
While the plot is predictable, South Africa's 'White Wedding' is still an entertaining comedic film that audiences will find universally appealing.
Directed by Jann Turner, the premise is another variation of 'The Hangover,' where the groom is out of town days before his wedding and gets into all sorts of shenanigans. Instead of a Las Vegas setting, drugs and booze, the story is a buddy road flick with far-fetched slapstick sequences that will make you laugh with all of its implausibilities.
With his wedding arriving in a few days, Elvis (Kenneth Nkosi) is out of town in Durban and has to travel to get to his bride, Ayanda (Zandile Msutwana). When he goes to pick up his best man, Tumi (Rapulana Seiphemo), Elvis is startled when he finds Tumi in bed with three lovely naked ladies. Determined to remain faithful to Ayanda, Elvis elects to stay focus on the wedding nuptials, and the two set their sights on Cape Town.

Thus, the road trip begins, and almost immediately, things take a turn for the worse when several mishaps occur.
Adding to the mix is the white British female doctor (Jodie Whittaker), who, having just broken off her engagement, decides to hitchhike her way to the airport to catch a ride with the two South Africans. Two black men and a white woman traveling together in a car in a post-Apartheid country will still set off alarms.
The road rip turns out to be a barrel of laughs from one scene to the next, and while this is a foreign film, with no marketable names that folks will recognize, each of the actors does a satisfying job of keeping you entertained. With the bountiful landscape of South Africa, 'White Wedding' is a dramedy that's beautifully shot, unpretentious and rather witty.


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By: David Decosta on 9/04/2010 2:42AM
Arsenio brings up a good point. Does anyone smash through the church window on a dirt bike in this movie? I have to imagine no, because if they did the grade would automatically be at least a B.
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