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The Wedding Banquet

6.6(68)20251h 43m3

Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her partner Lee's expensive IVF. Elopement plans are upended, however, when Min's grandmother surprises them with an extravagant Korean wedding banquet.

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Status
Released
Budget
$5M
Box office
$2.1M
Language
English
  • new york city
  • romcom
  • marriage of convenience
  • remake
  • male homosexuality
  • gay marriage
  • green card
  • lgbt
  • gay theme
  • lesbian
  • ivf treatment
  • korean culture

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Behind the camera

Director

Andrew Ahn

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSundance Film Festival27 Jan 2025
    • PremiereSonoma International Film Festival23 Mar 2025
    • PremiereMinneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival5 Apr 2025
    • PremiereWisconsin Film Festival9 Apr 2025
    • PremiereMiami Film Festival12 Apr 2025
    • TheatricalR18 Apr 2025
    • Digital / OTTR13 May 2025
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereBFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 19 Mar 2025
    • Theatrical159 May 2025
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM8 May 2025
    • PremiereMDarwin Pride Film Festival6 Jun 2025
    • Digital / OTTM9 Jul 2025
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical18 Apr 2025
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical125 Jun 2025
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical15A9 May 2025
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical4 Aug 2025
  • MacaoMO

    • PremiereCMacao International Queer Film Festival2 Jun 2025
  • MaltaMT

    • PremiereMediterrane Film Festival23 Jun 2025
  • PhilippinesPH

    • PremiereR-16QCinema RainbowQC Pride Film Festival25 Jun 2025
    • Digital / OTTHBO Max31 Oct 2025
  • Puerto RicoPR

    • Theatrical (limited)RFine Arts15 May 2025
  • RomaniaRO

    • Digital / OTT15Rakuten TV / TVOD18 Dec 2025

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The Wedding Banquet was released on 18 April 2025.

Audience reviews

2
  • B

    Brent Marchant

    4/20/2025

    8/10

    “To thine own self be true” is more than just an oft-used platitude. It’s also good advice, given that concocting and pulling off a scheme rooted in artifice is virtually assured to fail. Such is the case when a long-term gay male couple, Chris and Min (Bowen Yang, Han Gi-Chan, respectively), hatches what they believe to be an ingenious plan for carrying out a marriage of convenience involving their lesbian friends, …

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    5/25/2025

    6/10

    Remember the “Proposal” (2009)? Well this is a sort of derivative of that only here it is two gay couples who decide that a bit of judicious legerdemain might enable one to get a green card and another to fund some fertility treatment. You see, commitment-phobe “Chris” (Bowen Wang) has been with his wealthy Korean boyfriend “Min” (Han Gi-Chan) for years but won’t marry him. This irks his partner who also has pressure…

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