The Wedding Banquet

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

as Chris

Lily Gladstone

as Lee

Kelly Marie Tran

as Angela

Han Gi-chan

as Min

Joan Chen

as May Chen

Youn Yuh-jung

as Ja-Young

Bobo Le

as Kendall

Camille Atebe

as Monica

Jeffrey Liang

as Lady Shu Mai

Emma Yi

as Lawyer Sun

Reviews

Brent Marchant

“To thine own self be true” is more than just an oft-used platitude. It’s also good advice, given that concocting and pulling off a scheme rooted in artifice is virtually assured to fail. Such is the case when a long-term gay male couple, Chris and Min (Bowen Yang, Han Gi-Chan, respectively), hatche...

CinemaSerf

Remember the “Proposal” (2009)? Well this is a sort of derivative of that only here it is two gay couples who decide that a bit of judicious legerdemain might enable one to get a green card and another to fund some fertility treatment. You see, commitment-phobe “Chris” (Bowen Wang) has been with his...

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