Rachel Getting Married Page #8

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


You can't just leave.

You have to call, now.

You always have to call.

I know.

F***.

Come here.

- F***. I'm sorry.

- That's all right.

Goes in, like, 12 directions.

I'm so happy you're home.

And see if you can fold it

into three pieces at the top.

Okay, hold on. Let me try.

You were right about the gray.

- Rachel, Rachel, Rachel, Rachel

- Sidney, Sidney, Sidney, Sidney

- Rachel, Rachel

- Sidney, Sidney

We've come together

to show our support for

Sidney and Rachel in theirjoining hands

and in joining themselves together

in holy wedlock.

The weather's been pretty miserable

all weekend, but now it's a beautiful day.

And it's a beautiful day because

when two people come together

who really love one another

and want to share that with other people,

it makes it a beautiful day.

So Sidney Williams and Rachel Buchman

have come do to that.

And, Rachel, you go first.

Paul Buchman likes to say

that the measure of a great life is

not how well loved you are,

but how well you love others.

Sidney, you teach me that every day.

You are just so full of grace,

and I promise before God

and these beautiful people

that I will love you fiercely

and sweetly.

And I look forward to sharing

that great life with you.

Thank you for marrying me.

All that I ever wanted was

to just hear music,

and when I met you, I heard you.

And, Rachel, you're the most beautiful thing

I've ever heard.

Thank you for marrying me.

You're welcome.

She used to work in a diner

Never saw a woman look finer

I used to orderjust to watch her

float across the floor

She grew up in a small town

Never put her roots down

Daddy always kept moving, so she did, too

You know it ain't easy

You got to hold on

She was an unknown legend in her time

Now she's dressing two kids

Looking for a magic kiss

She gets the faraway look in her eyes

Somewhere on a desert highway

She rides a Harley-Davidson

Her long brown hair flying in the wind

She's been running half her life

The chrome and steel she rides

colliding with

The very air she breathes

The air she breathes

Do we have some rings?

Sidney, you go first

and place the ring on Rachel's hand.

Do you?

Yeah, I do.

Sidney does. Do you, Rachel?

I do.

All right.

By the power vested in me by

the state of Connecticut and by Neil Young,

I pronounce that they are husband and wife,

and now you can kiss him.

Okay. We're going to cut the cake.

Everybody who wants to see it, come now.

Tastes like lime and turmeric.

It's got, like, turmeric in it.

Baby Boy, let them take the picture.

Yeah, Baby Boy.

Can we all do this together?

Everybody.

Kym?

Wait. Where's... Where's Kym?

I'm here.

Mom?

- Dear God...

- Wait, wait, wait. Mom.

Okay, look at the camera. One, two, three.

That's great. Thank you.

Dear God, please bless this family and

let them always invite us over for dinner,

because God knows

my new wife cannot boil water or fry an egg.

And now a word from our sponsor.

Mr. Buchman, if you please!

I'm getting now to the Williams family.

It's a done deal. We're relatives.

We were fortunate that they could be

joined by Specialist Joseph Gonzales.

Son, we want you home and we want you

to put that damn camera down.

Hey.

- Hey.

- Sorry.

No. Come in.

Come on.

Have you seen Mom?

No, she's probably taking a break.

How do you take a break from your own

daughter's wedding?

You know Mom. She doesn't really...

Oh, yeah. Here's the party?

Okay, this is too cute for me.

- Hello?

- Hello?

Rachel. Well, here you all are.

I've been looking all over for you.

Hey.

So lovely. I'm truly...

- Abby?

- Yeah?

- They're bringing the car around.

- Okay. Great.

Wait. You're leaving?

Honey, I'm so exhausted,

but I had such a marvelous time.

Everything was great. Carol and Daddy

really did a great job, don't you think?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

Okay, I just didn't want to make a

big scene. We're just going to slip away.

- You could make a little scene.

- Well, I'm making it. Right?

Andrew and I have to go to Washington

tomorrow. So we're going to take off.

Why are you going to Washington?

I thought I told you. No?

We'll just be a week.

We have a bunch of meetings. But you guys

are going away real soon, right?

What about our post-nuptial

wedding gossip reconnaissance, Mom?

Well, you could come by in the morning.

Yeah...

No, no, that's a stupid idea. Don't call

me early. It's your wedding night.

You're not going to get up early.

That was silly. Anyway...

I have to get Andrew ready

'cause he's absolutely hopeless in this way.

So...

We'll just be a bit and then we'll be back.

Everything was so lovely,

even the weather cooperated.

It was beautiful, honey. Okay.

Wait.

I want my mother and my sister.

- Congratulations, Daddy.

- Thanks.

All right, Rachel.

- All right, Rach. Okay.

- Okay.

- You'll call me every day about you know...

- Yes. Of course.

- You take care. All right?

- Bye.

- Son-in-law.

- Mother-in-law.

Take care of yourself.

- Paul, Carol, it was so lovely.

- Thank you.

- Get some rest.

- Okay.

I can't find my cigarettes.

Just give me a second.

Kymmie. Kym.

You remember Susanna Galeano?

- Hi.

- Hi, Kym. How are you?

Suzy runs a first rate PR firm and, darling,

she has just lost an office assistant.

We really are down a person.

And I was wondering,

have you ever

thought about public relations?

The public's kind of afraid of me.

Listen, Suzy

is opening a new office right here.

- Darling, you could be at home.

- I tell you what.

- Why don't you call me on Monday?

- Give her a card.

- And we can talk about it?

- That would be great.

- This is just too perfect.

- It's stuck, here we go.

- Thank you.

- Paul, it was beautiful.

- I'm gonna have to go.

- Suzy, Suzy, thank you. I know.

You look wonderful.

Do you want me

to hold that card now for you?

No, no. I got it. Just... Give me a second.

I'll be back in a minute.

Okay.

Hello?

You making a break for it?

Yeah.

Yeah, I got to go.

Yeah. Okay.

If you ever need anything...

If I need to post bond?

No. If you ever need anything.

Thank you.

Maybe you'll come visit me in Hawaii.

- That would be nice.

- Yes, it would.

- I got to go.

- Okay.

- I got it.

- Okay.

Kym.

Daddy?

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

- How you feeling?

- I'm okay.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

You should probably just ignore the eye.

It's a long story.

- Okay.

- Kymmie.

Hey.

- Hey, I'm Kym's sister.

- Hi.

- This is Rosa.

- Rachel.

Rachel, I heard a lot about you.

You got married.

- I did, yeah.

- Congratulations.

Thank you.

I love your baby.

Me, too.

- Great.

- Nice to meet you.

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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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