Serial (Bad) Weddings 2

Serial Bad Weddings 2 (French: Qu'est-ce qu'on a (encore) fait au Bon Dieu?, lit. 'What have we (still) done to the Good Lord?') is a 2019 Belgian-French comedy film directed by Philippe de Chauveron. It is the second installment in the Serial (Bad) Weddings film series and a sequel to 2014 film of the same name,[3] it follows the Verneuil family, an upper-class French Catholic couple portrayed by Christian Clavier and Chantal Lauby from a French province and their four daughters, three who married men of different faiths and one who married outside their race.

Serial (Bad) Weddings 2
Film poster
FrenchQu'est-ce qu'on a (encore) fait au Bon Dieu?
Directed byPhilippe de Chauveron
Written by
  • Philippe de Chauveron
  • Guy Laurent[1]
Produced byRomain Rojtman[1]
Starring
CinematographyStephane Le Parc[1]
Edited byAlice Polantin[1]
Music byMarc Chouarian[1]
Production
companies
  • Les Films du Premier
  • Les Films du 24
  • TF1 Films Production[1]
Distributed by
Release date
  • 30 January 2019 (2019-01-30)
Running time
98 minutes[1]
Countries
  • France
  • Belgium[2]
LanguageFrench
Box office€45 million

The film was the highest grossing French production in France in 2019 and the third highest-grossing film of 2019 in France. A third installment, Serial (Bad) Weddings 3, is set to be released in April 2022.

Release

Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 was released in France and Belgium on January 30, 2019.[2] The film grossed over 45 million Euros from 7 million admissions in France which made it break a four-year record for a local language film.[3] The film received a theatrical release in several countries, including Germany, Switzerland and Canada.[3] A third film in the series has been planned.[3]

As of December 1, 2019, the film was in third place on the 2019 chart having attracted 6.7 million admissions, for a box office of $47.7m making it the third highest-grossing film in France in 2019 and the highest grossing French production in 2019.[4] Melanie Goodfellow noted that "In spite of this stellar performance, the box office was 45% lower than for the original 2014 Serial Bad Weddings, which drew a mighty 12.4 million spectators ($91m).[4]

Reception

Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter stated that the film "feels like a slight improvement on the first movie, delivering a few mild laughs amid a similar onslaught of overwrought gags, over-the-top performances and “can’t we all just get along?” messaging meant to lure Frenchies into theaters so they can chortle at their own cultural differences — if not at their countrymen's latent racism."[1] The review concluded that "What may ultimately be most offensive about these movies is not what they’re trying to say, but how they say it."[1]

References
  1. Mintzer, Jordan (February 12, 2019). "'Serial Bad Weddings 2' ('Qu'est-ce qu'on a (encore) fait au Bon Dieu?'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  2. "Serial Bad Weddings 2". Unifrance.org. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  3. Keslassy, Elsa (May 22, 2019). "'Serial (Bad) Weddings 3' in the Works With Romain Rojtman, UGC, Orange Studio (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  4. Goodfellow, Melanie (December 17, 2019). "French 2019 box office report: admissions recover, indie market share declines". Screen Daily. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
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