''Breakup at a Wedding'' is the first film from comedy collective PERIODS. Directed by

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and written by Anna Martemucci, Victor Quinaz, and Philip Quinaz, the movie was produced by Before the Door Pictures (''All Is Lost'', ''Margin Call'') and Anonymous Content (''

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Plot

The night before they are to be married, Phil's (Philip Quinaz) fiancée Alison (Alison Fyhrie) gets cold feet and decides to call off their wedding. But, after breaking his heart, she manages to convince him to go through a sham ceremony, in order to save face in front of their friends and loved ones. Phil readily agrees, secretly hoping that the surprise wedding gift he has lined up for her will help her to reconsider her decision. Neither of them could have prepared themselves for the multitude of random complications that follow once the guests arrived to witness their breakup at a wedding.

Cast

*Alison Fyhrie *Philip Quinaz *Victor Quinaz *Mary Grill *Chris Manley *Damian Lanigan *Anna Martemucci *Brian Shoaf *Caitlin Fitzgerald *Hugh Scully

Critical reception

The movie opened on August 8, 2013, in New York City and was well reviewed by ''

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'', which gave the film three stars and said: "Breakup at a Wedding works, because Quinaz has come up with a concept that lets him skewer directorial pretension alongside wedding hysteria. He achieves a lot with harsh light, wavering focus and awful framing that occasionally beheads the person on-screen. It takes genuine skill to make a movie look this amusingly cruddy."

References

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