Polish wedding is a largely forgettable movie about a free spirited girl, hala claire danes, and her earthy, sensual mom, jadzia lena olin and sad sack father, bolek gabriel byrne. This scattershot movie mixes drama and comedy into an uneasy blend that muddles the honesty of each perspective. Firsttime writerdirector theresa connellys polish wedding is a shotgun affair. With claire danes, gabriel byrne, lena olin, jon bradford. In the new film, polish wedding, trese had to then whisk ms. Rent polish wedding 1998 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. It takes place within the polish american community of hamtramck, michigan the childhood home of director theresa connelly at some time between the 1950s and 1970s. Polish wedding is a movie of gratifying small moments, some of which are hilariously funny and charged with healthy eroticism for instance, the scene in which all the women in the family. Jadzia is the mother and the ruler of the pzoniak family she has five children. Polish wedding 1998 a detroit matriarch lena olin cheats on her husband gabriel byrne and oversees her pregnant daughters claire danes marriage to a neighbor.
Enlightenment ring s false in polish wedding web posted on. Instead of painting a flat, uninteresting portrait of a polish family who is somewhat stranded in motor city, the plot of polish wedding, unravels slowly, and leaves you wanting more. Virtually all characters are polish americans, though the actors. It has a certain charm to it, one that seems almost subliminal,because its always there. In a small and religious coastal town, a simple, devoutly religious scottish woman, bess mcneill emily watson, finds a partner in an oil rig worker from norway, jan nyman.
Polish wedding 1998 stream and watch online moviefone. Watch polish wedding movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Rent polish wedding 1998 starring claire danes and lena olin on dvd and bluray. Polish wedding the 1998 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. One film alone does not constitute a polish american cinema nor does polish wedding, that is, this one particular film, make its writerdirector a polish american filmmaker, that is, a filmmaker for whom polish american ethnicity forms an integral part of his creative vision and artistic oenvre. It was screened at the sundance film festival on january 16, 1998 and berlin international film festival on february 12. Though shes happily married to bolek, she is also having a longtime affair with roman. Danes, wearing a wedding dress, onto the bike as he drove off. Polish wedding 1998 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Polish wedding 1998 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Released july 17th, 1998, polish wedding stars lena olin, gabriel byrne, claire danes, adam trese the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 47 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Financial analysis of polish wedding 1998 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Polish wedding is a 1998 american comedydrama film written and directed by theresa connelly.
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