Rachel Getting Married

Over at Pajiba, I review the new Jonathan Demme-directed family drama:

The pleasantly shambling, real-life feel of Rachel Getting Married helps make up for the presence of the most neurotic, helpless, mewling family in recent memory: The Buchmans. The leading lady is Kym (Anne Hathaway), the clan’s addled, addicted daughter, home for the weekend from rehab for the marriage of her sister Rachel (Rosemarie DeWitt). The girls’ divorced parents take opposite roles in the proceedings. Their father, Paul (Bill Irwin), cheerfully organizes every last detail with his new wife, Carol (Anna Deavere Smith). Their icy mother, Abby (Debra Winger), basically stays away from the scene, showing up late to and leaving early from the various festivities, like a Dodgers fan.