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GenreFeature film
RatedR
Runtime1 hr 43 mins
ReleasedApril 18, 2025
StreamingSee Where to Watch
DirectorAndrew Ahn
StarringBowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran
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The Wedding Banquet (2025)
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| The Wedding Banquet's Details | |
| Genre | Feature film |
| Rated | R |
| Released | 01/27/2025 (Sundance); 04/18/2025 (United States) |
| Streaming | See Where to Watch on this page. |
| Running Time | 1 hr 43 mins |
| Budget | Not reported |
| Box Office | Updated daily from Box Office Mojo. See the numbers below. |
| Based On | The Wedding Banquet by Ang Lee and Neil Peng and James Schamus |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English, Chinese, Korean |
| The Wedding Banquet's Interests | |
| General | Garage apartments, fake engagements, fertility clinic bills, wedding planning, chosen family. |
| Music | Jay Wadley |
| Movies | The Wedding Banquet (1993). Ang Lee's original, still a classic. |
| Television | Saturday Night Live. Where Bowen Yang made his name. |
| Heroes | May, Angela's mom. The proudest PFLAG member in all of Seattle. |
| The Wedding Banquet's Crew | |
| Director | Andrew Ahn |
| Writers | Andrew Ahn, James Schamus |
| Producers | Anita Gou, Joe Pirro, Caroline Clark, James Schamus |
| Cinematography | Ki Jin Kim |
| Music | Jay Wadley |
| Edited By | Geraud Brisson |
| Production | ShivHans Pictures, Kindred Spirit, Symbolic Exchange |
| Distributed By | Bleecker Street (United States and Canada), Universal Pictures (International) |
Farce or family drama? The Wedding Banquet never picks, so it plays both at about half volume. Andrew Ahn’s remake of the Ang Lee film puts two couples in one Seattle house: Kelly Marie Tran’s Angela and Lily Gladstone’s Lee up front, Bowen Yang’s Chris and Han Gi-chan’s Min out in the garage. Min’s visa is running out, Lee’s IVF fund is running dry, and the fix everyone lands on is a fake engagement between Min and Angela. Then Min’s grandmother Ja-Young turns up unannounced, and Youn Yuh-jung walks off with the movie, sharp and funny and softer than she lets on. Joan Chen is a treat as Angela’s very eager mom. The big traditional Korean wedding looks gorgeous. The 86% from critics is fair, but the jokes and the heartache keep stepping on each other’s lines. A 6.7 because the cast is lovely and the tone never settles. $93.64 says you start sketching a seating chart for a party you aren’t even throwing.
What works: Youn Yuh-jung is a scene-stealer, Kelly Marie Tran and Bowen Yang are warm leads, and the wedding itself is beautiful.
What doesn’t: The film keeps swerving between broad farce and serious drama, and the mix leaves both sides feeling muted.
Who it’s for: Anyone who loves a found family crammed into one house and a grandma who quietly runs the show.
Spoilers
At the courthouse, Chris bursts in, and he and Min decide to get married themselves, with Ja-Young giving her blessing. Angela and Lee make up, and the film jumps ahead to a house with two babies, all four of them raising the kids together.
Angela (Kelly Marie Tran) and her partner Lee (Lily Gladstone) share a house in Seattle, and Angela's best friend Chris (Bowen Yang) lives in their garage with his boyfriend Min (Han Gi-chan). Min's visa is about to run out, and his wealthy grandmother Ja-Young (Youn Yuh-jung) wants him home in Korea running the family business. Lee wants a baby, but another round of IVF costs more than they have. So Min and Lee cook up a plan: Min marries Angela, gets to stay, and pays for the IVF. What could go wrong. Andrew Ahn directs this remake of the Ang Lee classic. One hundred three minutes, one fake engagement.
Chosen family, found family, any family that shows up with snacks.
| Bowen Yang | Chris |
| Lily Gladstone | Lee |
| Kelly Marie Tran | Angela Chen |
| Han Gi-chan | Min |
| Joan Chen | May Chen |
| Youn Yuh-jung | Ja-Young |
| Bobo Le | Kendall |
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 19 October 2026 DataBot +400 Numbers refreshed: Worldwide box office $2.5M; Domestic box office $2.1M; Opening weekend $919K; profit note now waits on a budget; Rotten Tomatoes 86%; box office chart updated; Rotten Tomatoes critics 86% (170 reviews); Metacritic 68 / 100; IMDb users 6.3 / 10 (4,653 votes); movie.guru score 5.9.
- (cur | prev) 12:00, 19 October 2026 DataBot +2,000 Profile created from Wikipedia and Box Office Mojo: cast, crew, release dates, budget, official trailer.