Stars and director of ‘Wedding Banquet’ remake discuss updating LGBTQ+ dramedy for a new generation - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

Stars and director of ‘Wedding Banquet’ remake discuss updating LGBTQ+ dramedy for a new generation - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

Love is in the air in “The Wedding Banquet,” along with a whole lot of confusion. The movie has more plot twists than a soap. Expect a green-card wedding, IVF and a very strict grandma. Bowen Yang (as Chris): “You look like a ghost, a hot gay ghost.” “The Wedding Banquet,” throws tradition, queerness, and family drama into one heck of a film. Think wedding … with a side of chaos. Han Gi-Chan (as Min): “I don’t even want to be an American. The tr…

Review: Lily Gladstone sparkles in charming re-imagining of ‘The Wedding Banquet’

This charming re-imagining of Ang Lee's rom-com classic has plenty to say about love, friendship, family legacy, chosen family and what it means to make a home.

Bowen Yang talks about struggling to play JD Vance and his role in ‘The Wedding Banquet’

Bowen Yang reflected on his identity as a gay Asian American playing the vice president.

‘Wedding Banquet’ is heartfelt

HAN GI-CHAN and Bowen Yang in “The Wedding Banquet” (Bleecker Street release). By Lindsey Bahr/ AP Film Writer Two gay couples decide to embark on one fake straight marriage to get what they need in Andrew Ahn’s modern update of “The Wedding Banquet.” Min (Han Gi-Chan), a young artist from an extremely wealthy Korean family, wants to stay in the U.S. longer to be with his boyfriend Chris (Bowen Yang) and delay his family obligations. Angela (Kel…

THE WEDDING BANQUET (2025) – Review

Well, here comes another film to reflect the season of love, Spring. We’re in a short “window” in which romance rules the multiplex just as the big noisy Summer blockbusters start to trickle in (hopefully the MINECRAFT chaos and calamity don’t spill into the other screens). Now last week we saw a “first date movie that was also a “thriller-diller” (DROP). And what follows the initial meeting, perhaps much later? The big nuptuals, natch’. As with…

Bowen Yang Says Aimee Lou Wood’s ‘SNL’ Critique Is ‘Completely Valid’

“SNL’s” Bowen Yang, newcomer Han Gi-chan, Oscar winner Lily Gladstone, and “Star Wars” actress Kelly Marie Tran star in “The Wedding Banquet” as two gay couples who make a secret arrangement.  “Extra’s” special correspondent Azia Celestino spoke with the four about the romantic comedy, which led to a life-changing experience for Kelly. When Kelly stepped onto the set, she wasn’t publicly out yet.  Tran recalled, “We were shooting the Korean wedd…