The Wedding Banquet

  • Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran
  • Andrew Ahn
  • May 9th 2025
  • 103
A gay man makes a deal with his lesbian friend: a green-card marriage for him, in exchange for in vitro fertilization treatments for her. Plans evolve as Min's grandmother surprises them with a Korean wedding banquet.

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The Wedding Banquet

Verdict: The Wedding Banquet is a rare rom-com that fully delivers on the romance and comedy in equal measure. An utter delight!

  • Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran
  • May 9th 2025
  • 103
  • Andrew Ahn

A gay man and his lesbian friend agree to get married so he can get a green card – but chaos ensues with the arrival of his grandmother.

Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy now has some stiff competition for romantic comedy of the year thanks to the arrival of The Wedding Banquet.

The remake of Ang Lee’s 1993 film stars Lily Gladstone and Kelly Marie Tran as girlfriends Lee and Angela, who have been unsuccessfully trying for a baby and cannot afford another round of IVF.

There is also Angela’s longtime best friend Chris (Bowen Yang), who lives in a shed-like building on their property, and his rich Korean boyfriend Min (Han Gi-chan).

He proposes to Chris to get a green card to stay in the U.S. but his partner flat-out refuses.

Chaos ensues when Angela agrees to marry Min in exchange for money towards IVF treatment.

They plan to do a simple civil service until Min’s grandmother Ja-Young (Youn Yuh-jung) arrives and insists they carry out the traditional Korean wedding ceremony in full.

Director and co-writer Andrew Ahn has created four well-defined...

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