The Wedding Tackle | |
Director: | Rami Dvir |
Starring: | Leslie Grantham Tony Slattery Adrian Dunbar Amanda Redman Susan Vidler James Purefoy |
Music: | Charles Hodgkinson Kirk Zavieh |
Cinematography: | Shelley Hirst |
Editing: | Mike Latham Matthew Tabern |
Distributor: | Viking Films |
Runtime: | 94 min |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Language: | English |
The Wedding Tackle is a 2000 British comedy film directed by Rami Dvir[1] and starring Leslie Grantham, Tony Slattery, Adrian Dunbar, Amanda Redman, Susan Vidler, and James Purefoy.[2]
The film primarily takes place over the course of one night. Hal (Purefoy), an over sexed photographer is due to marry Vinni (Vidler) in one week but has cold feet. His friend, Little Ted (Slattery), a scheming, sexually frustrated cartoonist is obsessed with Vinni, even though he dumped her when they went out together. Both Little Ted and Hal have their own plans to disrupt the imminent wedding and they separately call upon Mr. Mac (Dunbar), a world weary swimming coach, to help them out. At Hal's all day stag night, Little Ted sets in motion a disastrous chain of events when he persuades Mr.Mac to convince Petula, (his ex-girlfriend, played by Redman) to seduce Hal in a pub lavatory so that he can record it. As the night unfolds each character's scheme becomes increasingly tangled.
Derek Elley of Variety gave the film a lukewarm review, describing it as, "a good cast managing to rise above an average script and lackluster direction. Overall, however, pic is a modest item, demanding fast local playoff before disappearing onto half-inch."[3] Keith Perry of the British Film Institute similarly observed, "Debut director and former stage actor Rami Dvir opts for a functional, televisual mise en scène, with an even editing rhythm, shallow rack focusing and flat blocking."[4]
The soundtrack to The Wedding Tackle