'The Wedding Banquet' (2025)
R | April 18, 2025 | 103 mins
Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her partner Lee’s expensive IVF. Elopement plans are upended, however, when Min’s grandmother surprises them with an extravagant Korean wedding banquet.
Cast: Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone [+]
Director: Andrew Ahn
Writers: Andrew Ahn, James Schamus
Producers: Anita Gou, Joe Pirro, Caroline Clark, James Schamus
Cinematographer: Ki Jin Kim
Editors: Geraud Brisson
Music: Jay Wadley
Distribution: Bleecker Street, Universal Pictures
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Name
Character
Chris
Angela
Min
May Chen
Ja-Young
Release Date
April 18,2 025
Runtime
103 minutes
Production Companies
ShivHans Pictures, Kindred Spirit, Symbolic Exchange
MPAA Rating
R
Language
English, Korean
Country
United States
Filming Dates
May 27, 2024 – June 28, 2024
Filming Locations
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Seattle, Washington
Seoul, South Korea
- Remake of Ang Lee’s 1993 film of the same name.
Awards
Year
Recipient
Category
Result
Sundance Film Festival
2025
Joe Pirro
Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award
Winner
Budget
$
0
Box Office
$
0
Videos
The Wedding Banquet (2025)
5 Videos
2:04
1:55
4:23
4:48
18:02
- Caillou Pettis [Caillou Pettis]
- Cinapse [Elizabeth Stoddard]
- Deadline [Damon Wise]
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- Film Obsessive [Don Shanahan]
- First Showing [Alex Billington]
- The Guardian [Jesse Hassenger]
- InSession Film [Alex Papaioannou]
- IndieWire [Natalia Winkelman]
- Mark Reviews Movies [Mark Dujsik]
- The New York Times [Alissa Wilkinson]
- Out [Mey Rude]
- Punch Drunk Critics [Cortland Jacoby]
- Reeling Reviews [Laura Clifford]
- Roger Ebert [Tomris Laffly]
- Slant Magazine [Marshall Shaffer]
- Time [Stephanie Zacharek]
- Variety [Carlos Aguilar]
- We Are Movie Geeks [Jim Batts]
- How the new ‘Wedding Banquet’ reimagines Ang Lee’s queer classic [The Washington Post]
- A new generation gets hitched in ‘The Wedding Banquet.’ Its cast feels changed by the making of it [Los Angeles Times]
- Bowen Yang Says the OG ‘Wedding Banquet’ Gave Him ‘Hope’ for ‘Honest’ Future as a Gay Man (Exclusive) [US Weekly]
- Lily Gladstone and Bowen Yang to Star in ‘The Wedding Banquet’ Remake From Director Andrew Ahn (EXCLUSIVE) [Variety]
Song
Artist
Length
Lyrics
Young Hearts Run Free (2023 Edit)
Candi Staton
3:32
Lyrics
Feeling Like a Woman Lately
NoSo
3:52
Lyrics
Bear Day (熊的日子)
Chinese American Bear
2:50
Lyrics
Less Like
Hollis
2:52
Lyrics
Heartbeats Dancing
Laura Palmer’s Death Parade
3:08
Lyrics
Let Me Live My Life
soundslikefun
2:40
Lyrics
While The Sun Comes Up
The Home Of Happy
2:08
Lyrics
I Make That
Tracy De Sá
2:31
Lyrics
Oh!
The Linda Lindas
2:35
Lyrics
Perfect Feeling
Nakwon
2:50
Lyrics
爱的大巴 (Love Bus)
Chinese American Bear
4:31
Lyrics