DVD Review: Table 19

Table 19
(DVD Table)

This quirky-character dramedy stars the multi-talented Anna Kendrick as a woman who has been relegated to the “losers” table at her friend’s wedding reception, demoted from Maid of Honor due to a bad breakup with the Best Man. There, she joins the bride’s childhood nanny, a bickering couple, an awkward male relative of the groom, and a teen who’s looking for some action. Lest I give too much away, I’ll just say that complications are present from the beginning, a mystery man appears when Kendrick needs him, a big secret comes out and, sometimes, the misfits prove to be the most “together” people at the party.

Kendrick always gives a solid performance, which is enhanced particularly by Lisa Kudrow as the unhappy wife and Craig Robinson as the unaware husband in the middle-aged couple, June Soubb as the mature former nanny, and Stephen Merchant as the very tall and very oddball relation. (He recently put in a hilarious turn as a concierge at an exclusive apartment complex on Modern Family.) There is some bad language and some light drug use, but it’s a story with charming humor and ultimate heart.

[If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try 27 Dresses, Isn’t It Romantic? or Bride Wars.]

[ Internet Movie Database entry for this film ] | [ official Table 19 web site ]

See Carrie R.’s earlier review of Table 19 in the  September 2017 Staff Recommendations

Recommended by Becky W.C.
Walt Branch Library

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