors manage to conjure up a moment or two of amusement, notably Jon Eikemo, Anne Marie Ottersen and the two veterans in this show, Aud Schønemann and Leif Juster.