The Wedding Guest

The movie was pointless, with a weak storyline. Although the actors portrayed their roles well, Apte's character did not seem like a Pakistani girl sorry. It was unclear why the kidnapper felt the need to kill her guard when she was willing to live with another man. Dev should consider choosing a more mature storyline for his next co-production.

Patel is the only one acts good. Nice story line but poor ending

Terrible movie with a boring script and unbelievable characters. Starts off strong then writer doesn't know what to do for the last hour.

If you are making a movie with actors like Dev Patel and Radhika Apte, you need to have a better and well-written story. If it weren't for these actors, the movie would have been half its current ratings everywhere online.

Michael Winterbottom's films range from the sublime (2002's extraordinary 24 Party People) to the final-nail-in-the-coffin dull (2004's boring as sin 9 Songs). The best way to approach his latest, is to go in knowing next to nothing. With no context given, we see Dev Patel preparing a trip somewhere, packing the usual passport, clothes, toiletries, combined with some items that the average one of us wouldn't usually think about taking abroad. Duck tape and zip wires for example. It becomes apparent that Patel's Jay has been hired by someone to kidnap a girl on the eve of her wedding in Younganabad in Pakistan. The Wedding Guest is only ninety minutes long, and Winterbottom initially sets it up like a thriller, and sets it up extremely well for that matter. The opening half is absolutely gripping and Patel proves once more his ability for something completely different. Not only has he mastered the good side of a character (Hotel Mumbai [2018]) as well as proving his comedy chops in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), here he shows the flip side of the coin. If not an out and out bad guy, Jay is clearly conflicted; he knows the difference between right and wrong and although his coldness early on is impressive in its mentality, his arc shows a melting of that initial hardness in a stirring fashion. Frustratingly Winterbottom loses focus in the final third, fracturing sight of what he wants the film to be. The Wedding Guest works so well when it poses as a thriller, much less so when he turns it into a partial romantic drama. The film ends up forcing you to buy into an ending you simply can't believe Jay not being wary of, and it almost feels like there must be a part II that you're awaiting. Sadly, that's not the case, but The Wedding Guest is at least two thirds of a very solid thriller, with another superb turn from Dev Patel.

Amazing movie love the cinematography

Boring, no plot twists, nothing clever, literally nothing to like

A movie I wanted to love, and disappointed on so many levels. First the story had no substance and or depth. If felt almost like one big introduction that never got to the point. The acting by Dev Patel & Radhika Apt was the only thing carrying this film, and may I say, it was too much to carry. It had potential to be an amazing, yet sick and twisted love story. But the writers fell short. Also what was the director thinking with that suspense movie through out the whole film. If you haven't seen it, I would HARD PASS.

The directing is unacceptably week. The story trudge, the drama is a joke. The story to the end melts down into nothingness. The melancholy is interrupted by RADHIKA APTE's profanity, which is a huge contrast to Bollywood.

Good acting by lead actors. Good story