Jenny's Wedding

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Jenny Farrell has led an openly gay life - except with her conventional family. When she finally decides to start a family and marry the woman they thought was just her roommate, the small, safe world the Farrell's inhabited changes forever. They are left with a simple and difficult choice - either change with it or drown.
  • Rating:
    PG-13 (for thematic material including a crude sexual reference)
  • Genre:
    Comedy
  • Directed By:
    Mary Agnes Donoghue
  • Written By:
    Mary Agnes Donoghue
  • In Theaters:
     limited
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  • Studio:
    IFC Films

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Cast

Linda Edmond
Katherine Heigl
as Jenny
Alexis Bledel
as Kitty
Tom Wilkinson
as Eddie
Linda Emond
as Rose
Grace Gummer
as Anne
Sam McMurray
as Denny
Diana Hardcastle
as Ellen
Matthew Metzger
as Michael
Houston Rhines
as Frankie
Cathleen O'Malley
as Lorraine
Ed Ackerman
as Fireman #1
William Watterson
as Fireman #2
Joshua Elijah Reese
as Fireman #3
Betsie Devan
as Barbara Ellen
Hollis Mc Carthy
as Marion
Ann Hagemann
as Saleswoman
Alex T. Wake
as Aaron
Greg Violand
as Priest
Seamus Tierney
as Tommy
Sarah Ann Kinsey
as Female Godparent
Matthew O'Shea
as Male Godparent #1
Tom Kondilas
as Male Godparent #2
Kenya Gest
as Margaret
Jerome "Tony" Harris Jr.
as DJ at Wedding
Jerome "Tony" Harris Jr.
as DJ at Wedding
John Donoghue
as Minister
Hildy "McGillicuddy" Johnson
as Mickey the Dog
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Critic Reviews for Jenny's Wedding

All Critics (16) | Top Critics (9)

  • In the moments where she finally becomes angry, Heigl's pugnacious qualities serve her well; her rage is pure, cleansing and righteous in defense of her life.

    Jul 30, 2015 | Full Review…

    Katie Walsh

    Los Angeles Times
    Top Critic

  • One of the many irritants in this trite, well-intentioned lecture on tolerance: The audience is always several moves ahead of the script.

    Jul 30, 2015 | Full Review…

    Jeannette Catsoulis

    New York Times
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  • As a movie it is a complete misfire. The story, performances and editing choices range from predictable to risible.

    Jul 30, 2015 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

    Jordan Hoffman

    Guardian
    Top Critic

  • This is a movie displaced in time. And it's barely a movie. It's more like a dusty, faded old pamphlet: "So your daughter's decided to get gay-married..."

    Jul 30, 2015 | Rating: C- | Full Review…

    Noel Murray

    AV Club
    Top Critic

  • It all feels outdated, simplistic and insulting to both the characters and the audience.

    Jul 29, 2015 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

    Katherine Pushkar

    New York Daily News
    Top Critic

  • Harps on the retrograde ideas that women should all aspire to be married, and happiness is a permanent state of being that the virtuous can achieve.

    Jul 28, 2015 | Full Review…

    Aaron Hillis

    Village Voice
    Top Critic
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Audience Reviews for Jenny's Wedding

  • Apr 18, 2016
    Katherine Heigl stars in the insipid romantic comedy Jenny's Wedding. When Jenny decides to marry her long term girlfriend she's forced to finally come out to her parents and seeks their blessing. The plot is painfully cliché and formulaic. And Heigl's performance is pretty bland, and she has no chemistry with her co-stars. Still, there are some attempts to avoid the boarder coming out tropes and focus more on the relationships and broken trust. A stereotypical gay comedy, Jenny's Wedding is a mediocre film that no one seems to be putting much effort into.
    Dann M Super Reviewer
  • Mar 28, 2016
    Not a total disaster, but it is very weak. Katherine Heigl has her convincing moments, but mostly this doesn't ring true and has some cringeable dialogue which doesn't help. I like Alexis Bledel, but I couldn't picture her and Katherine together as a couple. They also don't really build her character, which doesn't help. I didn't hate the movie but a lot of it felt forced. I felt like the marriage and family bit was really rushed in there, since it was implied the girls never really talked about it, until Jenny apparently got envious of what her sister had and realised what she was missing. (Which isn't much from what I could see). I liked the message the movie was trying to put across, but I think it failed in the execution. I did like the scene with the wedding dress shopping, that was really sweet until sourpuss sis rocked up.
    Nicki M Super Reviewer
  • Sep 18, 2015
    Even as Jenny(Katherine Heigl) botches the questions at a christening, her concerned parents(Linda Emond & Tom Wilkinson) are wondering when she will be marrying and having kids of her own. For Jenny, it is about time, too. For she has been dating a special person for the past five years, Kitty(Alexis Bledel), who her family has only known as Jenny's roommate, until now. As awkward as it can be in getting its central point of tolerance across, it is still almost impossible to dislike as well-meaning a movie as "Jenny's Wedding" with its heart fully on its sleeve.(It again proves that Tom Wilkinson can make almost any movie better.) Actually, the movie does have a rather interesting point of view concerning same sex marriage, namely it being an issue of generational adjustment for parents.
    Walter M Super Reviewer
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