Jenny Farrell (Katherine Heigl) is gay but has kept it a secret from her conservative family. They keep trying to set her up. She decides to come clean and marry her five year girlfriend Kitty (Alexis Bledel) who the family assumes to be only her roommate. Her sister Anne (Grace Gummer) assumes that she's dating a married man. When she comes out to her parents (Tom Wilkinson, Linda Emond),they push her back into the closet.

There is a bright, Lifetime, movie-of-the-week feel to the proceedings. It's interesting to see this seasoned cast. I want it to work but it lacks deftness and skills. This should be darker or funnier or more indie. It needs to be more compelling. It would be cutting edge if it came out twenty years ago. It's tiring how old this all feels. This cast should be amazing especially Wilkinson but they are restrained by the script. There are snippets that are almost interesting. It's a struggle considering how much better this needs to be.

Katherine Heigl tries to stretch her acting muscles playing Jenny a lawyer who is openly gay, living with her female partner (Kitty) for some years but has pretended to be straight to her conservative family and passed her partner off as a roommate. At various functions people ask Jenny about boyfriends and she coyly answers about never meeting the right man.

When Jenny announces she plans to marry Kitty, her parents and sister freak out along with many people in the neighbourhood. Jenny feels isolated and even disowned by her parents.

The film has noble instincts but it is vacuous and dull. There is little hint of a genuine, loving relationship of any kind between Jenny and Kitty. The character of Jenny's sister is irritating going on about how it is always about Jenny seeking attention although there is a subplot where the sister faces the shortcomings in her own heterosexual marriage.

Thew film's sentiments just feel dated and many of the character are just insufferable.

Writer/director Mary Agnew Donoghue brings a glowing spotlight on one of the controversies of the day – same sex marriage – and without preaching or showing the sad repercussions many couples feel as they enter the realm of true family she allows her outstanding cast to present all aspects of the concept of not only same sex marriage but also same sex parenting. It works on every level.

Stories such as this depend heavily on the audience's reaction to the cast members in making the experience credible. Every member of this ensemble adds to the success of the film.

Brief synopsis: Jenny Farrell (Katherine Heigl) has led an openly gay life with everyone except her closely knit, middle-class family. And while hiding the truth hasn't stopped Jenny from loving her parents (Tom Wilkinson and Linda Emond) or siblings (Grace Gummer and Seamus Tierney),it hasn't allowed them to really know one another either. So when she announces that she s going to marry the woman (Alexis Bledel) her family thought was just her roommate, the news suddenly lands on them like a depth charge. Now long-suppressed lies, misunderstandings, and rivalries are all brought to the surface as Jenny and her family are forced to face the parts of themselves and each other that they tried to ignore for so long. The event and reactions involve the old time friends of the parents who ultimately are equally accepting. Moving, heartfelt, and brilliantly acted, JENNY'S WEDDING proves that sometimes the love of a family is truly worth fighting for.

A fine movie with excellent writing and acting