Rachel Getting Married

By the time recovering addict Kym's mother slaps her during a furious argument, I was wondering why noone had taken such obvious action earlier (Kym responds by decking her mother, so maybe that's why) Her first act upon arrival had been to have sex with the best man, followed by petulantly forcing her sister Rachel to change her maid of honour, and then delivering a typically self-absorbed speech at the wedding rehearsal dinner, totally deflacting the mood of joyous celebration. She will subsequently crash her father's car, which was precisely why he didn't want her to drive, and arrive at the wedding sporting a black eye. The tragic reason for her behavious ought to garner sympathy but it's always tantalizingly out of reach. Long-suffering Rachel finally cracks and vents her resentment about her high-maintenance sibling. Clearly - and thankfully - this is no schmaltzy wedding film. The filming might be handheld like a wedding video, and the nuptials might be accompanied by constant and varied music, but the undercurrent of melancholy ensures an air of unpredictability and a not-totally-happy ending.