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72% Critic Match
The Wedding Banquet
“A little deception at the reception.”
7.2 / 10• 1993• 1h 48m•R• Chinese
ComedyDramaRomance
Storyline
A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.
Cast & Crew
Winston Chao
Gao Wai-Tung
Lead
Gua Ah-leh
Mrs. Gao
Lung Sihung
Mr. Gao
May Chin
Gu Wei-Wei
Mitchell Lichtenstein
Simon
VY
Vanessa Yang
Mao Mei
DB
Dion Birney
Andrew
Jeanne Kuo Chang
Wai-Tung's Secretary
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ang Lee's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Wedding Banquet is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
