Their wedding's just around the corner, but then Gemma (Aisling Bea) finds her husband-to-be Nathan (Colin Hanks) dead iu their bed, where he had died while putting on his socks. Gemma's understandably overcome by mixed emotion, especially at Nathan's poorly conceived funeral, that she decides she can't let go of Nathan yet - and so she decides she still wants to marry him, and legally that's even possible, even if only with the Chief Justice's (Harriet Walter) express approval. Thing is everybody wants to talk her out of this, be it her parents (Harriet Walter, Sinéad Cusack) or her best friend Ruth (Susan Wokoma). The only one who takes her side is Audrey (Billie Lourd), Nathan's sister she has only just met. But then again, she's batshit crazy and wildly irresponsible. And the Chief Justice proves to be a tough nut to crack And then there's also Nathan's estranged mother in America (Elizabeth McGovern) who has to give her approval, but who never wanted to have children and now couldn't care less about them, living or dead ...

Now one thing up front, this film isn't half as macabre as the theme - marrying a dead person - might suggest, it's really much more about letting go and healing properly, and not anything physical. And in fact all scenes with the deceased are very decently handled. That said, the film's also lots of fun, especially thanks to its rather loveable cast of characters played by an ensemble cast that play it mostly straight but are clearly in on the joke. But the film works quite so well because at the same time it has lots of heart, which sure enough at times has a tearjerking effect, but it also holds the story together really well, making this into a rather enjoyable piece of comedy.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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