Rachel Getting Married

Rachel Getting Married
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jonathan Demme
Produced by	Jonathan Demme Neda Armian Marc E. Platt
Written by	Jenny Lumet
Starring	Anne Hathaway Rosemarie DeWitt Bill Irwin Anna Deavere Smith Tunde Adebimpe Debra Winger
Music by	Donald Harrison Jr. Zafer Tawil
Cinematography	Declan Quinn
Edited by	Tim Squyres
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics
Release date	October 3, 2008 (2008-10-03)
Running time	114 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$12 million
Box office	$17.5 million

Rachel Getting Married is a 2008 drama film directed by Jonathan Demme, and starring Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin and Debra Winger. The film was released in the U.S. to select theaters on October 3, 2008. The film opened the 65th Venice International Film Festival. The film also opened in Canada's Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2008. Hathaway received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her performance in the film.

Kym Buchman (Anne Hathaway) is released from drug rehab for a few days so she can go home to attend the wedding of her sister Rachel (Rosemarie DeWitt). At home, the atmosphere is strained between Kym and her family members as they struggle to reconcile themselves with her past and present. Kym's past drug and alcohol fueled antics have more or less made her the black sheep of her rather bohemian family. Kym's father Paul (Bill Irwin) shows intense concern for her well-being and whereabouts, which Kym interprets as mistrust. Kym also resents her sister's choice of her best friend to be her maid of honor instead of her. Rachel, for her part, resents the attention her sister's drug addiction is drawing away from her wedding, a resentment that comes to a head at the rehearsal dinner, where Kym, amid toasts from friends and family, takes the microphone to offer an apology for her past actions, as part of her twelve-step program.