Weddings can be great parties with good friends, unlimited champagne, and free dispensation to dance to all the cheesy singalongs you'd never hear at the club. But they can also be swirling nightmare whirlpools of social awkwardness, obligation, and unhealthy competition. In the new romantic comedy Table 19, Anna Kendrick plays a guest who's been downgraded from Maid Of Honor status after a humiliating text breakup with the Best Man. Instead of taking the loss and skipping her best friend's nuptials, Eloise arrives at the wedding, only to be sat at the table clearly meant for extraneous guests the bride and groom never thought would actually come.
Eloise's companions in wedding no-man's-land are Walter (Stephan Merchant of Single Ladies), Rezno (Tony Revolori from The Grand Budapest Hotel), Jo (Oscar nominee June Squibb), and Bina and Jerry Kepp (Lisa Kudrow and Craig Robinson). If they're going to get through this thing, they're going to get through this thing together. "
Table 19 is all about making the best of an uncomfortable situation. As everyone's secrets are revealed, Eloise learns a thing or two from the denizens of Table 19. Friendships - and even a little romance - can happen under the most unlikely circumstances.
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