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Cast

Winston Chao
as Wai Tung

May Chin
as Wei Wei

Mitchell Lichtenstein
as Simon

Sihung Lung
as Mr. Gao

Ah-Leh Gua
as Mrs. Gao

Tien Pien
as Old Chen

Neal Huff
as Steve

Michael Gaston
as Justice of the Peace

Jeffrey Howard
as Street Musician

Anthony 'Iggy' Ingoglia
as Restaurant Manager

Dion Birney
as Andrew

John Nathan Turner
as Joe

Patricia Sullivan
as Mariane

Jeanne Kuo Chang
as Wai Tung's Secretary

Mason Lee
as Child Jumping on Bed (uncredited)

Ang Lee
as Wedding Guest

Chung-Wei Chon
as Chef

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• Nov 10, 2011

  I thought this was a really good movie dragged down with needless melodrama in the last 25 minutes or so, poor English dialogue (and some corny subtitles for Mandarin during the melodramatic moments), pacing being hit and miss, and just an overall poor performance from Winston Chao. Other than that, this movie is quite good. There's some funny scenes in the movie, but if it was supposed to be hilarious then I never got it, other than the banquet scene, which was entertaining but also went on too goddamn long. The movie has a good story that had the potential to be better than it really was. Everything in this movie just feels like a missed opportunity. It's a massively disappointing movie since it just doesn't stand the test of time, especially compared to some of Ang's later films. But again, it's still a good movie, just one I wouldn't exactly recommend.
  Jesse O Super Reviewer
• Jun 27, 2011

  Good but dated. Ang Lee did a great job directing and the script is strong.
  Sunil J Super Reviewer
• Oct 30, 2009

  The best of Lee's Taiwanese Trilogy!!
  

  Sylvester K Super Reviewer
• Apr 08, 2009

  Ang Lee s romantic comedy drama The Wedding Banquet was about a gay Wai Tun,living in New York and son of a traditional Taiwanese family, who had never told his family the truth about his sexuality.He agreed to marry Wei Wei a young artist who did this only for the green card and for his family so they would never found out he was gay . Everything, as common in comedies, became complicated when his family arrived in New York for the wedding. The Taiwanese culture was quite funny and here you could experience traditions which were not yours in a funny way. Ang Lee is a great director and this romantic comedy he gave the messages about honesty and acceptance. It was a very enjoyable movie with some funny scenes but also some sad ones.
  Daisy M Super Reviewer

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