A young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.A young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.A young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
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- 32 wins & 65 nominations total
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- TriviaThere is no pre-recorded background scene music throughout the film. All music heard in the film is performed live on-screen.
- GoofsJust before Kym wrecks the family car, the sound of the motor and the rate at which the scenery passes indicates the car is moving at high speed. However, the speedometer needle indicates a speed of only 5 - 10 miles per hour.
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[Kym speaks at a twelve-step meeting]
Kym: When I was sixteen, I was babysitting my little brother. And I was, um... I had taken all these Percocet. And I was unbelievably high and I... we had driven over to the park on Lakeshore. And he was in his red socks just running around in these piles of leaves. And, um, he would bury me and I would bury him in the leaves. And he was pretending that he was a train. And so he was charging through the leaves, making tracks, and I was the caboose, and I was, um... so he kept saying, coal, caboose! Coal, caboose! And, um, we were... it was time to go and I was driving home... and... I lost control of the car. And drove off the bridge. And the car went into the lake. And I couldn't get him out of his car seat. And he drowned. And I struggle with God so much, because I can't forgive myself. And I don't really want to right now. I can live with it, but I can't forgive myself. And sometimes I don't want to believe in a God that could forgive me. But I do want to be sober. I'm alive and I'm present and there's nothing controlling me. If I hurt someone, I hurt someone. I can apologize, and they can forgive me... or not. But I can change. And I just wanted to share that and say congratulations that God makes you look up, I'm so happy for you, but if he doesn't, come here. That's all. Thank you.
- SoundtracksBridal Chorus
Written by Richard Wagner
Yeah, it's a wedding pic. Story, well...did you see "Margot at the Wedding"? No? Good! It's like that. But those were low class people...we'll make 'em wealthy and troubled, like "Igby Goes Down" or "Garden State"! That way, we can have some nice scenery and good looking people.
Actually, let's make it really multi-cultural! "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" pulled in the big bucks. But we won't hold back - we'll throw in every kind of culture so no-one's left out! Yeah, those Dogme / cinema verite type films are popular now. Have you seen Mike Leigh's stuff? No? Well, kinda like Altman. No, don't worry, we'll film it practically real time so we don't have to hire an editor. You'll save money! Hey, actually, herky-jerky camera stuff is actually really trendy now (see "Blair Witch", "Cloverfield", etc.). We might not even have to hire a professional camera person!
Did ya see "Lost in Translation"? No? Well, it was pretty popular. Another slow-moving movie made by the daughter of a famous filmmaker (Sofia Coppola, daughter of Francis Ford). Guess who we got to write this one? No, not her. No, not him. No, not... anyway, we got the daughter of Sidney Lumet! Yeah, yeah, the "Network" guy. The story she has is a bit of a downer, but if the test audience finds it too depressing we'll just pad the drama scenes with wedding toasts and music performances and bill the whole thing as a comedy!
It's a sure-fire winner!
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $12,796,841
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $293,369
- Oct 5, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $16,937,968
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1