Serial (Bad) Weddings (2014)

So much average

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

A Catholic French couple sees their life upside down when their four daughters get married to men of different religion and origins. Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu? benefits from a great perfomance from Christian Clavier and most of the comic relief comes from him and works 100% also the story works without getting boring or even racist. It's not perfect tho cause i think that the husbands were the weakest element of the plot and don't get me wrong they do a good job in terms of acting it's just that their characters get some screen time and their arguements at times were extremely silly. But Clavier shines and the jokes do land for the most part and fans of the French Cinema won't be disappointed. (7.5/10)

Foolish, humorless,very bad acting,no real feeling, and at one point the sisters and their husbands do something horrible, seemingly totally out of character, but life goes on...Also our young couple reacts to problems in ways that make no sense...

The French movie Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu? was shown in the U.S. with the title "Serial (Bad) Weddings (2014)." I would have preferred the translation of the French title--"What have we done to God?" (The point being, "What have we done to God to make him send us these four sons-in-law?") The film was co-written and directed by Philippe de Chauveron. Christian Clavier plays Claude Verneuil, and Chantal Lauby plays his wife, Marie Verneuil. They have four beautiful daughters. One has married a Chinese man (presumably Buddhist), one has married an Israeli Jew, and one has married an Algerian Muslim. The fourth daughter announces that she is engaged to a Catholic!What makes these marriages "bad," is that the Verneuils are very French, and very Catholic, and none of their first three sons-in-law was born in France or is Catholic. However, they are all intelligent men and excellent husbands. The weddings are more or less "bad" in the eyes of the Verneuils, but not necessarily in the eyes of anyone else but their priest.What makes the fourth marriage--to a Catholic--"bad" makes up the plot of the movie. It's not subtle, but it is funny. My wife and I laughed aloud at several scenes, and so did the rest of the audience.I entitled this review "Funniest film at the Rochester Jewish Film Festival." The Rochester International Film Festival committee made a real effort to find funny films, but none of the other comedies RIJFF presented struck me as very funny. This film is funny, but it isn't Jewish. It's true that one son-in-law is Jewish, but he's just there to fill out the set of three non-Catholic spouses. I think it's fine that this film isn't truly a "Jewish" film, because I like the fact that RIJFF reaches out beyond the strict definition of films that a Jewish Film Festival should show. And, unlike the comedy/drama combinations at the Festival, this movie was pure comedy. My thought about the other "comedies" was that the drama weighed down the comedy, and the comedy weighed down the drama. Not for this film--it was simply a very funny movie. No real drama--just comedy.We saw this film at Rochester's Dryden Theatre as the closing night presentation of the highly regarded Rochester International Jewish Film Festival. It will probably work a little better on the large screen, but it will be fine on the small screen as well. I highly recommend it.

This is not so much a review as a warning to others.I hardly ever write comments about films I have seen, but I feel compelled to tell of this monstrosity of a "film". Trite, boring, badly-acted, infantile, embarrassing, patronising and worst of all unfunny...these are a few relevant adjectives I would use to describe it. Don't be fooled by the score on IMDb (there must be a lot of people with an under-developed sense of humour), this must be in my top ten worst film of all time. I usually find something positive in any film I watch no matter how bad, but I found it impossible to be anything other than scathing with this one. Steer clear, you have been warned! ;-) Ps. The most amusing thing for me was the title which in Spanish is "dios mio, pero que te hemos hecho!" which translates as "My god what have we done to you!" . I thought that was particularly apt given my experience.