Wedding Wars

My blog-photo function isn't working -- but this film, originally on A&E, gets a big thumbs-up. Like the Alexander Payne's first film, Citizen Ruth, this turns a controversial issue into a comedy, in this case gay marriage. Like Payne's (in which the issue is abortion), it's not preachy and shows both sides of the issue, although here the resolution is more stacked than in Payne's movie, in which every point of view looks silly. This is a gentle, funny, touching yet serious film that escapes all the ready pitfalls of such loaded material.