The Reception

The Reception

2005•1h 20m•4.3/10

ComedyRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

4.3/10(11)

The complex relationship between a wealthy French woman and her best friend a, gay black American, is thrown into turmoil when her estranged daughter comes to visit them with her new husband for the weekend in upstate New York. Through a series of drunken evenings and daytime squabbles it becomes apparent that no one involved is what they seem.

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Production

D Street Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Maggie Burkwit

Sierra

Chris Burmester

Chuck

Darien Sills-Evans

Darien Sills-Evans

Andrew

Wayne Lamont Sims

Martin

Pamela Stewart

Pamela Stewart

Jeannette (as Pamela Holden Stewart)

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