New Movie Releases: ‘The Big Wedding’ and ‘Pain and Gain’

The Takeaway

The Takeaway’s Movie Date team, Kristen Meinzer and Rafer Guzman, review this week’s major releases. On the roster this week: “The Big Wedding,” a movie about complicated family dynamics, starring Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, and Susan Sarandon; and “Pain and Gain,” an action-comedy-crime film about a trio of body builders, starring Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Mackie, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
In addition to hosting the Movie Date podcast, Kristen is culture producer for the Takeaway and Rafer is film critic for Newsday.

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