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Helena from the Wedding (2010)

Newlyweds Alex and Alice invite their closest friends to a secluded cabin to ring in the New Year, but when a beautiful young model (Gillian Jacobs) arrives unannounced all hell breaks loose.

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Helena from the Wedding

Title	Helena from the Wedding (2010)
Runtime	1 hr. 29 min.
Studio	Film Movement
Genres	Drama
Description	Newlyweds Alex (Lee Tergesen) and Alice (Melanie Lynskey) are hosting a New Year's Eve party for their closest friends at a remote cabin in the mountains. But when the other couples arrive in various states of discord, their hopes for a relaxing weekend are quickly thrown out the window. The tensions in the cabin are compounded when Alice's friends bring along a surprise guest - the very young and very beautiful Helena (Gillian Jacobs). As the New Year creeps closer and closer, Alex and Alice must keep the evening from spiraling out of control, and their own marriage from coming unglued.

2 months ago

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Chekhov would role over in his grave!

Yes, similar in the sense that the characters are complacently upper middle class and self-absorbed, but the writing is neither insightful, nor poetic. Chekhov wouldn't even wipe his backside with this script.

2 months ago

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This movie is very slow and crappy and I could not finish watching. Its just stupid... my honest opinion. BOOOOOOOORING!

3 months ago

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crappenheimer. Usually like the girl from Community and some of the other actors in this film ... don't know just didn't work for me. Not completely terrible, so didn't give it a one star, but not good enough for three.

3 months ago

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I read this and yet, I watched it anyway. I should have listened. You were SO right.

3 months ago

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This movie was so boring but I kept thinking it would get better. The description said that "all hell breaks loose" so I waited. If it did I must have blinked and missed it because nothing seemed to happen. Save your hour and a half for anything else. This was meaningless and a waste of time.

6 months ago

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I agree with Dianna below, I also watched 1 1/2 hrs to see what happens at the end and was let down, very poor ending. The actors are good there just isn't enough dialog between them to figure out what is going on. Yes, it has to do with several people facing challenges but they don't talk much about those things, just drink a lot. It is confusing and pointless (as others say) and I would not recommend this movie.

8 months ago

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The film was a decent attempt to portray the lives of several young, white American upper middle class friends, specifically the challenges they face in the area of relationships--marriage--and making a living. I thought the acting was well done, allowing much of the conflicts and issues to unfold not just though dialogue but the expressions and actions of the actors themselves. The film could easily be adapted to theater, if it hasn't already. It has a bit of a Chekhov-like realism and objectivity to it. Like a good Chekhov play, one is able to see a realistic and objective reflection of modern life, and, in doing so, sees both the comedy and pathos in the lives we live.

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