After The Wedding is a powerful story about the cards we are dealt in life. It was a pleasure to watch two great actresses Michelle Williams and Julianne Moore play off each other.
After The Wedding opens on a meditating, make-up free, barefoot Isabel (Michelle Williams) who’s turned her back on New York many years ago. Beside her a line of serene children meditating and most likely visualising a life outside of their Calcutta orphanage. All that is except one little boy.
As Isabel giggles with the boy it becomes clear that the orphanage is in trouble. The money is drying up. And then comes an offer that will mean ice cream for all for many months to come. There’s just one catch. To secure the funds Isabel must travel to New York to meet the benefactor Theresa Young (Julianne Moore) and plead her case.
With her eyes firmly on the prize she reluctantly sets off, promising to be home in a few days and definitely in time for the young boys birthday.
Isabel meets Theresa at her palatial skyscraper office where what she thought would be a quick meeting gets interrupted by Theresa’s focus on her 21-year-old daughters Grace (Abby Quinn), wedding plans. With no resolution during the meeting, Isabel is invited to the wedding on the family estate. The scene couldn’t be further from the life Isabel left behind in India.
At the wedding Isabel is introduced to Theresa’s husband, Oscar Carlson (Billy Crudup), and eight year old twins, Theo and Otto. As soon as Isabel and Oscar see each other it is clear that they’ve met before, but that’s only the beginning of the secrets revealed after the wedding.
After The Wedding is a twisting tale about love, family, and making up for your past. But most of all it’s about the irony of life.
As I listened to the sniffles around me I pondered:
- Just when you think you understand Theresa’s motives there’s a twist that makes you rethink.
- There will be tears, yet strangely not from me which was unusual as I’m usually the first to crack. Perhaps it was something to do with Williams closed off portrayal of Isabel. Although her closed off nature suited the character it also made it very hard to care.
- What would it take for you to give up your life for thousands of others?
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