A Very Sordid Wedding
Seen it?2017 | 109 min | Comedy
Sunday Safe Betearly ratingWhy it’s a Sunday Safe Bet
It earned strong reviews (86% on Rotten Tomatoes), though it had almost no lasting buzz and soft box office. A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- A natural pick for anyone who's survived a family wedding and people who need a good giggle. Relationships are put under a microscope, for better or worse.
- The mood
- Light and funny.
- The pace
- Quick and easy-going, at 1 hr 49 min.
- What might put you off
- Not the pick if you want something heavy or meaningful.
Del Shores' follow-up to "Sordid Lives" revisits Winters, Texas for a showdown between the gradually liberalizing locals and the new fundamentalist preacher in the wake of the Supreme Court's marriage equality decision.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsStrong
86% on Rotten Tomatoes, 59 on Metacritic
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$631K worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 7K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Del Shores
- Bonnie BedeliaLatrelle Williamson
- Caroline RheaNoleta Nethercott
- Leslie JordanEarl 'Brother Boy' Ingram
- Dale DickeySissy Hickey
- Whoopi GoldbergAbernatha Coleman
- Newell AlexanderWardell 'Bubba' Owens
- Rosemary AlexanderDr. Eve Bolinger
- David CowgillOdell Owens
- Kirk GeigerTy Williamson
- Sarah HunleyJuanita Bartlett