Top End Wedding


Top End Wedding is a 2019 Australian romantic comedy film directed by Wayne Blair and starring Gwilym Lee and Miranda Tapsell, the latter of whom also co-wrote the film and serves as executive producer of the film.
The film stars Miranda Tapsell as Lauren, a lawyer planning to wed her fiancé in her hometown only to discover her mother has run away.

Plot

Lauren is an ambitious lawyer living in Adelaide. After a promotion her boyfriend, Ned, proposes to her. Ned, who has recently quit his job but still hasn't told Lauren, asks Lauren for a quick wedding. Her workaholic boss, Ms. Hampton gives Lauren 10 days off for the ceremony and honeymoon and Lauren decides to use the time to marry in her hometown of Darwin.
After arriving in Darwin Lauren discovers that her unhappy mother abandoned her father and her mother has gone missing. Lauren decides to cancel the wedding as she cannot marry without her mother, but Ned decides he cannot wait to marry Lauren and takes her on a road trip to find her mother. Meanwhile she calls Ms. Hampton to come to Darwin and help arrange the wedding in her absence.
Lauren and Ned follow traces of her mother but discover they have just missed her at every turn. After talking to her aunt Lauren realizes that her mother has returned to Tiwi to the home and parents she ran away from and was estranged from for years.
On their way to Tiwi Lauren discovers that Ned quit his job which leads to a fight where each argues the other doesn't listen. Lauren cancels the wedding and continues to Tiwi alone.
In Tiwi Lauren meets her extended family for the first time and is surprised by how welcoming they are. She learns that her mother doesn't regret her marriage but regrets being estranged from her family. Realizing that she still wants to marry Ned, Lauren calls him at the airport where he, and Ms. Hampton, are taking a return flight to Adelaide. Ms. Hampton forces Ned to answer his phone and he and Lauren reunite with Lauren telling him they must marry on Tiwi.
The whole wedding moves to Tiwi with Ned persuading a reluctant Ms. Hampton to join them and forcing Lauren's father to come as well. Lauren's parents reunite and make up and Lauren and Ned are married in front of their family and friends.

Cast

Top End Wedding was met with critical acclaim, earning a 86% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and holds a 7.1 / 10 rating on IMDb.

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