Destination Wedding

Destination Wedding[a] is a 2018 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Victor Levin.

It stars Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves[5] as two people who meet while attending the same wedding in Paso Robles, California.

Two middle-aged people, Frank and Lindsay, meet and then argue while waiting to board their flight at the airport.

The next day, some activities, including a wine tasting, are planned before the wedding that night.

They then go back to Frank's room at the inn and spend time together in bed, talking, drinking, eating, and watching television.

[3] In November 2017, Aviron Pictures acquired the distribution rights to the film, releasing it under their Regatta banner.

The website's critical consensus reads, "Destination Wedding reunites Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder for a sour comedy whose initially promising misanthropic twist overpowers the chemistry of its leads.

[10] Michael Rechtshaffen of the Los Angeles Times panned the film, calling it "a stubbornly unfunny 86 minutes that feels a lot longer.

"[11] Jeanette Catsoulis of The New York Times called the film "torture" adding "this would-be romantic comedy is grating, cheap-looking and a mighty drag: it also turns two seasoned, likable actors into characters you'll want to throttle long before the credits roll.

"[12] Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C+, saying the script "comes on like a rom-com David Mamet freight train; its verbal turns are so wildly overwritten that all the actors can really do is hold on to the wheel well, racing through reams of ratatat dialogue.

"[14] Benjamin Lee of The Guardian gave the film three out of five stars, admitting that "some of the dialogue does border on overwritten...there's enough wit and finely observed pedantry to make up for the occasional indulgence."

Of the film's stars Lee said, "The pair share an easy, spiky chemistry and Reeves in particular shows himself to be surprisingly skilled at delivering such bile-filled dialogue.