The People We Hate at the Wedding

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The People We Hate at the Wedding

R

2022

1h 39m

Comedy

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The film follows struggling American siblings Alice (Kristen Bell) and Paul (Ben Platt), who reluctantly agree to attend the wedding of their estranged, wealthy half-sister (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) in the English countryside alongside their mother, Donna (Allison Janney). Over the course of the wedding week, the family's many skeletons are wrenched from the closet, and the unlikely reunion gives everyone the motivation to move their own lives forward. A modern wedding comedy for anyone with a slightly dysfunctional family (everyone), or anyone who's been forced to attend a wedding they tried to avoid (also everyone).

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An intriguingly cast but largely laugh-free comedy, The People We Hate at the Wedding will leave most viewers saying "I don't."

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Alani Vargas

Chicago Reader

Nov 23, 2022

The movie has a brevity to it that makes the silliness and embarrassing antics pass by quickly, and it delivers a decent amount of chuckles and even some outright laughs.

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Stephen Romei

The Australian

Nov 23, 2022

3/5

It’s an ensemble cast but Bell is the star.

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Robert Levin

Newsday

Nov 22, 2022

1.5/4

If your happiness or well-being absolutely depends on seeing every last romantic comedy, give it a shot.

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Sammie Purcell

Rough Draft Atlanta

Jul 24, 2025

There’s a strange tonal mix to the film, and it never finds the right level for its snark or earnestness, or rides the right joke or emotional arc to its logical conclusion.

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Mini Anthikad-Chhibber

The Hindu

Oct 4, 2023

Puttering smoothly along the well-worn rom-com tracks, there is nothing to love or hate about this film...

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Santanu Das

Hindustan Times

Jan 31, 2023

A clueless comedy that offers no laughs.

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LAUREN G.

@LittleGeezus Mar 24, 2026

It was so good. Funny, relatable, so much more you get because of Allison Jannie, but it's a lot.

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Kat T

@RT33494990 Aug 15, 2025

Alice and Paul were the most annoying self obsessed characters I’ve ever watched.

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Esteban C

@RT03454761 Jun 15, 2025

it was a nice, fun and interesting comedy that just made me happy in less than two hours! of course it wasn’t this big oscar winning film, but i got immediately hooked with the story, the characters and their journey through the movie. kristen bell steals the show, with allison janey and ben platt making the perfect mother and brother to get into this adventure with!!! didn’t went with many expectations, but came out of it knowing a cute little new story about a really dysfunctional family :)

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Daniel G

@DanielGodoyBsb Nov 15, 2024

The actors made a really conventional movie into a bit more - though there were no laughs for this romcom. Kirsten Bell is often involved in such projects which are less comedy and much more social commentary and she's a very engaging screen presence.

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'Woody' D

@DontMakeMeYawn Apr 13, 2024

3 minutes into this movie, the acting is terrible, it has a stupidness about it that I'm not willing to gamble another minute of my life on it getting any better. Two thumbs down.

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Kyle M

@RT77296778 Mar 24, 2024

Willing to discuss deeper subjects whilst appealingly comedic then forming a decent familial dynamic, the familiarly grasped commentary gets limited and afflicted by awkwardly addressed notions without realistic conviction nor spacious relations. (B-)

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The film follows struggling American siblings Alice (Kristen Bell) and Paul (Ben Platt), who reluctantly agree to attend the wedding of their estranged, wealthy half-sister (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) in the English countryside alongside their mother, Donna (Allison Janney). Over the course of the wedding week, the family's many skeletons are wrenched from the closet, and the unlikely reunion gives everyone the motivation to move their own lives forward. A modern wedding comedy for anyone with a slightly dysfunctional family (everyone), or anyone who's been forced to attend a wedding they tried to avoid (also everyone).

Director: Claire Scanlon
Producer: Margot Hand, Ashley Fox
Screenwriter: Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin, Wendy Molyneux
Production Co: Amazon Studios, Wishmore, FilmNation Entertainment
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 18, 2022
Runtime: 1h 39m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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