Kristen Bell and Ben Platt's “People We Hate at the Wedding” Trailer Is Pure Family Chaos

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If you’re a fan of hilarious wedding movies, you might just like Prime Video’s “The People We Hate At The Wedding.” The forthcoming raunchy comedy – based on Grant Ginder’s 2017 book of the same name – stars Kristen Bell and Ben Platt as siblings Alice and Paul, who get dragged to their wealthy half-sister Eloise’s (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) British wedding along with their ever-optimistic mother, Donna (Allison Janney).

Per the movie’s trailer that arrived on Oct. 20, “The People We Hate At The Wedding” tries to reconnect Bell, Platt, and Janney’s characters with Addai-Robinson’s estranged bride-to-be, who hopes to finally feel like she’s part of their family. However, things go south, and what should be a happy reunion quickly turns into a chaotic, comical nightmare that brings the worst out in everyone.

For “anyone with a slightly dysfunctional family (i.e. everyone) or “anyone who’s been forced to attend a wedding they tried to avoid,” Prime Video’s Claire Scanlon-directed flick is just the movie for you. Read ahead for everything we know about “The People We Hate At The Wedding,” including the cast and when the movie starts streaming.

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"The People We Hate at the Wedding" Cast

The film’s star-studded cast features Kristen Bell, Ben Platt, Allison Janney, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Karan Soni, Dustin Milligan, Tony Goldwyn, Isaach De Bankolé, Jorma Taccone, Julian Ovenden, and John Macmillan.

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"The People We Hate at the Wedding" Plot

The movie’s logline says the raunchy comedy “follows struggling American siblings Alice (Kristen Bell) and Paul (Ben Platt), who reluctantly agree to attend the wedding of their estranged, wealthy half-sister (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) in the English countryside alongside their mother, Donna (Allison Janney). Over the course of the wedding week, the family’s many skeletons are wrenched from the closet, and the unlikely reunion gives everyone the motivation to move their own lives forward.”