Greek Film Festival: Bang Bang wedding
Bang Bang Wedding staring Alex Dimitriades, is set on the island of Crete in Greece. The film spans one day – Ilias and Marina’s wedding. This comedy brings us many colourful and humorous characters, all guests of the wedding, and follows them as they travel the island of Crete to get from the church to the reception of the wedding. The scenery in this film is spectacular and made me want to book a ticket to Greece – tomorrow.
There were some hilarious moments in this film. However, sometimes I felt that the comedy was bordering on farce – each situation that unfolded was more unbelievable than its predecessor. It was funny at the start but after a while it became a little boring and repetitious. Most of the film takes place while guests are in their cars and it wasn’t long before I was nauseated. Some of the best acting was done by the supporting actors, particullarly the mothers and the maid of honour – Ilias and Marina were a bit of a letdown. I didn’t feel the love or chemistry between them. When Alex’s character, Illias, was first introduced, he awkwardly stuck out – everyone was speaking fluent Greek, and fast, while Alex’s Greek wasn’t as confident. It wasn’t revealed until the end of the film that Ilias had only been in Greece for 5 years which is information I would have liked from the start.
Bang Bang wedding is good for some laughs, and people in the cinema were laughing a lot harder than me. But if you want a film with a little more substance, this may not be the film for you. I’m a big fan of Alex’s work in other films (Head On, Underbelly, The heartbreak kid) and was a little disappointed that he took on this role. Still, it was nice seeing him on the island of Crete – it gave the film a nice romantic feel to it.
Koraly’s rating: 2 1/2 stars
