To satisfy his nagging parents, a gay landlord and a female tenant agree to a marriage of convenience, but his parents arrive to visit and things get out of hand.To satisfy his nagging parents, a gay landlord and a female tenant agree to a marriage of convenience, but his parents arrive to visit and things get out of hand.To satisfy his nagging parents, a gay landlord and a female tenant agree to a marriage of convenience, but his parents arrive to visit and things get out of hand.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 13 wins & 11 nominations total
- Mrs. Gao
- (as Ah-Leh Gua)
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- TriviaThe Wedding Banquet (1993) has the highest cost-to-return ratio of 1993, earning $23.6 million from a budget of $1 million. This gave it a of 23.6 ratio, considerably higher than 1993's biggest money-maker "Jurassic Park" whose ratio was 13.8.
- GoofsDuring the small family dinner to which Simon treats the newlyweds and Wei-Tung's parents, Simon can be seen to alternately hold chopsticks, a small bowl or nothing in his left hand, depending on the camera angle.
- Quotes
Justice of the Peace: Okay, now you: "I, Wee-Wee..."
Wei-Wei: Wee-Wee.
Justice of the Peace: "... take you, Wai Tung..."
Wei-Wei: Wee-Wee.
Justice of the Peace: Okay. "To be my wedded husband... to have and to hold..."
Wei-Wei: Holding to have, husband, mine...
Justice of the Peace: "... for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer..."
Wei-Wei: Better and richer, no poorer.
Justice of the Peace: "... in sickness and in health, till death do us part."
Wei-Wei: Till sickness and death.
Justice of the Peace: Groovy. Rings.
- SoundtracksThe Wedding Banquet
It's a great example of modern day life and combines so many issues of today - sexuality, cross-cultural life, tradition/modernity etc. But it's not a "gay" film and it's not a "foreign" film, it mixes these elements really well into a very typically Hollywood story. But it is also able to use them to comment on social stereotypes and grouping, but without blatantly doing so.
The characters are all very likeable and I really felt sympathy for the positions they were all in - a young man (Wai-tung) trying to please both his parents and his partner Simon, an illegal immigrant (Wei-wei) who wants to stay in America, and Wai-tung's boyfriend Simon trying his best to be accommodating and patient though feeling pushed out of the family.
The messages of this film about tolerance and honesty are not pushed in your face. It's a very easygoing film that is very funny in some places and sad in others. There are some subtitles and some is in English because we, the audience, must learn to integrate our own way of life with others, just like the people in the film.
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- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- El banquete de bodas
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- Budget
- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,933,459
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $134,870
- Aug 8, 1993
- Gross worldwide
- $6,933,459
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1