After nine months in rehab, needy and over analytical little sister Kym returns home for her older and more together sister’s wedding. Family dysfunction at it’s most delicious.  

The house is busy with musicians practicing, bridesmaids fitting dresses, cleaning, decorating, flower arranging – and all that other shit, when little sister Kym (Anne Hathaway) slams through the door smoking and disrupting everyone with longwinded babble and insecure lashes for attention. Although Rachel (Rosemary DeWitt) is happy to see her sister, things escalate into complicated when Kym rages about not being Maid of Honour, and gives a very inappropriate and awkward speech amongst soon to be in-laws. It’s a terrific film from the get go, but then dives six levels deeper when ghosts from the past appear and the audience begins to understand the family dynamic through a devastating history. You will laugh at the familiar family chaos, snappy dialogue and sisterly confrontation as you will also feel pained by the existing grief that tore the family apart. I say with confidence that Hathaway will surely receive Oscar recognition for her performance as I will also say confidently you will love this film. Remarkable – in every way.  JM 

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During the festival we sat down with Director Johnathan Demme, Anne Hathaway and the cast from Rachel Getting Married
http://www.torontolife.com/blog/scene-and-herd/2008/sep/12/why-we-want-anne-hathaway-be-our-friend-interview-/