Domestic dramaAfter the Weddingoffers pretty melancholy and movie stars
A surprise arthouse hit,the original DanishAfter the Weddingearned a 2007 Oscar nod for Best Foreign Language Film and helped introduce American audiences to the severe Scandi charisma ofMads Mikkelsen, future star ofDoctor Strangeand TVsHannibal. Director Bart Freundlich (Trust the Man) brings his own movie stars to this glossy, melancholy American adaptation, including his wife,Julianne Moore, and enough high-end real estate to make Nancy Meyers mad with throw-pillow envy. Hes also switched the genders of the protagonists: An earnest, pixie-cutMichelle Williamsis Isabel, whos seemingly devoted her lifes work to an impoverished orphanage in India; when a mysterious benefactor offers a large donation on the sole condition that she come to New York to collect it, she practically has to be shoved onto the airplane....