Weve been given five pairs of tickets to give away to 5 heyuguys readers to the gala screening of cheerful weather for the wedding which is released in uk cinemas 9th january then on dvd and bluray 14th january. Today is the wedding day of dolly thatcham felicity jones, and her family is arriving at the manor house with all the. Downstairs, her fiance and her former lover grow increasingly anxious. Cheerful weather for the wedding by julia strachey 1932, persephone 2009 this book came to my attention in a blog entry that described it as a slapstick. That sense of disconnection, of passions spontaneously indulged and then put back on the shelf, pervades this. Like its all in a book from the lending library, to be returned when youve finished. Dollys mother will not allow her carefully laid plans for her daughters. Cheerful weather for the wedding movie movie insider. The movie does have some dry wit sprinkled throughout, and it reminded me a little of gosford park 2001 the way the story unfolded in a sliceoflife fashion. The beautiful piano music for cheerful weather a 1932 waltz by levitzki was especially recorded for us by daniel becker.
The publication of cheerful weather for the wedding coincided with the breakdown of julia stracheys own marriage to the bisexual, depressive, alcoholic, sculptor, stephen tomlin, whose mother, according to frances partridge was the model for the monstrously selfabsorbed mrs thatcham. Dec 06, 2012 donald rices cheerful weather for the wedding calls upon the style and period and even an actress from the popular tv drama downton abbey. In fact, halfway through cheerful weather for the wedding, it becomes clear that the film is neither a story of two men battling for a womans love. With felicity jones, luke treadaway, elizabeth mcgovern, james norton. I thought the acting was very well done, felicity jones is very talented and elizabeth mcgovern really added a lot. I expected, therefore, to be entertained in the way that one is entertained by wodehouse and benson and waugh, or perhaps by nancy mitford. Cheerful weather for the wedding 2012 cast and crew. There is a little light humor coming from family members, but nothing raucous or more than mildly amusing. Set in a stately country home in perhaps the 1930s, the movie covers the events of one morning and afternoon. Cheerful weather for the wedding 2012 rotten tomatoes. Cheerful weather for the wedding persephone classics by strachey, julia and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Cheerful weather for the wedding streaming complet film vf avec soustitres francais gratuitement. Do you ever feel like youre just reading about yourself. Directed by donald rice and starring felicity jones, elizabeth mcgovern, mackenzie crook and luke treadaway.
To read more about cheerful weather for the wedding go to the persephone. Waylaid by the disheartened admirer who failed to win her over while he still could, a. On the day of her wedding, an ambivalent bride felicity jones locks herself in her bedroom while her family and former lover luke. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Donald rices film cheerful weather for the wedding resembles downton abbey, complete with elizabeth mcgovern, but also with a difference. Cheerful weather for the wedding by julia strachey 1932. Get cheerful weather for the wedding dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats. If youre seriously whiteknuckling for a dose of english period countryside romanticism while waiting for downtons next season to roll, cheerful weather for the wedding will be like methadone. Downstairs, both her fiance and her former lover grow increasingly anxious.
Cheerful weather for the wedding a colorful british comedy. Yes, there were moments of wit, and characters like mrs thatcham who were so over the top that i had to laugh. Julias own mother had been a remote figure since her divorce from julias father, oliver. Cheerful weather for the wedding wedding movies on. The film covered one day dollys wedding day, but throughout the film we got glimpses of past experiences and we also saw different perspectives of the events of the day. A large group of family members and assorted friends gathers for a young womans marriage in postwwi england, an event that she seems to be anticipating with dread. In this lighthearted and steamy romantic comedy, bridetobe dolly must choose between her devoted fiancee and the former lover she wants to seduce her. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at movies.
Cheerful weather for the wedding julia strachey the. Cheerful weather for the wedding is a 2012 british comedy drama film directed by donald rice and starring felicity jones, luke treadaway, and elizabeth mcgovern. Movies like cheerful weather for the wedding if you like cheerful weather for the wedding you are looking for sweet, captivating and entertaining movies about with lovers reunited, under the surface, love and romance, love triangle, wedding, ex lover and friendship themes of comedy, drama and romance genre shot in uk. Cheerful weather for the wedding 2012 financial information.
A young woman frets upstairs in her familys country manor on her wedding day, fearful shes about to marry the wrong man. Jul 01, 2012 cheerful weather for the wedding in australian cinemas april 18th 20 on a crisp march morning in 1932, bridetobe dolly felicity jones is hiding in her bedroom daydreaming of the whimsical. Aug 21, 2014 cheerful weather for the wedding is a gloomy tale about a pair of crazy kids in love who just cannot get their sht together. Cheerful weather for the wedding dvd release date march 26, 20. Cheerful weather for the wedding 2012 on the day of her wedding, an ambivalent bride felicity jones locks herself in her bedroom while her family and former lover luke treadaway await. Theres nothing better than a quintessential british period drama, just like cheerful weather for the wedding which features love triangles, disruptive family gatherings and a grand wedding at the end or at least a promise of one.
Its basically an english period piece about a dysfunctional family, elizabeth mcgovern. Dec 07, 2012 donald rices film cheerful weather for the wedding resembles downton abbey, complete with elizabeth mcgovern, but also with a difference. The film covered one day dollys wedding day, but throughout the film we got glimpses. Cheerful weather for the wedding julia strachey january 29, 20 by claire the captive reader when i picked up cheerful weather for the wedding by julia strachey for the first time three years ago, i did so knowing that it is one of those persephone titles that readers are divided on.
Dec 07, 2012 watch the movie trailer for cheerful weather for the wedding 2012. Cheerful weather for the wedding is a romantic british dramedy starring felicity jones as an anxious bride worried shes going to marry the wrong man. With lavish costumes and beautiful english countryside, cheerful weather for the wedding is a joy from start to finish in the grand tradition of english period comedydramas, filled with lighthearted humour and steamy romance. Seven of us 5 male, 2 female went to see cheerful weather for the wedding today and came out with quite differing views. Cheerful weather was simultaneously issued as an audiobook, read by miriam margolyes in a production by the awardwinning company, the story circle. Cheerful weather for the wedding on dvd march 26, 20 starring felicity jones, james norton, luke treadaway, elizabeth mcgovern. Cheerful weather for the wedding a colorful british. Do not be fooled by the title of the 2012 film, cheerful weather for the wedding. Treadaways performance of this path through hope to lovesickness gives cheerful weather a. Today is dolly thatchams wedding day, and her family is arriving at the manor house with all the cheerfulness, chaos and gri. Apart from these performances, cheerful weather for the wedding is an average dramatic comedy, with a dry, british humor and a lack of ingenuity. Cheerful weather for the wedding the weddingday waffling of a 30sera brit femme yields predictable comedy and melodrama in cheerful weather for the wedding. Cheerful weather for the wedding 1932 is a novella by julia strachey.
I havent watched season 3 of downton abbey yet, so maybe i was preparing myself when i put cheerful weather for the wedding on my netflix queue. Donald rice s film cheerful weather for the wedding resembles downton abbey, complete with elizabeth mcgovern, but also with a difference. Cheerful weather for the wedding film the guardian. Cheerful weather for the wedding full movie free download. Today is dolly thatchums wedding day, and her family is arriving at the manor house with all the cheerfulness, chaos and grievances that bubble to the surface at such gatherings. Today we have for your second trailer, poster and several new photos from the upcoming drama movie cheerful weather for the wedding, starring felicity jones, and elizabeth mcgovern. Our first thought was that the 5 guys would mark it quite low and the women quite high but this wasnt the case. Published by the hogarth press in 1932, it tells the story of a brisk march day in england, somewhere on the dorset coast, 1 during which dolly is due to marry the honourable owen bigham. Cheerful weather for the wedding dvd release date march 26. Apr 22, 2012 unfortunately, both are common but unavoidable side effects of attending film festivals and the latter is true of cheerful weather for the wedding, a lightweight british romance that had its.
Not so cheerful weather for the wedding frock flicks. Featuring a colorful cast of characters, cheerful weather for the wedding is an astute comedy about the eccentricities of family and the solidarity of true love. Cheerful weather for the wedding 2012 covering media. Cheerful weather for the wedding is supposed to be funny, i think. Cheerful weather for the wedding, with elizabeth mcgovern. Family and friends are showing up on the big day, cheerfully expectant that the big.
Parents need to know that cheerful weather for the wedding is anything but cheerful. Cheerful weather for the wedding by julia strachey. Jan 29, 20 cheerful weather for the wedding julia strachey january 29, 20 by claire the captive reader when i picked up cheerful weather for the wedding by julia strachey for the first time three years ago, i did so knowing that it is one of those persephone titles that readers are divided on. Treadaways performance of this path through hope to lovesickness gives cheerful weather a beating heart to. Check out a new clip for cheerful weather for the wedding, with felicity jones in the donald rice film. Cheerful weather for the wedding dvd big gay picture show. Donald rices cheerful weather for the wedding calls upon the style and period and even an actress from the popular tv drama downton. In the film, bridetobe dolly felicity jones is hiding in her bedroom on her bitterly cold wedding morning, swigging a bottle of rum, and dreaming of the. As the clock ticks and the guests grow more and more restless, the bridetobe must decide whether to run away with joseph or settle into the humdrum security of married life.
Cheerful weather for the wedding details release date. Cheerful weather for the wedding the wedding day waffling of a 30sera brit femme yields predictable comedy and melodrama in cheerful weather for the wedding. Watch cheerful weather for the wedding full movie in hd visit movie 110272. Unfortunately, both are common but unavoidable side effects of attending film festivals and the latter is true of cheerful weather for the wedding, a lightweight british romance that had its. Cheerful weather for the wedding in australian cinemas april 18th 20 on a crisp march morning in 1932, bridetobe dolly felicity jones is hiding in her bedroom daydreaming of the whimsical. Cheerful weather for the wedding is a gloomy tale about a pair of crazy kids in love who just cannot get their sht together. Licensed to youtube by beggars, kobalt awal digital limited on behalf of glassnote entertainment group llc. Cheerful weather is one of only two novels she completed, written after. She is anxious about the choices she has made and is trying to figure out if this is what she wants, or if she has the gall to go through with something.
But i expected a continuous chuckle, and maybe a laughoutloud moment or two, and this was not that sort of book. Cheerful weather for the wedding 2012 full movie download. Cheerful weather for the wedding trailer 2012 trailer for cheerful weather for the wedding. This short story takes place the day of felicity joness wedding. Published by the hogarth press in 1932, it tells the story of a brisk march day in england, somewhere on the dorset coast, during which dolly is due to marry the honourable owen bigham. Today we have for your second trailer, poster and several new photos from the upcoming drama movie cheerful weather for the wedding, starring felicity jones, and elizabeth mcgovern in the film, bridetobe dolly felicity jones is hiding in her bedroom on her bitterly cold wedding morning, swigging a bottle of rum, and dreaming of the romantic summer she spent with joseph luke treadaway. Cheerful weather for the wedding 2012 movie moviefone. Cheerful weather for the wedding 2012 movie trailer movie. The initial attempt rather threw me i wasnt quite sure what i was dealing with it was. Cheerful weather for the wedding is a 2012 british comedy drama film directed by donald rice and starring felicity jones, luke treadaway, and elizabeth.
Instead its about the things not said, the opportunities missed, the realities that get in the way of the storybook endings and the way hesitation and fear often gets in the way of life and leads us to do what may be necessary. Cheerful weather for the wedding trailer, poster and photos. I realised that there was very little in the way of plot or storyline the film was finishing. Thematic material involving sensuality, and for smoking and brief language. Oct, 2015 do not be fooled by the title of the 2012 film, cheerful weather for the wedding. Cheerful weather for the wedding official trailer youtube. Best movies like cheerful weather for the wedding bestsimilar. Apart from these performances, cheerful weather for th e wedding is an average dramatic comedy, with a dry, british humor and a lack of ingenuity. Cheerful weather for the wedding full movie free download in. Adapted from the 1932 novella cheerful weather for the wedding by julia strachey of the bloomsbury group, the film is about a young woman on her wedding day who worries that shes about to marry the wrong man, while both her fiance.
Also starring elizabeth mcgovern and luke treadaway, the film is set to make its wpremiere at the 2012 tribeca film festival this week. However cheerful weather at the wedding isnt that sort of film but the problem is that it looks like it is. Watch cheerful weather for the wedding prime video. Cheerful weather for the wedding is not a terribly complicated movie. Trouble soon appears in the shape of joseph, dollys lover from the previous summer, who throws her feelings into turmoil. Financial analysis of cheerful weather for the wedding 2012 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability.
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