It’s no coincidence that most movies end with the wedding.
That’s when reality kicks in.
The documentary 112 Weddings (HBO OnDemand) gives audiences the opportunity to see how that reality measures up.
Filmmaker Doug Block shot wedding videos for 112 couples over his career, and in this documentary, revisits some of those couples a decade or more later after the ‘I do’s.’
Most are still married. One couple is in the process of divorcing and agreed to be interviewed separately. But all agree that marriage is far different from any idea they may have had at the start.
Many have faced real challenges. Seriously ill children. Depression. But all answer the simple question: would we do it all again, knowing what we know now.
The film manages to be both sobering and joyful at the same time…which is how couples should probably approach such an important life choice.
If you stop and think about it.
When Wallace Met Chandry
It’s no accident that the movie poster for What If places good friends Wallace and Chandry at a diner.
The film is clearly trying to be the When Harry Met Sally for this generation…and does a decent job.
Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan are quirky and appealing, their friendship believable, their banter quick and smart.
She has a boyfriend (who made me laugh), and Daniel has emotional baggage — plus best friend Adam Driver of Girls who has huge energy…and is huge standing next to Daniel (which is pretty funny right there).
This is a rom-com, so there are misunderstandings, yearning, romantic postcards (in this day and age), implusive international flights, fist fights, and at least two weddings — babies, too.
What if that stuff still worked in films?
You know — it kinda does.
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