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My Mother's Wedding
2023 drama film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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My Mother's Wedding (formerly titled North Star) is a 2023 comedy drama film directed by Kristin Scott Thomas in her directorial debut, from a screenplay she cowrote with John Micklethwait. It stars Scott Thomas alongside Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller, Emily Beecham, Freida Pinto, and Thibault de Montalembert. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2023, and was released in the United States on 8 August 2025.
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Premise
Three sisters return to their family home to attend the wedding of their twice widowed mother Diana. All three sisters have had different life experiences, with Georgina being a palliative nurse, whilst Victoria is an actress, and Katherine is a captain in the Royal Navy.[3][4]
Cast
- Scarlett Johansson as Katherine
- Sienna Miller as Victoria
- Emily Beecham as Georgina
- Kristin Scott Thomas as Diana
- Freida Pinto as Jack
- Thibault de Montalembert as The Grand Fromage
- Joshua McGuire as Jeremy
- Mark Stanley as Charlie
- Samson Kayo as Steve
- James Fleet as Geoff
- Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Ken
Sindhu Vee and Giulio Berruti make uncredited appearances.
Production
In June 2022, it was revealed that Scarlett Johansson and Kristin Scott Thomas were working together on a new film that was set to be the latter's first directing role.[5] That same month, Sienna Miller, Freida Pinto and Emily Beecham were added to the cast.[6] Filming of a wedding took place on location in Hampshire at St. Mary's Church, Ashley, and on parts of The Grange Hampshire estate near Alresford in June 2022, while Johansson was reported to be filming naval scenes on HMS Prince of Wales in Portsmouth.[7][8][9]
Principal photography was reported as being completed by the end of July 2022, with Scott Thomas being quoted as saying she found the experience "exhilarating" and that it was "thrilling to create this fictional family using my own childhood memories as a springboard."[10][11] The film marks the third time that Scott Thomas and Johansson have played mother and daughter respectively, following The Horse Whisperer (1998) and The Other Boleyn Girl (2008).[12]
In July 2023, the film was renamed to North Star ahead of its world premiere.[13] In February 2025, the film was then renamed back to its original title after being acquired by Vertical.[14]
Release
My Mother's Wedding had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2023.[1][13] It was released in the United States on 8 August 2025.[15]
Reception
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 38% of 52 critics' reviews are positive.[16] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 49 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[17]
Lindsey Bahr of the Associated Press wrote that the film "has a silly lightness to it that's aiming for something along the lines of a Richard Curtis romantic comedy. But coherency of the vision is limited, as is the audience's investment, though there are some lovely and inspired touches like using Iranian artist Reza Riahi to hand paint several animated flashback vignettes based on her memories of her fathers."[18]
Nell Minow of RogerEbert.com gave the film two and a half out of four stars and wrote, "Rom-com fans may be amused to see Fleet and Scott Thomas together again after playing the wealthy siblings in Four Weddings and a Funeral." She also wrote, "The film was originally titled North Star. Yet, despite a few moments of connection and insight, that is precisely what this story is missing."[19]
Box office
As of 13 August 2025[update], the film has grossed $433,600 at the box office.[2]
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