Cheerful Weather for the Wedding 2012

Stephen Holden, New York Times: The glossy appearance and trappings may evoke standard Anglophile nostalgia, but below the veneer is a cynical portrait of bored, shallow Britons halfheartedly going through the motions of a celebration. Read more

Sam Adams, AV Club: Without a source as rich as Jane Austen to draw on, Cheerful Weather feels incomplete, caroming off previous stories without forging its own way. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: What it doesn't have is drama or wisdom or comedy or heat, something to temper the banalities. Read more

John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: Finely crafted English period piece works best for those who like their love stories romantically doomed. Read more

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: Rice does a fine job of juggling so many characters and moving smoothly among flashbacks without losing sight of the main story. Read more

Ian Buckwalter, NPR: The dominance of the madcap side of the film's split personality lays an airy veneer over Dolly and Joseph's woes, making them seem inconsequential - as unsubstantial as an observation about wedding-day weather. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Not to say it isn't an enjoyable diversion. Just that it's also a superficial one. Read more

Anna Smith, Time Out: The film builds up to something that never comes. Read more

Jenna Scherer, Time Out: A complex, melancholic farce. Read more

Rob Nelson, Variety: A costumer that's well named for being pleasant and conventional but little more. Read more

Ernest Hardy, Village Voice: The costumes are gorgeous, and the settings are plush, but the acting is merely serviceable, and the film lacks either the wit or the energy of its predecessors. Read more