Beautiful Wedding

2024 film by Roger Kumble

  • Brian Pitt
  • David Shojai
  • Roger Kumble
  • Nicolas Chartier
  • Jonathan Deckter
Starring
  • Dylan Sprouse
  • Virginia Gardner
  • Austin North
  • Libe Barer
  • Steven Bauer
  • Alex Aiono
  • Rob Estes
  • Kyle Richards
CinematographyTheo van de SandeEdited byJustin ReederMusic bySam Ewing
Production
company
Voltage Pictures
Distributed byVertical Entertainment
Release date
  • January 24, 2024 (2024-01-24)
Running time
94 minutes[1]CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBox office$1,760,838 (international only)[2]

Beautiful Wedding is a 2024 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Roger Kumble. It is based on Jamie McGuire's 2013 novel A Beautiful Wedding, and serves as the sequel to Beautiful Disaster (2023).

The film was released in theaters for by Fathom Events for two nights starting on January 24, 2024. It was released on digital platforms by Vertical Entertainment on February 13, 2024.

Plot

After a crazy night in Vegas, Abby and Travis wake up as accidental newlyweds. Travis receives a call from Benny, who previously tried to con Abby into settling her father's debts to him by playing poker. Benny warns Abby and Travis not to leave town to avoid settling their debt to him.

Abby and Travis, along with their friends Shepley and America, take a helicopter to a resort in Gatito, Mexico for their honeymoon. They are greeted by their host, Sancho and a mariachi band.

At dinner, Abby presents Travis with a point-based pros and cons list for getting their marriage annulled. During this dinner Travis pretends to be sick to watch the NBA finals with Shepley until Abby catches them.

When the power at the resort goes out, Abby reveals that she has always wanted to live in Paris, upsetting Travis. They reconcile via pool sex. The next day, Travis finds Abby juggling with a shirtless Manuel, the local priest in training. He is enraged and they fight until they reach the beach. There, Travis is hit on by topless women, prompting Abby to remove her bikini top and causing Travis to get into a fight with mutliple other beach goers. Both Abby and Travis end up in Mexican jail where they are bailed out by Sancho.

Benny is notified that Abby and Travis are in Mexico and suggests to his boyfriend, Darius, that they go down to Mexico to settle the debt. Darius leaves Benny.

Travis expresses always wanting a bachelor party so his brothers fly down to Mexico to join the group. During the bachelor party, some women take Travis's phone and answer Abby's FaceTime call, prompting her to seek revenge. She and America are spending the night at the house of a women they met that day at the spa who is also the mother of her ex-boyfriend Parker Hayes. Abby crawls into Parker's bed in an attempt to take a selfie with him while he is asleep. In the morning, Travis finds Abby in bed with Parker and a fight ensues. This leads the couple to counseling with Manuel where Travis walks out.

On her way to speak with Travis, Abby runs into Benny and they engage in a physical fight. Benny explains he is in Mexico to try and reconcile with Darius, not to threaten Travis and Abby. Abby returns to the resort and reconciles with Benny. Travis and Abby then hold a wedding reception at the resort and agree to no longer keep track of points in their marriage.

Cast

  • Dylan Sprouse as Travis Maddox
  • Virginia Gardner as Abby Abernathy
  • Austin North as Shepley
  • Libe Barer as America
  • Rob Estes as Benny
  • Steven Bauer as Sancho
  • Kyle Richards as Vivian Hayes
  • Alex Aiono as Miguel
  • Emmanuel Kabongo as Buzz
  • Declan Laird as Taylor Maddox
  • Trevor Van Uden as Thomas Maddox
  • Jack Hesketh as Trenton Maddox
  • Micky Dartford as Tyler Maddox
  • Neil Bishop as Parker Hayes

Production

In September 2023, it was announced that the sequel to 2023's Beautiful Disaster titled Beautiful Wedding was set to be released. Roger Kumble returned to direct along with the main cast also returning.[3] Principal photography took place at the end of 2022 in the Dominican Republic.[4]

Release

Like with the first film, Beautiful Wedding was released in the United States in limited theaters by Fathom Events for two nights starting January 24, 2024.[5][6] The film was released on digital platforms by Vertical Entertainment on February 13, 2024.

References

  1. ^ "Beautiful Wedding (15)". British Board of Film Classification. August 7, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  2. ^ "Beautiful Wedding". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  3. ^ "Dylan Sprouse and Virginia Gardner Return for a Honeymoon in Beautiful Wedding Trailer (Exclusive)". People. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  4. ^ Kay, Jeremy (December 1, 2022). "Production underway in Dominican Republic on Beautiful Wedding, Voltage handling sales". Screen Daily. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  5. ^ "Beautiful Wedding Trailer Previews Dylan Sprouse & Virginia Gardner's Chaotic Honeymoon". ComingSoon.net. December 19, 2023. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  6. ^ "Beautiful Wedding". Fathom Events. Archived from the original on January 18, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  • Official website
  • Beautiful Wedding at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Rotten Tomatoes
  • v
  • t
  • e
Films directed by Roger Kumble