Thoughts I Had While Staring at the "Table 19" Poster
Monday, July 11, 2016 at 9:50AM Manuel here. There is nothing funnier (I guess?) than a wedding, which explains why Table 19 is the latest comedy to tackle the hilarity of seeing two people profess their love to one another in as public a venue as one can imagine. I joke, though I have to admit this sub-genre has many great examples to justify its continued deployment: Father of the Bride, Bridesmaids, My Best Friend's Wedding, Muriel's Wedding, Four Weddings and a Funeral. Heck, even Wedding Crashers and The Wedding Singer have their charm.
Will Table 19 join that esteemed group? Let's take a look at its poster:
- Can we all agree this is a pitch perfect teaser poster? It gives you a sense of tone and setting with one simple image. I do wish we'd gotten fancier nail art though.
- "Don't Fit In. Take A Number" strikes me as a better tagline for a comedy set in a deli, a butcher shop, or somewhere else where you'd take appointments. (Rather than a wedding where you just get a number assigned to you, no?)
- What I love about this cast is that it perfectly captures the very spirit of a random table at a wedding. What could they possibly have in common but mere contiguity? Just thinking of the comedic stylings of Stephen Merchant hilariously (one hopes) clashing with those of Craig Robinson is surely one of the selling points.
- The promise of Kendrick and Kudrow in a film is enough to get me to buy a ticket, though now I'm wishing Kudrow had invited the Pitch Perfect star to do an episode of Web Therapy.
- So glad Revolori (so great in The Grand Budapest Hotel) will be back in our screens. Now if only he'd dragged Mr. Gustave himself with him as his +1. They'd fit right in with the teaser poster's color scheme.
- Is June Squibb the best recent example of an Oscar nomination breathing life into a character actress' career? I didn't much care for her in Nebraska but I've been happy to see her pop here (Girls) and there (Getting On).
- January 2017? Oy. I'll try not to read too much into that release date but I already foresee it getting lost in the shuffle of the New Year cinematic doldrums (Oscar players aside).
Oh, and the trailer is up but they had me at the cast and I'm too scared to realize the parts may be greater than the sum, so take a look at give it your own YNMS in the comments.
Will be RSVPing (sorry!) Yes to Table 19?
Reader Comments (9)
Yeah there's too much talent and discerning taste there for this to be bad. The only question is whether or not it will be great. Yes all the way.
I WANT to see it, but this feels like one of those movies that I'll forget about until it pops up on Netflix streaming. Unless someone here keeps it on my radar with talk of a potential Best Supporting something-or-other?
JUNE SQUIBB IS NEBRASKA.
Lisa Kudrow? In a movie?
Take all my money.
I'm a maybe. Why? Do we forget The Wedding Ringer, Dirty Grandpa or Norm of the North? January, man. January. See also: Unless there's a qualifying run, Live By Night's current position means it's probably a trainwreck. (I know, I'll be as surprised as everyone else if that actually happens.)
Yeah, I'd see Lisa Kudrow in pretty much anything so I'm a big YES to this sight unseen. But the poster and the trailer were great I thought. I love movies (and TV shows) putting seemingly disparate people becoming unlikely friends/family. But also again LISA FUCKING KUDROW.
Lisa Kudrow!
I'm wondering why Anna Kendrick is not a bigger deal.
She has big hits (Pitch Perfect, Into the Woods) and oscar-nominated.
Yet she seems obsess with budget comedies.
Is June Squibb the best recent example of an Oscar nomination breathing life into a character actress' career?
i'll see your june squibb and raise you a jacki weaver
In the poster, the fork is giving us the finger. Don't watch the trailer. I think the whole movie is there.