It’s June, so everyone is talking about wedding season right now. Food Network is airing Wedding Cake Championship teasers, and people are tying the knot all over the globe. So, when I first caught a glimpse of the Destination Wedding trailer and who was in it, I figured I would join the crowd.
Coming out in August, this romantic comedy marks the fourth time Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder have worked together. The last film they were in was in 2009 in the barely worth mentioning The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Their most memorable work together is 1992’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Writer/Director Victor Levin’s name doesn’t stand out to me, but he has done a lot of romantic comedy work according to his resume. Destination Wedding looks like Levin is shooting for a Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn classic feel. I am hopeful that the story won’t be as predictable as it appears, but there’s also nothing wrong with a little romance about a couple who starts out hating each other and falling in love. Nothing at all.
SYNOPSIS
Destination Wedding reunites two of Hollywood’s most adored stars, Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder, as the socially awkward Frank and Lindsay. When they meet on their way to a destination wedding, they soon discover they have a lot in common: they both hate the bride, the groom, the wedding, themselves, and most especially each other.
As the weekend’s events continually force them together – and their cheerlessness immediately isolates them from the other guests – Frank and Lindsay find that if you verbally spar with someone long enough, anything can happen. When debate gives way to desire, they must decide which is stronger: their hearts or their common sense.
DESTINATION WEDDING
Starring Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves
Directed By Victor Levin
Produced By Gail Lyon, Elizabeth Dell, Robert Jones
