‘AND MRS’ (2024) A sweet, hilarious, and nuanced look at grief and eternal love.

AND MRS

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Death shouldn’t be funny, but director Daniel Reisinger‘s AND MRS brilliantly uses humor to cope with an unthinkable scenario. When Gemma’s fiance dies suddenly, she feels emotionally stuck between her initial marriage reluctance and grief. Upon discovering an ancient law that allows people to wed posthumously, she and her estranged future sister-in-law push for a miracle. But there’s one more hitch before she can get hitched. 
And Mrs Colin and AislingOmari Douglas, Arthur Darvill, and Harriet Walter are perfectly cast. Each delivers a memorable performance. Colin Hanks gives Nathan an effortless sweetness so desperately needed in the circumstances. Susan Wokoma plays Gemma’s best friend, Ruth. She is a glorious balance of sense and sass. Billie Lourd is Nathan’s sister, Audrey. She’s flighty, fearless, and passionate. 

And Mrs Aisling and BillieAisling Bea is endlessly hysterical playing the straight woman to Lourd’s outlandishness. Her accessible nature makes you want to be her best friend. You are buying what she is selling. Lourd and Bea share a chemistry that is magic. I’d love to see a film of Wokoma, Lourd, and Bea doing anything together. 
And Mrs Billie and ArthurScreenwriter Melissa Bubnic utilizes flashbacks to solidify the emotional stronghold between Gemma and Nathan. The editing is essential here. Reisinger gives audiences a unique examination of grief, love, and family. AND MRS is a romcom that is one-of-a-kind, built upon a surprising complexity. “Love waits for no one.” 

And Mrs ensemblePs-stick around for the credits. You won’t regret it.

AND MRS Trailer:

And Mrs will be available on Digital Download from 2nd September

Distributor: Vertigo Releasing
World Premiere: EIFF 19th August
Home Entertainment Release Date: 2nd September
Short Synopsis: 
When a reluctant bride-to-be’s fiancé drops dead, she insists on going ahead with the wedding anyway – much to the bewilderment of her friends and family.
Director: Daniel Reisinger
Cast: Aisling Bea, Billie Lourd, Colin Hanks, Susan Wokoma, Elizabeth McGovern, Sinead Cusack, Peter Egan, Omari Douglas, Harriet Walter and Nish Kuma
Run Time: 111 Minutes
Rating: TBC

 

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Kevin Spacey is sassy, Michael Shannon is sarcastic, totally entertaining Johnny Knoxville at the press conference for ‘Elvis & Nixon’

Elvis & Nixon press conferenceFirst to come to the table was Michael Shannon, sporting a jean jacket with one of his latest movies, Midnight Special, on the back. That movie recently opened, and Shannon has three movies playing at this year’s festival. Elvis & Nixon, Wolves and Poor Boy.

Elvis & Nixon premieres tonight!

Kevin Spacey was asked the most questions, but had lots of fun with his answers. He describes Nixon as “remarkably uncomfortable in chairs.”

Johnny Knoxville laughed uproariously at almost everything Spacey or Shannon said, saying that to “hear Kevin swear as Nixon is very satisfying.”

Shannon describes sitting next to Jerry Schilling driving around Memphis, when Schilling received a phone call from Priscilla [Presley]. “It was one of the most surreal experiences of my life.”

Elvis & Nixon