The Wedding Banquet

Name: The Wedding Banquet
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 1993-03-01
Duration: 1 h 48 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Gua Ah-leh, Lung Sihung, May Chin, Winston Chao, Mitchell Lichtenstein

1993·Movie·R·108 min·★ 7.2(304)

Comedy Drama Romance

“A little deception at the reception.”

A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.

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About The Wedding Banquet

The Wedding Banquet is a 1993 Chinese-language comedy, drama and romance film directed by Ang Lee. The cast is led by Gua Ah-leh, Lung Sihung, May Chin. It has a runtime of 1h 48m. Viewers rate it 7.2/10 across 300 ratings. In United States, it is currently streaming on Tubi TV.

The Wedding Banquet was produced by Ang Lee Productions, Good Machine, and Central Motion Picture Corporation and made in Taiwan and United States of America. It was released on March 1, 1993, and carries a R certification. Made on a budget of about $1 million, it went on to gross $24 million worldwide.

Director: Ang Lee
Writers: Ang Lee, Neil Peng, James Schamus
Release date: March 1, 1993
Original language: Chinese
Age rating: R
Status: Released
Country: Taiwan, United States of America
Budget: $1 million
Box office: $24 million
Production: Ang Lee Productions, Good Machine, Central Motion Picture Corporation

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The Wedding Banquet cast & crew

The Wedding Banquet was directed by Ang Lee and written by Ang Lee, Neil Peng, and James Schamus.

The cast features Gua Ah-leh as Mrs. Gao, Lung Sihung as Mr. Gao, May Chin as Gu Wei-Wei, Winston Chao as Gao Wai-Tung, Mitchell Lichtenstein as Simon, and Vanessa Yang as Mao Mei.

Behind the camera, the score was composed by Mader, cinematography is by Jong Lin, and it was produced by Ted Hope and James Schamus.

Is The Wedding Banquet worth watching?

The Wedding Banquet holds an audience score of 7.2/10 from 304 ratings, marking it as well-reviewed comedy films.

At 1h 48m, it's a standard feature-length watch.

If you enjoy comedy, drama, and romance, The Wedding Banquet is worth a place on your watchlist.

How and where to watch The Wedding Banquet

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