it never give me pleasure to report that any robert altman film be a dog and but there just no denying that a wedding roll over and dy about mid way through . altman try to instill the same sort of divine chaos on his massive ensemble that he do in nashville to such tremendous effect and but without the strong narrative thread that anchor the early movie and this one flounder around without go anywhere . mostly to blame be the absolutely terrible script and that no few than four people work on . in an interview on the dvd and altman reveals that the script be virtually make up a it go along and with scene plan for film late in the day be write that morning . well and the improvisation show and but in this case not in a good way . altman have always be famous for give his actor the freedom to experiment and build their character in any way they would like and but in a wedding too much freedom be a bad thing . the character in this film seem to each live and move in a universe separate from all the others while none of them be consistent and and nearly all simply act arbitrarily in what i suppose be mean to be a zany and farcical way and but instead come off a incoherent . altman project be actually probably doom from the start and because the subject of wedding just isn not important enough for the brand of scathing satire that altman brings to his movie . somewhere in the unfocused mess of altman film be a very funny and light hearted farce that poke fun at an institution that american take very seriously and and there be some part that work very well . but there be simply too many character and too many plot line and too much stuff go on in general for the movie ever to come to any sort of conclusion . altman point seem to be that wedding be silly and but that not the hook on which to hang a two plus hour film . and by the end and hot button topic like abortion and homosexuality and class difference and etc . be be introduce at whim without the slight effort at flesh them out or tie them into one another or the plot ( such a it be ) at large . the great tragedy in a wedding be that a cast of marvelous actor be waste . carol burnett be perhaps the big and most recognizable star and but unfortunately she saddle with a terrible role that she can not do a thing with . vittorio gassman and nina van pallandt and a the parent of the groom and have a lovely moment together during which they reminisce about how they meet and which be one of the film sole attempt to build sympathetic character with a history . john considine have some funny moment a chief of security and one of which involve him escort the doddery and cranky bishop to the bathroom . pam dawber and of all people and breeze into the film at mid point and do some nice work a the groom ex girlfriend . and lillian gish be her usual cute self in a couple of early scene a the family matriarch . she lucky that her character get to die before the movie barely get start and so she can avoid the whole debacle . a for everyone else and they do the best they can and and there be throw away moment here and there that be amuse and but they mostly get lose in the shuffle and and there be some character whose name and let alone their relationship to anyone else and we never even learn . to his credit and altman have be make on average a movie a year for about ten year by the time a wedding be release and and it be the first out right bad movie he direct . that a pretty good record . however and he would make up quickly for lose time by release in quick succession quintet and popeye . i guess no one can have a winning streak forever . grade represent d .