Jenny's Wedding

Jenny's Wedding

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Mary Agnes Donoghue
Produced by
Written by Mary Agnes Donoghue
Starring
Cinematography Seamus Tierney
Production
company
  • MM Productions
  • Merced Media Partners
  • PalmStar Entertainment
Distributed by IFC Films
Release dates
  • July 31, 2015 (2015-07-31) (United States)
Country United States
Language English

Jenny's Wedding is a 2015 American independent film written and directed by Mary Agnes Donoghue. The film stars Katherine Heigl, Alexis Bledel, Tom Wilkinson, Linda Emond, Grace Gummer and Matthew Metzger. Heigl plays Jenny, a woman who finally decides to get married, but her choice of partner tears her conventional family apart. Jenny's Wedding was filmed on location in Cleveland from October 2013. An Indiegogo campaign was later launched to help raise money for post-production costs. The film was released on July 31, 2015 in a limited release by IFC Films.

Plot

Jenny (Katherine Heigl) will get married to Kitty (Alexis Bledel), but her family does not know her sexuality. Her parents, Eddie (Tom Wilkinson) and Rose (Linda Emond), have always dreamed of the day their middle daughter get married and are overjoyed when they find out that she is engaged, but not to whom they expected as she plans to wed a woman. Jenny has the support of her older brother, Michael (Matthew Metzger), but has to deal with the prejudice of parents and the conflicts with her younger sister, Anne (Grace Gummer), who always felt rejected and less loved by the family.

Cast

Production

Conception and development

Jenny's Wedding was written and directed by Mary Agnes Donoghue. She also produced the film, along with Gail Levin and MM Productions' Michelle Manning.[1] The rights to the film were put up for sale at the American Film Market from November 6, 2013.[1]

Filming

Principal photography on Jenny's Wedding commenced on October 28, 2013 in Greater Cleveland.[4][5] The film was expected to shoot in the metropolitan area for three to four weeks.[4] Filming locations included University Heights City Hall and Cuyahoga County Councilman Julian Rogers's home in Cleveland Heights.[6] Rogers and his family moved out on October 23 and the studio paid for a rental in Shaker Heights.[7] Representatives from the studio had noticed the house and asked Rogers "out of the blue" if they could use it for filming. The family returned home in November.[7] On November 15, Heigl was seen shooting some scenes for the film on Euclid Avenue in Downtown Cleveland inside the 5th Street Arcades Some filming was done at the Trinity Cathedral.[8] Production wrapped in Cleveland during the same month.[9]

Post-production

An Indiegogo campaign was set up to aid in post-production with Donoghue and her crew asking $150,000 to cover the costs of music, titles, color and sound.[10] Lucas Shaw from The Wrap thought that some of the money raised would go towards taking the film to festivals, as, at the time, it had yet to secure a domestic distributor.[10] The campaign ended on April 12, 2014, having raised $96,691.[11][12]

Release

The film had its world premiere at the Outfest Los Angeles Film Festival on July 10, 2015. IFC Films acquired distribution rights to the film and released it on July 31, 2015 in the United States in a limited release and through video on demand a day later on August 1, 2015.[12][13]

Reception

Jenny's Wedding received mainly negative reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 15% rating based on reviews from 14 critics.[14]

Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times noted that, "One of the many irritants in this trite, well-intentioned lecture on tolerance: The audience is always several moves ahead of the script."[15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 McNary, Dave (October 23, 2013). "AFM: Katherine Heigl to Star in 'Jenny's Wedding' (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
  2. ↑ Webber, Stephanie (February 14, 2014). "Katherine Heigl, Alexis Bledel Play Lesbian Partners, Cuddle in Bed in Indie Film Jenny's Wedding: First Picture". Us Weekly. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  3. ↑ Profitt, Issac (November 24, 2013). "Munroe Falls' own Houston Rhines takes part in 'Jenny's Wedding,' shooting in Cleveland". Cuyahoga Falls News Press. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  4. 1 2 O'Connor, Clint (October 24, 2013). "'Jenny's Wedding': New film starring Katherine Heigl to shoot in Greater Cleveland starting Monday". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  5. ↑ Silas Lesnick (October 23, 2013). "Katherine Heigl to Headline Jenny's Wedding". Comingsoon.net. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  6. ↑ Johnston, Laura (October 29, 2013). "Katherine Heigl films "Jenny's Wedding" at University Heights City Hall". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  7. 1 2 Tobias, Andrew J. (November 14, 2013). "Katherine Heigl movie being filmed at Cuyahoga County Councilman Julian Rogers' house". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  8. ↑ O'Connor, Clint (November 15, 2013). "Katherine Heigl shoots a scene for 'Jenny's Wedding' on Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  9. ↑ Thompson, Anne (February 12, 2014). "Michelle Manning Explains Why She's the Latest Hollywood Producer to Indiegogo". IndieWire. Retrieved February 16, 2014.
  10. 1 2 Shaw, Lucas (February 12, 2014). "Katherine Heigl Film Producer Seeks Indiegogo Funding to Complete Project". The Wrap. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Help the filmmakers of 'Jenny's Wedding'". Indiegogo. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  12. 1 2 McNary, Dave (June 8, 2015). "Katherine Heigl's Gay-Marriage Dramedy 'Jenny's Wedding' Sells to IFC (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  13. ↑ http://variety.com/2015/film/news/katherine-heigl-marries-alexis-bledel-jennys-wedding-trailer-1201533311/
  14. ↑ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jennys_wedding/
  15. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/31/movies/review-jennys-wedding-a-lecture-on-tolerance.html

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