The Wedding Banquet review: An adorable meditation on queer urban families

The cast of The Wedding Banquet (Image: Universal Pictures)

Verdant Seattle is its own character in this charming romantic comedy from director Andrew Ahn, a remake of the 1993 Ang Lee classic, which skilfully captures the city’s breathtaking natural beauty and earthy, left-leaning energy. The Tales of the City-style story, about the nourishment of queer urban families, also benefits from lived-in authenticity.

While light and frothy on the surface, the film – which screened at last night’s opening night of the 2025 BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival – is saturated with underlying heaviness: a steadfast Kelly Marie Tran is put through the ringer as main character as Angela, a shy scientist for whom questions of marriage and parenthood trigger existential crises so seismic, she’s frequently in tears. A grand Lily

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