My Mother's Wedding
2023
Certificate 15 – COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Kristin Scott Thomas
With Kristin Scott Thomas,
Scarlett Johansson
Runtime: 95 mins
Kristin Scott Thomas’s directorial debut, and inspired by her own life. Three sisters (Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller, Emily Beecham) return to their home for the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother (Kristin Scott Thomas). But the mother and daughters are forced to revisit the past and confront the future, with help from a colorful group of unexpected wedding guests.
WHY WATCH THIS FILM? For the stellar cast.
“Given how many of Kristin Scott Thomas’ on-screen characters could kill you with a single withering look, it’s perhaps a surprise that her screenwriting and directorial debut is a gentle and cosy affair, about a middle-class British family working through their emotional hang-ups. Think chintzy cottage, idyllic streams and enviable day dresses and you’re halfway there. What’s less surprising is the quality of performance and self-assurance on display.” Empire
“[Scott Thomas] steals the show with a speech at the end putting all three girls to rights, which sounds very much like the actress talking — tenderly, irritably — to her younger self.” Sunday Times