Waste of time

good back-story, and good acting

Crappy film

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

The Wedding Party is a very old and outdated comedy about a groom named Charlie experiencing jitters as his wedding is approaching soon.He employs several activities not to get cold feet by rekindling the relationship he has with his fiancée and her former boyfriend to escape the scene.With the description,it was obviously nothing but a farce.But what makes the movie relevant today is the first appearance of today's acting legend Robert De Niro,who back then was known as Robert Denero. Added to the cast is the late talented actress Jill Clayburg and the director of the film is Brian De Palma,one of the best in Hollywood.While this was made in 1963,it was nevertheless put into the shelved and released six years later.I tried to see it just to get to see the 20-year old De Niro making a screen debut and a start of a long and successful career.It was good to note that he did pretty well as a comedian despite being a supporting player in a very comedic film that only belonged in the 60's and it won't even get released today.

Wedding Party, The (1969) 1/2 (out of 4) Incredibly bad comedy was the second feature for director Brian DePalma. A groom (Charles Pfulger) shows up at his wedding party only to discover there's more to marriage than he thought. This film doesn't work on any level and the worse part is that I only laughed once throughout the 90 minute running time. Not even the young and chubby Robert DeNiro (spelled DeNero in the credits) can help this thing. The film uses faster frames per minute than normal, which I'm guessing is an attempt at silent slapstick but this doesn't work either.

I chose to watch the DVD because Robert De Niro was included in the cast. It turned out that he was a member of the supporting cast in a role of no great importance. It was however of historical interest to see him in one of his earliest roles.Charles Pfluger played the role of Charlie a frustrated young man uncertain if he should fulfil his wedding commitments. Many a man has had an attack of the jitters just before marriage so he will have many sympathizers. The film is broken up into chapters each covering the events that lead up to the marriage ceremony. In the lead role Charles Pfluger outshone all the actors The film is a farcical comedy that uses accelerated motion to get laughs. The nonsensical behaviour of men overloading a car with luggage and falling out of the car as they do so was shear clowning and not particularly funny or clever. Speeding off and then returning to pick up luggage which had fallen off was pathetic.I don't know what they were doing in the cutting room. There were some abrupt changes which suggested some of the frames had been omitted.One thing is certain . The music dominated the film. It was deafening at times and drowned out the dialogue. This may have been intentional especially in the dinner scenes and party scenes in which everyone talks at once and nobody listens or replies. This is typical of all parties where drinks flow freely.Many of the actors tried hard to become amusing characters by assuming annoying voices that were very false and did not ring true.On the whole a disappointing comedy.

This slight film is mostly going to be of interest to de Palma or Robert de Niro fans, but not many others. Shot in black and white, the tale of a man who plans to get married and has second thoughts, is peppered with more radical cinematography than the plot deserves: the speeded up walking and 'zany'/'madcap' car driving.But the idea of a threesome of men talking through jump-cuts ended up being used to much better effect in de Palma's Greetings, which also starred a young de Niro again.Also the film's strength or weakness - depending on your mood - is that much of it clearly was shot on film stock that had no sound, so the genius is that much of the film is 'silent' ie it only has accompanying music. This adds to the scenes when dialogue does kick into the film. Unfortunately, the insignificance of the improvised conversations hardly make you want to wait for the next such discourse.Worth watching once, but don't spend too much on the ticket!