Our Family Wedding is a romantic comedy

Romantic Comedy

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 film starring Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker

Forest Steven Whitaker is an American actor, producer, and director. He has earned a reputation for intensive character study work for films such as Bird and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, and for his recurring role as ex-LAPD Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh on the gritty, award-winning television...

, America Ferrera

America Ferrera

America Georgina Ferrera is an American actress, best known for playing the lead role in the television comedy series Ugly Betty...

, Carlos Mencia

Carlos Mencia

Carlos Mencia , born Ned Arnel Mencia, is a Honduran-born American comedian, writer, and actor. His style of comedy is often political and involves issues of race, culture, criminal justice, and social class...

, Lance Gross

Lance Gross

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, Shannyn Sossamon

Shannyn Sossamon

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 and Regina King

Regina King

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. It received its wide release on March 12, 2010.

Plot

The film tells the story of two families, one African-American and the other Mexican-American, that are forced to combine when Lucia (Ferrera) and Marcus (Gross) announce their engagement.

Cast

• Forest Whitaker
  Forest Whitaker
  Forest Steven Whitaker is an American actor, producer, and director. He has earned a reputation for intensive character study work for films such as Bird and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, and for his recurring role as ex-LAPD Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh on the gritty, award-winning television...
  
   as Bradford Boyd
• America Ferrera
  America Ferrera
  America Georgina Ferrera is an American actress, best known for playing the lead role in the television comedy series Ugly Betty...
  
   as Lucia Ramirez
• Lance Gross
  Lance Gross
  Lance Darnell Gross is a NAACP Image Award-winning American actor currently portraying Calvin Payne in the TBS sitcom Tyler Perry's House of Payne, and other Tyler Perry productions such as the Meet The Browns film. He has also been on The Bernie Mac Show as well as Eve...
  
   as Marcus Boyd
• Carlos Mencia
  Carlos Mencia
  Carlos Mencia , born Ned Arnel Mencia, is a Honduran-born American comedian, writer, and actor. His style of comedy is often political and involves issues of race, culture, criminal justice, and social class...
  
   as Miguel Ramirez
• Regina King
  Regina King
  Regina King is an American film and television actress. She is well known for her role as Mary Jenkins's studious daughter, Brenda Jenkins, on the 1980s sitcom, 227, and for her critically acclaimed supporting role in the feature film Jerry Maguire...
  
   as Angela Boyd
• Diana Maria Riva as Sonia Ramirez
• Anjelah Johnson
  Anjelah Johnson
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   as Isabel Ramirez
• Shannyn Sossamon
  Shannyn Sossamon
  Shannon Marie Kahololani Sossamon is an American actress. She starred in the film A Knight's Tale, which gained her wider fame and praise. She has since established herself in Hollywood after starring in several films such as 40 Days and 40 Nights, Wristcutters: A Love Story, and One Missed Call...
  
   as Ashley McPhee
• Fred Armisen
  Fred Armisen
  Fred Armisen is an American actor, comedian and musician best known for his work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, and portraying off-color foreigners in various comedy films such as EuroTrip, Anchorman and Cop Out...
  
   as Philip Gusto

Box office

Our Family Wedding opened at number six, grossing a little over $7.6 million. At the end of its theatrical run, the movie has collected $20,712,308 worldwide.

Critical reception

The film has received generally negative reviews from critics. It currently holds a score of 39% "generally unfavorable" at the review aggregator site Metacritic

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, and a "Rotten" score of 13% at Rotten Tomatoes

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. Rotten Tomatoes consensus is "Our Family Wedding is a mirthless, contrived affair that does little with its promising premise and talented cast."

Roger Ebert

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 of the Chicago Sun-Times

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gave the film two stars out of four, describing it as "a pleasant but inconsequential comedy, awkward for the actors, and contrived from beginning to end." He praised the performances of Ferrera and Gross. Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly

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gave the film a C-.