rachel getting married

I saw a great movie this past weekend titled Rachel Getting Married. It stars the amazing Anne Hathaway as a young woman dealing with addiction and the stress and turmoil it brings to her fractured family.

What I loved about this film was how authentic it felt. This did not seem like it was a group of actors working off a script, but rather a family dealing with their emotions and dysfunction in real way. I believe part of the realness was due to the way it was shot. The cinematography was done in such a way that it had the feeling of a home movie, with off center angels and camera movement giving the viewer a sense of a real person filming it. Anne Hathaway was brilliant as Kim, an addict that has to deal with her past sins and their effects on her loving but tense family. I've begone to really enjoy Hathaway as an actors and icon of intelligence and glamour. It doesn't hurt that she is an outspoken activist for gay rights.

She handles her first dramatic role well, and the rest of the cast is phenomenal. Sometimes the family and extended group of friends is a little to hipster chic for me, but it doesn't seem that contrived or outside of the realm of their world. My suggestion is to go see this film, it might rip your guts out but you will feel better for it in the end.