Rachel Getting Married Page #6

Synopsis: Kym Buchman has been in drug rehab for nine months, during which time she has been clean. She is released temporarily from the facility to attend her sister Rachel Buchman's wedding. During her release, Kym is staying at the family home, where the wedding is taking place. As such, it is like Grand Central Station for the duration of Kym's stay, which may not be the most conducive situation for her in constantly being exposed to the watching eyes of those who know and don't yet know her, but know of her situation. The reunion with her family members starts off well enough, but issues around Kym's release from rehab quickly surface. Kym and Rachel's father, Paul Buchman, wants to make sure that Kym is all right at all times, which to Kym feels instead like he doesn't trust her. Rachel slowly begins to resent Kym's situation taking over what is supposed to be the happiest day of her life, some of which is directed by Kym, some of which isn't. One person present but largely not included in
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Jonathan Demme
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 31 wins & 63 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
84%
R
Year:
2008
113 min
$12,748,504
Website
1,646 Views


I can apologize

and they can forgive me or not.

But I can change.

And I just wanted to share that and say,

congratulations that God makes you

look up. I'm so happy for you.

But if he doesn't, come here.

That's all. Thank you.

Thanks for sharing.

Where's... Where's you, Emma?

- Emma, where's you?

- I'm right here.

- It's really raining.

- That's today.

- Done.

- It's going to be fine.

Okay.

It's going to be totally, totally,

totally fine.

All right.

This is what you've got, Emma? So far?

I'm fine. That is kind of perfect.

There's six of each, right?

- Except for me.

- I'm the telephone.

Hey, Rachel! Check it out!

- Oh, my God!

- It's up.

It's going to have walls around it as well.

Yay!

You guys, there's too many at this table.

- Sorry.

- There's too many.

Carol, they're back!

Are you guys hungry?

I made a salad nioise. It's got tuna.

I was just thinking salad nioise.

- Dad, can we focus on what we were doing?

- Of course. I'm sorry.

Hey.

The Rosenzwiegs.

Could we put the Rosenzwiegs far from me?

- Dad, they're your friends.

- They are not my friends, darling.

They've just lived next door

to us for 10,000 years.

I am this lovely face right over here.

That is a perfect place to put me in.

Where are you putting me? In the stockade?

Kym, stop it, you're at the family table.

Listen, just don't sit me next to

Michael or Sandy, okay?

They're not invited.

Sandy never responded to

my amends e-mail from Milestones.

I hate it when people

don't meet you halfway.

You know, why don't you give

the amends thing a rest?

You're at the family table with us.

That would make it 13, though.

I think Rachel wanted to keep it to 12.

Right.

Where are you putting me?

I was going to put you with Cookie Puss

and the Chicago cousins

because they always get really drunk

and need wrangling.

Well, can someone else do it?

I was sort of planning on enjoying myself.

- You're the only one they're afraid of.

- No, this is easy.

We can put Grandma Rose

down here with her companion

at this other table,

which is actually a really good idea.

Great. That's all I need. Another reason

for Grandma Rose to hate me.

- She does not hate you.

- Are you kidding?

She's still mad about

the whole Rite Aid thing.

Nonsense!

Dad, can I show you something

in the kitchen?

- Eliza, would you excuse us for a moment?

- Yeah.

Thanks.

- Rachel, what is this behavior?

- Can I just have a day? Please?

Have all the days you want, darling.

Nobody is trying to take your day.

Then why are you defending her?

Defending her from what?

Rachel, nobody's defending anybody.

Why are you protecting her?

Because I don't want her to think

we don't want her.

Sometimes I don't want her.

It's my f***ing wedding!

- I want my table to be perfect.

- She's your sister. Stop.

Let's put the dishes here because

I have to reload this dishwasher, I can see.

Paul, you know...

Paul, I was thinking about it,

and I actually did some preliminary

sketches. I'd love to show them to you.

He's actually...

He's not kidding about this.

- I think that if you move...

- He's been working on this.

If you move things like the salad bowls

on the upper tier,

you could probably get about

10% more stuff in the dishwasher, so...

Sidney.

Does he know?

You're showing me how to load

the dishwasher?

I'm showing you how to do it right.

Sidney,

my future son-in-law,

you're a wonderful young man.

You'll make a lot of money in this business,

and the world is your oyster,

but you don't know sh*t

about loading a dishwasher.

Well, with all due respect, sir,

the mantle has passed.

Painful. Painful, sweetie.

All right.

Oh, no!

What, are we timing it?

Yeah, let's work with time,

if you're going to do it right.

- Dad, what's the time limit?

- Go!

- How long do you want to time it?

- Two minutes.

Is that all right?

Are you all right with that, sir?

Would you like me to spot you 30 seconds?

- Go!

- Paul, I think your problem is mainly

in lid placement.

Inverting the lids and putting them

in the upper tier is just pass.

- It's kind of old-school.

- There's food on that one!

- Thank you, Kymmie.

- Lettuce leaf, lettuce leaf!

Follow the schematic.

It might be worth pointing out

that the dishes need to be rinsed.

- Are you shaking in your boots?

- You got 20 seconds.

Fifteen seconds left.

Rachel, darling, you are out of the will.

You know that?

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six,

five, four, three, two, one...

You know, all you young people

who are applauding,

you should go f*** yourselves.

- Sweetie, keep it clean!

- No, I'm just saying.

- It's a wonderful attempt, Son.

- Okay. I tried to fix it.

Kieran, if you could clean out

that machine, I will then be able

to break out the whoop-ass

on this young man here.

He's breaking out the whoop-ass!

- Let's break out the whoop-ass.

- Break out the whoop-ass.

When that machine is empty,

I will show you how it's done.

What is this whoop-ass you speak of?

You should rest. You should rest. Really.

- Silverware is a part of the art.

- Okay, all right.

I will say that Sidney had

a little time to survey things.

He did a little planning

and made some sketches.

But that's all right.

I'm ready any time you say "go. "

Go!

$5! $5 on the geezer!

Rinsing!

Go, Dad!

Here, Son. Have some.

Cup handles!

Side load!

I didn't know about side load.

He's good.

Buchman, in front of your family.

Buchman, your women will weep.

Last one!

- Could I have my time, please?

- You have 15 seconds left.

Fifteen seconds left and I need more dishes!

Somebody give me more dishes!

Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad!

- Don't get cocky, keep it going.

- Where we at? Kieran?

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six,

five, four, three, two, one...

- All right.

- That's it, man. That's...

What?

Where are you going?

Let's grab some lemonade on the porch.

Is everything okay?

- Hey!

- See you later.

I have to. I mean...

I mean, if I could do it the way

I wanted to do it. Literally...

Hey, Rach? Are you getting a manicure?

Hi.

You don't remember me, do you?

Oh, my God.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

God is punishing me.

No, no, he's blessing me.

Well. Wow.

- So, how are you?

- I'm great. I'm great.

You remember?

We were in the hospital together, right?

We were... Were you at Milestones?

No. I didn't go to Milestones.

I didn't have the coverage.

We were on the same floor at Loeb House.

Okay.

- You look great.

- Twenty-eight months, clean and sober.

Praise God.

Amen.

I can't believe that I'm seeing you again.

I know. It's so weird.

Listen.

Do you remember that exercise

where we had to write down experiences

and pass them anonymously

to another person?

Yeah. Yeah, the human mirror.

Seeing things from a fresh perspective.

I got yours.

You drew poodles in the margins.

I know it's supposed to be anonymous

and everything...

- Yeah.

... but you...

You

were so brave.

The way your uncle abused

you and your sister

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Jenny Lumet

Jenny Lumet (born February 2, 1967) is an American actress and screenwriter. She is the daughter of director Sidney Lumet and granddaughter of Lena Horne. Lumet is perhaps most known for writing the original screenplay of the 2008 Jonathan Demme film Rachel Getting Married. more…

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