Wedding Season (2022) User Reviews

Four Weddings And Mass Murder

[chunkyant · 8/10 · 14 September 2022]

Imagine the pitch meeting - A Carry On script written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Snatch era Guy Ritchie. That's basically what you get in this series, a mash-up of Four Weddings And A Funeral, This Life and every murder mystery you've ever seen or read.

The Wedding Season of the title is the period during which a group of friends attend various weddings of friends and associates. At each one our hero Stefan encounters Katie and is drawn into her increasingly chaotic personal life, peaking when Katie is accused of murdering her husband and his family on ger wedding day.

Using flashbacks, what ensues is a chase across the UK and the US while Stefan and Katie try to uncover the killer or killers, evade the police, prove their innocence and stay alive. With help from Stefan's friends they gradually unravel the mystery while Stefan discovers exactly who his mystery girl really is.

The series is genuinely funny and the characters likeable. The series hinges entirely on whether or not you take to Rosa Salazar's Manic Pixie Dream Girl and if you buy into Stefan's obsession with her. We did (I watched with my parents, both in their mid-late 70's) but I can understand many who don't. We enjoyed both leads and the supporting cast and binged the whole series in two sittings, one on the day of a wedding!

The series has plenty of twists and the plot is somewhat contrived but with shortish (average 32 minute) episodes it doesn't outstay its welcome. The series does end on a cliffhanger which, if unresolved, provides an ending which is in keeping with what has gone before.

This is the perfect series for watching in one or two sessions on a winter's night and I would recommend it, just not if you're planning a wedding in the immediate future.

Give it a chance

[richardcclarke · 8/10 · 29 September 2022]

When I started watching it I thought it was crap the main guy was bloody annoying! However after a slow start it really picked up its funny it's tense it's gripping it has some flaws but it had a lot of potential I couldn't stop watching it a lot of twists and turns a lot going on it leaves you at the edge of your seat! Give it a go it's worthy of a second season without a doubt. There's a lot of action and the cast puts in 100% more than that. The cast itself is amazing a lot of maturity as the show goes on and like I said it's slow to start with but as you carry on it quickens up and it's definitely worth it.

Entertaining

[jhawk-78163 · 7/10 · 15 January 2023]

I enjoyed this series and binged all episodes in 1 night. If you understand the "wink"' (we're having FUN with this and you should too!), it was fun and enjoyable. I agree that Katie was "annoying" but her ever changing story (lies) was what kept my attention and was the fun. There were enough twists to keep me from predicting the next thing and the jumping from multiple past stories to present was well done.

The best aspect for me was the enduring college friendships that made an unlikely group of people "family".

Don't take it too seriously, just watch for fun and be entertained. There's a cliff hanger in the last episode and I hope it returns for a second season.

Watchable but fell very flat at the end

[fallyhag · 6/10 · 29 September 2022]

The characters were intriguing and likeable. The story had some mystery to it. The humour was amusing. The pace just about right. It kept me watching.

But then, for some odd reason, it gave up near the end. The pace got stupid fast. The disconnection with reality immense. The plot luck ridiculous. The painful plot explaining went in overdrive. Basically it just got very cheap at the end. Cheap and dumb. Making all the good episodes pointless and forgetful.

But the cast should do well from this. They deserve success. Even if the writer and director screwed up. Even if they did run out of money, the quality didn't need to dive this low.

8 Weddings and a Mass Funeral

[cherold · 7/10 · 23 August 2023]

Stefan, a guy who falls in love too easily, finds himself enamored with the mysterious, engaged Katie, whose wedding is disrupted first by Stefan and then by everyone in the wedding party dying. This leads to a Hitchockian chase with the lovers fleeing the cops as they try to discover who actually killed Katie's in-laws (if she didn't do it herself). Like a lot of Hitchcock movies (notably Suspicion), Wedding Season's central romance would be doomed outside of Hollywoood logic, something the writers acknowledge that in a way Hitchock movies never do.

Meanwhile, flashbacks detail the Stefan and Katie's peculiar romance through a series of weddings they both attend.

This is all a lot of fun, wit lots of humor an suspense and an intelligent view of love. The leads and general cast are likable and there's a hilarious performance by Poppy Liu (inexplicably not currently credited in the IMDB listing) as an instagram-happy bride.

Except for the effect of a final, super-annoying twist in the last 30 seconds, the result is very satisfactory.

In spite of my aggravation with the ending, I recommend this.

love the couple

[SnoopyStyle · 7/10 · 20 October 2023]

Stefan (Gavin Drea) objects at the wedding of Katie (Rosa Salazar) and Hugo Delaney. Katie rejects him hard and the wedding goes on. Later, the wedding party is all dead from poisoning and Katie is the main suspect. Stefan is brought in to be interrogated by the police. The duo is able to escape and goes on the run. Five years earlier, Stefan and his friends are in the midst of the wedding season. At a reception, the hopeless romantic Stefan desperately tries to save his relationship by proposing and it goes horribly. It's not too long before he falls head over heels for Katie who is already engaged.

Gavin Drea is adorably hopeless. Rosa Salazar is adorably mercurial. They are adorable together. There is a good mystery right from the start. In the present day time, the duo does separate more than I like. I really like them together. Sometimes, the premise gets a bit messy. Through it all, I love this pair. They get canceled after one season. It's a British show with little buzz and no big names. It didn't have a chance.

Great clothes and music! And story .... mostly

[thejdrage · 8/10 · 24 March 2023]

This is a unique smart funny series - and it's fun to be along for the ride ......... until the end.

The cast is perfect! So is the music and most of the clothes. Great music. Had to say that twice, it's so good.

It's a bit twisty - not to be confused with twisted. Actually, it is sort of twisted too.

Stephen loves Katie and Katie is nuts. They go back and forth, as does the story. OH! This is NOT a series that you can do 5 other things while watching it. There are times when you have to pay attention or you lose your place quickly.

The wedding reception of the friends was one of the most endearing segments on film I have ever seen. It was as close to perfect as anything could get. It made me Happy.

The ending was chaotic and funny as hell. The final bride made the show worth it!! She's BRILLIANT! Give her a few scenes and you'll love her.

But Katie Katie Katie. What is Stephen supposed to do with you?

If they took the humor out, this could be a study of the lives of people today and how convoluted our lives and relationships can be.

Thank goodness for friends. And DO enjoy the music. It's wonderful!!

OK until episode 7, then terrible, so only two stars, for disappointment.

[joachimokeefe · 2/10 · 30 September 2022]

In the 'Killing Eve' glam-thriller ('griller' if you like) mould, a mystery girl with an incomprehensibly chaotic personal life drags an infatuated hot guy into her feud with the police, the mob and well, him - from 'The 39 Steps' to some quasi-Tarantino concept in a deliberately confusing roller-coaster ride that is all but completely explained in episode 6 of 8.

In the last two episodes TWS degenerates rapidly into a Mexican standoff melodrama that is *excruciatingly* tedious, predictable and boring. Shockingly, shockingly bad.

And I mean excruciating, episode 7 in particular. I only kept watching to see how much worse it could get. I've seen more authentic drama in an episode of 'The Lone Ranger'.

It's fun for six episodes, then it's utterly dreadful for two. A desperately bad final scene cliffhanger keeps it true to the Buck Rogers Saturday morning trash tradition. The characters aren't half as double-crossed as the viewers.

Very entertaining

[aspropoupoulos · 10/10 · 17 March 2024]

I don't get it why so much hate? It's a pretty descent work with relatable characters and a decent dose of romance, action and mystery 😊 I am not saying it's the best mystery series out there, but definitely enjoyable and way above average. In any case, since there are not so many murder mysteries out there, it's definitely worth a watch, and it's in no case a waste of time. Also the British scenery gives a touch to the story and more specifically to the comical parts of the plot. And lastly, the chemistry between the two main characters is quite believable and relatable. All in all, I really enjoyed it.

Annoying AF

[andreammoore · 3/10 · 12 October 2022]

Could Katie be any more irritating? The character and actress are both grating. Absolutely nothing about her that makes me want to root for her. I like the concept of this show but she's ruining it for me. I get that she needs to be somewhat abrasive but it's possible to do that without alienating your audience entirely. And Stefan is rather pathetic to chase someone who is so clearly antagonistic toward him and everyone else. But at least I want to like him. He's hopeful, if a bit naive. I'm definitely taking the show too personally because of how much Katie irritates me but Episode 3 may be my last episode. Good luck to those who stick it out.

Total Rubbish

[otterman62 · 1/10 · 16 September 2022]

We've just watched the first episode and i wont be watching any more. Its a pity because the production values seem high and they've spent some money on it, but the script is very poor and the central characters are really unlikeable.

Stefan thinks is a good idea to propose to his girlfriend at someone else's wedding! And the actress who plays Katie is not attractive enough to carry a series like this. And it isn't funny

After watching this, and it thankfully ending, I switched over and watched an episode of Brassic and laughed more in the first 2 minutes than in the full 30 of this rubbish!