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The Wedding Banquet

The Wedding Banquet

The Wedding Banquet

Dir. Andrew Ahn
103 min

From Director Andrew Ahn comes a joyful comedy of errors about a chosen family navigating the disasters and delights of family expectations, queerness, and cultural identity. Angela and her partner Lee have been unlucky with their IVF treatments, but can’t afford to pay for another round. Meanwhile their friend Min, the closeted scion of a multinational corporate empire, has plenty of family money but a soon-to-expire student visa. When his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris rejects his proposal, Min makes the offer to Angela instead: a green card marriage in exchange for funding Lee’s IVF. But their plans to quietly elope are upended when Min’s skeptical grandmother flies in from Korea unannounced, insisting on an all-out wedding extravaganza.

With a pitch-perfect cast of multigenerational talent that includes Bowen Yang, Academy Award nominee Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-Chan, Joan Chen, and Academy Award winner Youn Yuh-Jung, this fresh reimagining of Ang Lee’s beloved, award-winning rom-com teems with humor and heart in a poignant reminder that being part of a family means learning to both accept and forgive.

Film Details

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Release Year: 2025
Runtime: 103 min
Country/Region: USA
Language: English, Korean, Chinese (Mandarin)
Print Source: Bleecker Street
Tags: Adaptation, Comedy, Drama, Dramedy, Fiction Feature, LGBTQIA+, Romance

Cast/Crew

Director: Andrew Ahn
Producer: Anita Gou, Joe Pirro, Caroline Clark, James Schamus
Cinematographer: Ki Jin Kim
Screenwriter: Andrew Ahn, James Schamus
Editor: Geraud Brisson
Composer: Jay Wadley
Principal Cast: Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-Chan, Bobo Le, Camille Atebe, Joan Chen, Youn Yuh-Jung

Click showtimes for tickets

Showtimes

The Main 3

Saturday, April 5th

Edina Theatre

Wednesday, April 9th