The People We Hate At The Wedding on Prime Video follows two siblings, played by Kristen Bell and Ben Platt, as they try to reconnect as a family at their half-sister’s nuptials. Adapted from the book of the same name by Grant Grinder and directed by Emmy winner Claire Scanlon of Brooklyn Nine-Nine fame, it promises to be a hilarious romp.
Here’s everything you need to know about need about The People We Hate At The Wedding on Amazon Prime Video…
The People We Hate At The Wedding release date
The People We Hate At The Wedding will premiere worldwide on November 18 2022 on Prime Video, so don’t forget to buy a hat.
Is there a trailer for The People We Hate At The Wedding?
The People We Hate At The Wedding trailer has been released by Amazon Prime Video. By the look of things, it stands to be a comedy hit when it debuts. Check out the video clip below.
The People We Hate At The Wedding plot
The People We Hate At The Wedding follows dysfunctional American siblings Alice (Kristen Bell) and Paul (Ben Platt), who are invited to the wedding of their estranged sister Eloise who lives in England. Considering Eloise is super wealthy and always seems to have one-up on them, neither is keen to go, but they are pushed into it by their ever-optimistic mum Donna (Allison Janney) and find themselves awaiting the perfect wedding in the English countryside.
Over the course of the wedding week, the siblings’ secrets and lies are exposed and there’s nowhere to hide. Donna is hoping the trio can patch up their differences and reconnect after years of jealousy and resentment. But can they really love each other again like they once did?
The People We Hate At The Wedding cast — interview: Kristen Bell on playing Alice
Kristen Bell plays the struggling and dysfunctional Alice. She played Eleanor Shellstrop in the hit series The Good Place and voiced the character Anna in Frozen. She has also starred in Central Park, Heroes, The Woman in the House Across The Street from the Girl in the Window, Gossip Girl, Parks and Recreation and House of Lies.
Kristen Bell told us: ‘Alice and Paul are the type of people that leave a lot of carnage wherever they go. The audience might go 'wow, that person is making some crazy choices!'. But throughout the film you watch them learn and grow, and face some of their biggest fears through their family relationships.
"I have been developing chemistry with Ben Platt through the television and through the radio waves for probably 10 years now, and a lot of it he wasn’t even aware of, he wasn’t involved in a lot of the early acting process where I was developing this with him. I’m about the biggest, number one Ben Platt fan you could get, and so his attachment to this movie was a big part of why I said yes, and it was — the biggest challenge for me was keeping my cool around someone that I had seen and heard and felt so much of who they were as an artist in my heart, knowing that we were meant to be in the same orbit, and that’s like an intense energy to come in contact with, but I think I played it pretty cool."
On having Allison Janney playing Alice's mum, Kristen says: "An honest dream come true. Allison is the biggest kid I have ever met! Like, she is so playful, and I think that comes out in her work, whether she’s acting in something like I, Tonya where she’s intensely serious and sort of scary, btu still funny, or if she’s being goofy, Allison resonates in any room that she’s in, so I felt kind of giddy that we were blessed to have her, and I also feel like I learned a lot about what she brings to the screen because she is just inherently so playful, and it makes her so fun to watch."
Interview: Ben Platt on playing Paul
Actor and singer/songwriter Ben Platt plays Alice’s brother Paul who's definitely not living his best life either. Ben’s previously starred in the Pitch Perfect movies as well as Will & Grace, The Politician and The Premise. He played the title role in Dear Evan Hansen.
"It’s never fun to play somebody that’s perfect," Ben Platt told us. ‘Showing people who are making bad choices but relating to that, and also rooting for them to get to a better spot is what I think makes this film lovable. It makes the relationship between Alice and Paul really special.
"Kristen Bell and I have this weird thing where I think we both really felt like we were supposed to be working together in some way, and kind of knew in the back of our minds, both consciously and subconsciously that this would happen, and I’m just thrilled, I hope it’s not the last time, and I’m confident it won’t be. But it just couldn’t have been more warm, and we really feel like we’re cut from a similar cloth, and not to mention we’re both theatre people, which is a very specific breed, and so it was just a joy and a pleasure, and I love her kids and I love her hubby and I just, like, they’re a great family."
Interview: Dustin Milligan on playing Dennis Bottoms
Dustin Milligan told us more about his character Dennis Bottoms (see pictured below with Alice): "Dennis is just somebody who kind of emerges from the background of Alice's life. And he's someone who just happened to be upgraded into business class on their flight and sits down next to her. And as a result of that upgrade, the two of them kind of have this intertwining dynamic that builds throughout the film. And ultimately, one might say, ends with Alice getting an upgrade in her love life.
"The thing about this guy is that he really is someone who at first glance would appear to be just kind of a simple, happy-go-lucky kind of guy. But as we learn in the film, as we sort of dig a little deeper, and as he gets to know Alice a little bit more, there's a lot more to them. That's just always something that I'm interested in, playing his character to reveal themselves to be more than what they first appeared."
Who else is starring in The People We Hate At The Wedding?
There's a great all-star cast in The People We Hate At The Wedding. I Tonya star Allison Janney plays the siblings’ mother Donna. She’s joined by Schitt’s Creek actor Dustin Milligan and Cynthis Addai-Robinson, star of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Bridgerton’s Julian Ovenden, Lesley Ewen, John Macmillan, Rufus Jones, Jonny Weldon, Emma Davies, Karan Soni, Alice Brittain, Rob Houchen and Tony Goldwyn also appear.
