Movies

June, 1978

Compared with conventional film comedy, Robert Altman's A Wedding is something else. But then, practically any Altman movie is. This time out, the wild man from Westwood took an all-star company, augmented by local talent, to the Armour mansion in Lake Forest, Illinois, and sorted out the bullshit surrounding one of the most cherished American institutions: marriage. Virtually all the action occurs during the wedding ceremony and the reception following at the home of the groom's parents. The gr...